Names Without Graves, Graves Without Names: A Fatality Report from the Biak Massacre

Elsham, a local human rights organization, produced a 69 page report in Indonesian about the massacre titled “Names Without Graves, Graves Without Names.” The report called for an international investigation, but no human rights organizations followed up on their call. This report has a preliminary list of people who were killed, wounded, or disappeared on July 6^th, 1998.

“Many families were afraid to report their children missing,” one eyewitness told Eben Kirksey. “We surmised that some of the bodies might be from people who lived in distant villages. Some families still haven’t shown up to report their missing children, they must be afraid.”
FATALITIES

No.	Name	Age (years)	Gender	Marital Status	Address	Place of Death	Remarks
1.	Ruben Uroboy	27	Male	Married	Jln. SelatMakasar, Biak	Biak DistrictPublic Hospital	* Bleeding from the back of thehead and brain tissue exuding fromthe skull.
2.	Paulus SanadiMamoribo	20	Male	Single	DesaSabarmyokreKecamatan Supiori Utara	DesaSabarmyokreKecamatan Supiori Utara	* Condition was a consequence ofmistreatment and lack of medicalattention. Playing football after returning home, the victim had jumped to ‘head’ a ball when he collapsed to the ground and died on the playing field.
3.	Nico Smas	23	Male	Single	KampungSmasKecamatan Biak Utara	Desa Smas,KecamatanBiak Utara	* Condition was a consequence ofmistreatment and lack of medicalattention.
4.	Franciscus DeltonGerson Gawe	29	Male	Single	Jln. Aster 70KompleksPnas, Biak	Naval Hospital,Biak	* Death was the result of shootingby troops.
5.	WehelmusRumsarwir	62	Male	Married	Desa KajasboKecamatanBiak Timur	Naval Hospital,Biak

LIST OF GUNSHOT CASUALTIES EVACUATED TO

PELAMONIA HOSPITAL, UJUNG PANDANG

No.	Name	Age (years)	Gender (M/F)	Status (M/S)	Address	Description of Injury
01.	Eli Ansek	35	M	Married	Samofa	Gunshot wound to abdomen
02.	Ruben Msiren	26	M	Single		Gunshot wound to calf
03.	Eli Orisu	30	M	Married	Wardo Biak Barat	Gunshot wound to abdomen
04.	Andy Marisan	17	M	Single	Kampung Bouw II	Gunshot wound to right thigh

MISSING PERSONS

FOLLOWING FORCED DISPERSAL OF CROWD

No.	Name	Age (years)	Gender	Marital Status	Address	Place where last seen
1.	Yuslin Sroyer	20	Male	Single	Desa InggiriKecamatan Yendidori	Location of raising of the Papuan flag
2.	Daniel Mandowen	29	Male	Married	Pnas. KelurahanWaupnor, Biak	Location of raising of the Papuan flag
3.	Arius Boseren	20	Male	Single	Desa InggiriKecamatan Samofa	Location of raising of the Papuan flag

1 comment

Faye Gregson says:

Jul 10, 2013

This massacre is a symbol of the silence and indifference of the Australian Government and the world to the tragic plight of the West Papuan people. Let’s hope their cries for help will be heard and something done to release them from their suffering and redress all the injustice they have had to endure.The consolation is that Godhears their cries and is on the side of the poor and oppressed.