I send prayers and solidarity to @KRLS. He has stood with West Papua for a long time and we stand with him now in return. I hope he is allowed to return to his homeland
Benny Wenda
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Benny Wenda
@BennyWenda
West Papua independence leader, President of ULMWP Provisional Government, and founder of the Free West Papua Campaign. #FreeWestPapua
- Jokowi’s last vacation in his West Papuan holiday home. These people are not West Papuans, they are Indonesians wearing traditional Papuan headdress. Cultural appropriation during a genocide
- Solidarity from the people of #WestPapua for #GeorgeFlyod. Across the world, Black people are being killed and dehumanised. Enough is enough. #BlackLivesMatter #FreeWestPapua
- @jeremycorbyn has long been a friend of the West Papuan people. Thank you for your speech on December 1st, and for your consistent support and solidarity
00:00 - More devastating images have emerged showing the scale of deforestation in #WestPapua, where locals are being forced off ancestral lands by #Indonesia's military to make way for palm oil plantations. Location: Anggai, Jair District and Boven Digoel District - January 11, 2020
- Thank you President @KRLS for all your enduring support. The solidarity of the people of Catalonia means much to people struggling for freedom in West Papua.My full support to the #GreenStateVision, a world-leading proposal for an independent Republic of West Papua based on #ClimateJustice & Indigenous wisdom, under the leadership of president @BennyWenda. #FreeWestPapua #COP26 freewestpapua.org/actions/suppor…
- Please tell your family, your friends, your work colleagues about the struggle for freedom in occupied West Papua. We have been silenced for over 50 years by the colonial Indonesian regime that has denied us the most basic of rights. But they cannot silence us. We will be free.
- Some facts on West Papua: > Human rights groups are banned. > International media are banned. > UN denied access to investigate. > Over 500,000 civilians have been murdered > Racism, discrimination, rape & torture are the norm. ...and Indonesia wonders why we want freedom!
- Illegal logging operations controlled by #Indonesia's military are accelerating the rate of deforestation in occupied #WestPapua to over 300,000 hectares annually. Land is forcibly taken from local people, leaving them unable to feed themselves & their children. #ClimateCrisis
- Today, we announce the formation of our Provisional Government of #WestPapua. From today, December 1, 2020, we begin implementing our own constitution and reclaiming our sovereign land. #FreeWestPapua #PapuaMerdeka #ReferendumYes
- This is West Papua. Indigenous Papuans people forced to crawl through the streets by Indonesian police, stripped of their dignity. Oppression, discrimination and racism are omnipresent. Basic human rights do not exist. Foreign media and @UNHumanRights observers denied access.
- Today in West Papua - 21 protestors killed, 65 critically injured, 318 arrested. This is a state of emergency. #Indonesia's military operate with total impunity, backed up civilian militia. The people of #WestPapua require urgent @UN international assistance & protection. #UNGA
- Today we remember the life of West Papuan leader Theys Eluay. 18 years ago today he was assassinated by Indonesian Special Forces, and his driver Aristoteles Masoka was a victim of forced disappearance. May they both rest in peace.
- This is systematic killing, part of Jakarta’s plan to wipe out all resistance to its rule in West Papua. These deaths have occurred at the same time that Indonesia has sent over 20,000 new troops into W P. They are killing us because we are different because weareBlack MELANESIAN
