Category Archives: International

The Betrayal of West Papua and the Ongoing Cultural Genocide

Posted on January 18, 2011 by

The following dissertation was written by Sussex University student Ben King, as part of his Cultural and Intellectual History degree. It is based upon over 400 declassified documents as well as the limited historiography surrounding the subject. nb. The link … Continue reading →

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US Government secretly blames Jakarta for stoking unrest in West Papua

Posted on December 24, 2010 by

The Javanese empire is slowing being exposed as the corrupt and genocidal regime that it really is. Cables from Wikileaks revealing not only that the Indonesian Government forced the US into renewing military ties for Kopassus (or risk damage to … Continue reading →

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Benny Wenda – West Papua independence leader

Posted on December 6, 2010 by

A short film on West Papua independence leader Benny Wenda, filmed around the 1st December anniversary 2010. Benny Wenda was granted political asylum and protection by the British Government in 2003. For more information visit Benny Wenda’s official websites at: … Continue reading →

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Profile of Benny Wenda, West Papua independence leader

Posted on October 31, 2010 by

‘While my people continue to suffer and continue to die, nothing will stop my campaign’ Benny Wenda is a West Papuan independence leader and an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua from Indonesia. He lives in exile in … Continue reading →

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Indonesian Government launch cowardly cyber warfare against British NGO groups

Posted on October 30, 2010 by

The Indonesian Government have launched cyber warfare attack against a number of British NGO groups including Survival International, Free West Papua Campaign, Friends of People Close To Nature, West Papua Unite, as well as the Hong Kong based Asian Human … Continue reading →

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video shows Indonesian military torture and then murder innocent West Papuan priest

Posted on October 18, 2010 by

Highly disturbing footage has emerged showing a group of Indonesian troops torturing a Papuan priest who they had stopped in the West Papua highlands. Please be warned this footage is highly graphic. Both men in this video were church workers. … Continue reading →

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How Indonesia and the United Nations stole West Papua from its people and made it a modern day colony

Posted on October 15, 2010 by

An interview with an Australian correspondent for the Reuters news network who was an eyewitness at the ‘Act of Free Choice’ vote in which West Papuans were forced to vote in favour of integration with Indonesia. Thousands of Papuan have … Continue reading →

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new Indonesian Ambassador to the US is accused of war crimes in East Timor

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

The day after the US Congress held their first ever hearing on human rights in West Papua, it has emerged that the new Indonesian Ambassador to the US played a central role in covering up the murders of thousands of … Continue reading →

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Songs of West Papua freedom reach Poland

Posted on July 21, 2010 by

This Sunday 25th July, West Papuan music will be performed live for the first time ever in Poland, when Benny Wenda and the Lani Singers appear as special guests at the Globaltica Festival in Gdansk. This world music festival is … Continue reading →

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West Papuan people demand full independence

Posted on July 8, 2010 by

Today thousands of us took to the streets in towns and cities across West Papua. Our message is simple: We are West Papuan. We are not Indonesian. We demand a referendum. We urge the United Nations to send peacekeepers to … Continue reading →

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