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The Free West Papua Campaign has the support of many prominent people from all walks of life. Read some of their messages of support here.
Benjamin Zephaniah, poet
“I support the Free West Papua Campaign because I have seen what it’s like to live under occupation, and I feel the pain of the people of West Papua. All occupations are illegal; no occupation is more illegal than another. It is our duty to turn the spotlight on West Papua and expose this awful injustice”. | 
Mark Thomas, comedian
"Anyone who supported the East Timorese in their struggle for independence should support West Papua. The Indonesian authorities have tried to suppress, kill and destroy the independence movement in West Papua, with the help of British arms companies and the British government." |  Caroline Lucas MP, Leader of the UK Green Party
“West Papuans have suffered 42 years of human rights violations, discrimination and abuse at the hands of Indonesia after it fraudulently took control of West Papua in a staged ‘referendum’ organised by the UN. The Free West Papua Campaign is performing an invaluable service in publicising the plight of the nation and pushing it up the political agenda. I hope to continue working closely with them to ensure the EU applies and keeps up the pressure on Indonesia and the UN to grant the peoples of West Papua a properly conducted referendum on independence.” | 
Noam Chomsky, professor
"The crimes committed against the people of West Papua are some of the most shameful of the past years. The Western powers have much to answer for, and at the very least should use their ample means to bring about the withdrawal of the occupying Indonesian army and termination of the shameful exploitation of resources and destruction of the environment and the lives and societies of the people of West Papua, who have suffered far too much."
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George Monbiot, writer & environmentalist
"The people of West Papua have been struggling for freedom for forty years. Don't allow them to struggle alone: support the Free West Papua Campaign." | 
Archibishop Desmond Tutu "The people of West Papua have been denied their basic human rights including the right to self-determination. Their cry for justice has fallen largely on deaf ears. I will keep them in my prayers in their hour of need"
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John Pilger, journalist and documentary filmmaker
"The suffering of West Papuans is seldom reported. The Indonesian government bans foreign journalists and human rights organisations, such as Amnesty International, from the hauntingly beautiful territory known by its indigenous people as “the forgotten bird of paradise”. East Timor slipped Suharto’s leash and is now free, thanks to the resilience of its people and an international network. The people of West Papua deserve nothing less"
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Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP & Chairman of International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP)
"I recognise the inalienable right of the people of the indigenous people West Papua to self-determination which was violated in the 1969 "Act of Free Choice". The human rights of each of us are undermined if the human rights of others are denied" | 
Rt Hon Lord Harries of Pentregath "The principles at stake with West Papua are fundamental to civilised life in the modern world. The so-called Act of Free Choice consisted of 1026 people being forced at gunpoint to vote for integration with Suharto's Indonesia.The West Papuans are a people - the same people as those of Papua New Guinea on the east of the island - who obtained their independence from Britain over 35 years ago. They have no desire to be ruled from Jakarta"
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