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John Pilger
August 30, 2012
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. East Timor slipped Suharto’s leash and is now free, thanks to the resilience…
Benjamin Zephaniah
August 30, 2012
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…
Mark Thomas
August 23, 2012
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…
Caroline Lucas
April 29, 2012
West Papuans have suffered 50 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. I hope to continue working closely…
Noam Chomsky
April 29, 2012
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…
George Monbiot
April 29, 2012
The people of West Papua have been struggling for freedom for over fifty years. Don’t allow them to struggle alone: support the Free West Papua Campaign.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu
April 29, 2012
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.