Yogyakarta, Aktual.com – After the incidents in Papua student dormitory a few days ago, anti Papua increasingly widespread in a number of Yogyakarta community including social media, shout racist hatred even ejected from organizations that do exactly match the action in front of the hostel on Friday.
“Negative stigma (racism) is already long enough attached to our brothers and it is quite high. In addition to (incident) yesterday, during this time they complain that they have difficulty in obtaining residence (boarding) because people do not want to accept Papuan children, sad once,” said the Director of LBH Yogyakarta, Hamzal Wahyudin, Tuesday (19/7).
It happened because he thinks their opinions constructed a number of parties in which the position of Papuan students as anarchic, can not adapt to the culture and social condition of the people of Yogyakarta.
Are noteworthy, said Hamzal, has been precisely Papuan students participating in joint advocacy Yogyakarta Legal Aid Institute on cases that are now faced by the citizens of Yogyakarta itself, such as the water crisis due to the construction of hotels, a number of land cases and others.
They were joined in solidarity, consolidation and attended various meetings in solving various problems of citizens. Similar actions were even according Hamzal never done by the mass organizations on behalf of the people of Yogyakarta where the incident Friday helped do siege Dormitory together police officers.
“Contributions and concern for the communities had been pointed out, apart from one or two people who do order offenses and criminality, of course it can not generalize everything,” said Hamzal.
Aris Yeimo, President of the Students Papua DIY, said that when the state does not give attention to the citizens so they would support the citizens to worried voice wherever they exist, including in Yogyakarta.
“Such injustice is the same as what happened to the people in Papua there. Start case in Kulon Progo, Wonosari, we together act with citizens act, when the workers and peasants to take action we had come down,” said Aris.
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