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The Washington Solution
A lasting solution to West Papua-Indonesian conflict By Herman Wainggai and the ‘West Papuan Human Rights Center’ Introduction It has been 54 years since the election of 1969, which gave Indonesia legal cover to occupyWest Papua in spite of the fact that 99.9% of the indigenous people did not vote in support ofthe occupation of
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Today in 1962, powerbrokers of the UN signed the New York Agreement on West Papua without our consent
1962: The New York Agreement The New York Agreement (NYA) was the most cruel agreement ever perpetrated on our indigenous West Papuan people. It is the basis of the sham referendum of the 1969 ‘Act of Free Choice’ election and the very reason West Papua is being occupied by Indonesia today. Today, we look back
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Delegation of Pro-Independent groups from New Caledonia and Tahiti spoke at ‘UN’s Special Committee on Decolonization’
A delegation of members of the independence movement in New Caledonia, a Melanesian group of Islands, and French Polynesia, traditionally known as Tahiti, a group of Polynesian Islands, spoke at the ‘UN Special Committee on Decolonization’. Who are the Kanaks? Kanaks is a term used by the French government to refer to indigenous tribal people
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Indonesia must recognize our right to self-determination
In 2020, a representative of the Indonesian government, in response to the Vanuatu government’s call for a UN fact-finding mission to West Papua, accused Vanuatu and other PIF Island states of interfering in Indonesian domestic issues. She went on to say that Indonesia is the “third largest “democracy” in the world and one of the
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A short conversation with Paiki at Martin Luther King Memorial and our visit to Lincoln Memorial
Conversing with Mr. Paiki at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C, about his experience – from Indonesian prison to the US, and standing here at this sacred place. And what message he wanted to send our political activists back home. It was an honor for me to be with and speak with
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WPHRC Welcomes the delegation of the Melanesian Nation of West Papua to Washington, D.C
The journey of the Melanesian Delegation started in West Papua and arrived in Washington, D.C., on June 3, 2023. It took approximately 6 hours from the city of Jayapura to Jakarta, Indonesia where the United States embassy is located. After a brief waiting period, the US embassy finally granted their visas to travel to Washington,
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West Papuan case for MSG Membership
WEST PAPUA IS MELANESIA, INDONESIA IS NOT! There are several arguments that can be made regarding why West Papua should be part of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). It’s important to note that West Papua is not currently a member of the PIF, the UN due to the fact that it is not considered an
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New Year’s Message from our CEO (PNG Pijin with Subtitles)
In his New Year’s message to supporters around the world and back home in West Papua, Mr. Wainggai – speaking in PNG Pijin – urged supporters to speak up against Indonesian colonial oppression and human rights violations, which he said continued unabated in West Papua. As we reported earlier, more than seventy West Papuans have
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Indonesian military murdered 72 West Papuans in 2022 – Rights Group’s Report
A Rights Group in West Papua released a report indicated that the Indonesian government was responsible for the deaths of 72 indigenous West Papuans, a shameful record for a government that lied about its human rights record for decades. And for a world that often infuriated by little things, the government-sanctioned murder of Indigenous West
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Herman Wainggai Rejected Indonesian Presence in West Papua in front the Indonesian embassy in Washington, D.C.
On Wednesday, December 14, 2022, Mr. Herman Wainggai (CEO of WPHRC, D.C) and friends gathered at the front gate of the Indonesian embassy in Washington, D.C., to commemorate the ‘Declaration of the Independent State of West Melanesia’, and to call on the Indonesian government to respect and recognize West Papuans’ rights to self-determination. Mr. Wainggai
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