KAONAK NOREWA YOMAN WENDA: SUARA MAHASISWA YOMAN WENDA,

JOGJAKARTA, Java, Indonesia:

1 May 2008 Message from West Papuan students in Jogjakarta to Indonesia Government and to the world and especially to the people of U.K.

“Give us West Papuans our political rights we were promised on 1 December 1961. Indonesia, Netherlands and U.S. are responsible for the repressive action and manipulation about in the way Indonesia annexed West Papua Land.

Stop putting pressure on Papuans to accept Special Autonomy and the split of West Papua into more provinces.

Now the Indonesia Government is head of the UN decolonisation committee. We urge you to bring West Papua matter onto the Agenda.”

Update (5 May 2008): Since the flag raising on 1 May, Indonesian intelligence have threatened and intimidated the Papuan students in Jogjakarta. At the moment, the students are not leaving their dormitories.

Sign says: “We are remembering 45 years imprisonment and annexation of West Papua by colonialism of NKRI (Republic of Indonesia)”

For PHOTOS, see:

http://www.freewestpapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=648&Itemid=2

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JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia:

Message from Papuan students in Jakarta 1 May 2008

“Today we all West Papuan are remembering this terrible day and what happened to our elders, children, woman and our parents who were killed by Indonesian military because of this day.”

The students delivered a copy of Benny Wenda’s message to the Dutch Embassy in Jakarta.

For PHOTOS, see:

http://www.freewestpapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=647&Itemid=2

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BALI, Indonesia

Message from Papuan student in Bali to U.K Government

“Today 1 May 2008 we got arrested by Indonesia Police but we know U.K government and People of U.K. support us. [Four Papuans were arrested, but all have now been released.]

We know people in Australia, Pacific, Vanuatu, U.S.A. and Europe support us so we will carry on Peaceful Demonstrations until we get Freedom.”

The Papuan students delivered a copy of Benny Wenda’s message to the US Consulate in Bali.

Front Pepera Bali

For Indonesian TV News report of the 1 May protest in Bali, see:

http://www.liputan6.com/daerah/?id=158774

For full message in Malay, see:

http://www.freewestpapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=655&Itemid=2

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LONDON, United Kingdom

Free West Papua Campaign (UK)

1 May 2008: Benny Wenda delivers Petition to UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, at 10, Downing Street, London, together with Lord Harries Lord Hylton, Maria Wenda & Richard Samuelson

Several other MPs and Members of the House of Lords said they were sorry that they could not help deliver the Petition this time (1 May was Local Election day in England & Wales), including Andrew Smith MP (Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on West Papua), Jeremy Corbyn MP, John Battle MP, Mike Hancock MP, Baroness Cox, Lord Griffiths and Lord Kilclooney.

For PHOTOS, see:

http://www.freewestpapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=649&Itemid=2

For Benny Wenda’s Petition to the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown (in English), see: http://www.freewestpapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=645&Itemid=2

For Benny Wenda’s Petition to the UK Prime Minister, Gordon Brown (in Malay), see:

http://www.infopapua.org/artman/publish/article_1741.shtml

For FWPC(UK) 1 May 2008 statement on Youtube, see:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=UTQUFElHbhk

1 May 2008: Free West Papua (UK) demo outside the Indonesian Embassy, London