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Religious leaders and political activists demand dialogue to end violence in West Papua – JP
The Jakarta Post reported that church leaders and political activists are calling for “dialogue” with the Indonesian government to end violence in West Papua. JP reports: A number of religious figures and prominent human rights activists have called for dialogue to end violence in Papua, where incidents of violence continue as a result of conflict
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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin must ask Indonesia to open up West Papua
Good afternoon to all our brothers, sisters, and supporters here in America. And hello to our brothers and sisters back home in West Papua Melanesia and to all our brothers and sisters in the Pacific, including Pacific Island leaders all over Oceania. Greetings from America! I’m standing here in front of the US Congressional building
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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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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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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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