WAMENA, West Papua:
Message from Wamena:
“On 1May 2008, the Indonesian military tried to stop any Papuans in Wamena from coming out to mark the 45 anniversary of the occupation. TNI organised a celebration of “integration of West Papua into Indonesia”. They lied to us that UN were coming to visit us in Wamena so we would come out and then Indonesia could say we Papuans are happy to be ruled by Indonesia. But no Papuans went to the Indonesian celebration. Instead, thousands of us came from all villages into Wamena for peaceful protest against Indonesian occupation of our Land.
Today is the day of Indonesia Illegal Occupation of West Papua 1963 and the start of killing, rape, torturing, imprisonment and intimidation. Until today we never free so we want to live free in our own Land.
We need U.K Government to help us to have New Referendum in West Papua.”
