West Papua Human Rights Center – WPHRC, 2019
Thank you for visiting our website. The West Papuan Human Rights Center is a legitimate NGO based here in Washington, D.C, USA. It was created to help the people of America and the world understand the ongoing ‘Human Rights’ crisis in West Papua – a crisis not many people are aware of because of the censorship of the media, and the Indonesian government restriction of West Papua. West Papua remains close to the outside world, and the stories that come out of there are often filtered and twisted by the Indonesian government to hide the truth. Thanks to ‘Social Media’ we are able to communicate directly to the people on the ground and report the facts.
Mission and Goal
Our Mission is to tell the stories of the ongoing ‘Human Rights’ abuses in West Papua, which are largely suppressed by the Indonesian government. And to also reach as many people as possible to take a stand for ‘Human Rights’ and support our cause.
Education and Training
A huge component of our objectives is to tell the story of West Papua in schools and throughout the United States, and to reach other countries via this website and our various ‘Social Media’ accounts. Because Indonesia doesn’t allow foreigners into West Papua, preventing reporters from entering our cities, it is important to tell the world what is really going on. This will be the beginning of the realization of our dream of ‘self-determination.’
Outreach
We are also working hard to inform US lawmakers and to reach out to world leaders and working with various international organizations to help them understand how our people have been denied, in violation of ‘International Law’, their rights to freedom, independence, and the right to chart our own destiny as we see fit. This is a right afforded to all colonized people after WW II, yet Indonesia deprived our people of that right.
Picture Timor-Leste Nobel Peace Prize Laureates met Herman Wainggai of West Papua Melanesia. President Horta himself spent 25 years in the US fighting, advocating, and lobbying for the United Nations to recognize the right of his people to self-determination and to free them from Indonesia. After decades of working with the international community, East Timor was finally granted independence. He is now the president of his beloved country.
Our Team of Volunteers
Mr. Herman Wainggai
CEO, WPHRC
Washington, D.C
United States of America
Grand and Fundraising consultant
Outreach Director
Social Media and Communication