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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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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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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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Australia and the US to continue arming the Indonesian military
The Australian and the United States governments pledged to support the Indonesian military while ignoring the crimes committed by the Indonesian military in violation of the United Nations Charter and International Law. The Australian government told Aljazeera that the Australian government’s best friend in the region is Indonesia. In a statement to Aljazeera, the Australian
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