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I am here with a mixture of deep sadness and anger. Deep sadness because we are here today surrounded by bones -- the bones of the thousands of our Papuan Brothers and Sisters who have been killed during 45 years of the Indonesian occupation, the grim anniversary of which falls soon on 1 May. I always think that any meeting like this should begin with silence to remember all those who have died and the countless others who have been tortured and raped by Indonesian soldiers and police.

Father, today your West Papuan sons and daughters are with you again here in London - so far from our homeland and our loved ones - to remember again the solemn promises you made to our people.




47 years ago, on 5th April 1961, you gave our elders a precious gift, the Nieuw Guinea Raad, West Papua's first democratic parliament. We remember that day as one of the most important in our history, the first rays of light in the eastern sky in our country's sunrise to independence.

Photo News: Demo today joining by high School student from all over Wamena with all the Peoples around Wamena demanding Release Bucthar Tabuni and Sebby Sambom because they are not criminal but they Human Right Activist.
We all west Papuan demanding to Indonesia Government not to close democracy windows in West Papua.

SIGNING Of THE WEST PAPUA DECLERATION PORTCULLIS HOUSE
By WPNews
Dec 3, 2008, 03:10

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The WEST PAPUA DECLARATION
London, 1st December 2008
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WE the undersigned recognise the inalienable right of the indigenous people of West Papua to self-determination, which was violated in the 1969 Act of Free Choice,

AND call upon our governments through the United Nations to put in place arrangements for the free exercise of that right

SO that the indigenous people of West Papua can decide democratically their own future in accordance with international standards of human rights, the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.

International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP)

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WEST PAPUA DECLARATION
Symbolically signing by Andrew Smith Leader of All Party Parliamentarian group for West Papua ,Lord Harries and West Papua Independence Leader in the United King and all Free West Papua supports.