by Herman Wainggai
January 17, 2013
Open letter to the President of Indonesia:
I write with the support of the people of West Papua, New Guinea,
pro-democracy activists around the world and defenders of the rights of
West Papuans, to say that the global support for democracy and freedom,
and the end of 50 years of military colonization by Indonesia for will
be exercised firmly and peacefully.
Peaceful demonstrations are planned for January 17, 2013 at the
Embassy of Indonesia in Washington DC, Los Angeles, as well as in
Manokwari, West Papua, Yapen Waropen, Papua, and Australia and the
Solomon Islands to demand freedom for West Papuan political prisoners.
Today, people around the world are watching the peaceful
demonstration in West Papua, where most are people are ready to take to
the streets with music, dancing, and their demand that Indonesia free
West Papua political prisoners.
Over the years, peaceful demonstrators in West Papua have been
terrorized, imprisoned and killed by Indonesian military police. Edison
Waromi, one of West Papua’s human rights defenders, has been imprisoned
for more than 14 years, and we were imprisoned together for two of those
years. West Papuan activists Edison Kendi and Yan Maniamboy currently
are threatened with 20 years in prison for organizing a nonviolent rally
in support of the United Nations’ International Day of the World’s Indigenous People in New York in August 2012.
We demand that Indonesia immediately and unconditionally free all
West Papuan political prisoners and end its military occupation of West
Papua. We also request that the UN Special Rapporteur, who is scheduled
to be in Indonesia in January, visit West Papua and meet with imprisoned
political leaders of the Federated Republic of West Papua, such as
President Forkorus Yaboisembut, Prime Minister Edison Waromi, and
others.
Source: west Papua Media
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