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WEST PAPUAN CANOE AND THE MORNING STAR, 1 MAY 2012

May 02, 2012

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WEST PAPUA: Flying the Morning Star flag at ‘RUN MELBOURNE’

AUSTRALIA WEST PAPUA ASSOCIATION-MELBOURNE, Press release, 16 July 2011 An ageing Indonesian-speaking Anglican priest will run alongside West Papuan frontman Ronni Kareni in The Age’s Run Melbourne fun run on Sunday 17 July 2011. Rev. Peter Woods resigned in 2009 from being a parish priest to work as a full-time activist for the West Papuan independence movement. His commitment to the long-standing freedom struggle began when he and his wife were missionaries in West Papua between 1978 and 1982 and their third son was born in Angguruk, a highland homeland of the Yali people. Woods’ political activism is unique, almost renaissance-like, ranging from personal testimony and community development to political presentations in venues as diverse as the Maraki Vanuariki Council of Chiefs in Port Vila (Vanuatu) and the George Mason University in Fairfax Virginia (USA). He was the only foreign witness to the massacre at Cendrawasih University in 2006, which on his return to Melbourne hit

WEST PAPUA - Remembering Dr. Thom Wainggai on the day he left us – March 12

28 years ago, I stood at the Mandala stadium in Jayapura in awe as if I was in a scene of a violent war movie. It was not a soccer event, rather it was the day I witnessed the beginning of the end of one of my heroes – a man revered by many, Dr. Thom Wainggai (known to many as Dr. Thom). That day, Dr. Thom and his wife, alongside 70 tribal leaders raised the West Melanesian flag (West Papua) and were brutally arrested by Indonesian police officers and soldiers. It was the last time he made a bold stand against Indonesian imperialism. I won’t forget that day. I grew up in West Papua in a land occupied by a strange by a different ethnic group – Indonesians. We were taught to read and write in the Indonesian language, speak Indonesian (Javanese) in public and in our communities. We learned to sing the Indonesian national anthem, learned Indonesian poetry, history, political and legal systems. We eat, drink, go to school, and learn to be faithful Indonesian citizens. We grew up believing

FREE WEST PAPUA POLITICAL PRISONERS CAMPAIGN TEAM - WASHINGTON D.C

More Info below: Date: March 27, 2013 Time : 15 : 00 – 16 : 00 Place: Jonson Center Room 244, George Mason University, Fairfax Campus . This event will be held on the 2nd floor of the Johnson Center. GMU senior Amy Frazier will give a speech about West Papua, and her experiences learning about the issues faced there through working with Herman Wainggai. She will especially be focusing on the importance of informing the American people about the struggle in West Papua. She will introduce Non-violent West Papuan activist and Visiting Scholar, School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University. Herman Wainggai, a West Papuan leader and former political prisoner with experience of life both before and after assertions of state and corporate control into his peoples’ territories, will share the character, viability and qualities of life in a locally self-governing and sustainable culture, as well as his peoples’ nonviolent resistance to armed and violent

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