I am truly sadden to hear of the passing of Pamela Gerrie, a devoted Free West Papua supporter and beloved friend to my family and I. I send my deepest condolences to her husband Phil, daughter Lucy and all the family. When my family first arrived in the UK, the only way we were ableContinue reading “Benny Wenda: Condolences to the Family of Pamela Gerrie”
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A decade on, asylum-seekers’ struggle for West Papua
EXCLUSIVE DEBORAH CASSRELS, JOURNALIST@cassrelsd Under cover of darkness, 43 West Papuan asylum-seekers clambered aboard a dugout canoe at midnight. The cue to flee Indonesian persecution in the province of West Papua in January 2006 was urgent. They had been subjected to brutal repression at the hands of the Indonesian regime. Reports of government-sanctioned murders, politicalContinue reading “A decade on, asylum-seekers’ struggle for West Papua”
A decade on, asylum-seekers’ struggle for West Papua
EXCLUSIVE DEBORAH CASSRELS, JOURNALIST@cassrelsd Under cover of darkness, 43 West Papuan asylum-seekers clambered aboard a dugout canoe at midnight. The cue to flee Indonesian persecution in the province of West Papua in January 2006 was urgent. They had been subjected to brutal repression at the hands of the Indonesian regime. Reports of government-sanctioned murders, political…
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West Papuan asylum seekers to be sent to camp on PNG-Indonesian border
Group of seven who were deported from Australia fear kidnapping by Indonesia if sent to remote border camp Seven West Papuans who claimed asylum in Australia have been told they will be sent to a remote camp in Papua New Guinea on the border of Indonesia – the country they are fleeing from. The group, including aContinue reading “West Papuan asylum seekers to be sent to camp on PNG-Indonesian border”
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