West Papua independence protest in Canberra

Saturday, December 2, 2006 - 11:00

On December 1, the anniversary of the 1961 raising of the West Papuan flag, 70 people rallied outside the Indonesian embassy in support of West Papuan independence.

Speakers at the rally included Greens Senator Kerry Nettle from the Greens; Australia West Papua Association spokesperson Rose Costelloe, West Papuan refugee Yenin Kogoya and Paula Makabory from the Elsham Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy. All speakers called for a referendum on independence and opposed Australian support for and training of the Indonesian military. Indonesia annexed West Papua (formerly Dutch New Guinea) in 1963.

From GLW issue 693

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