WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE CONTINUE RALLIES OUTSIDE JAYAPURA PARLIAMENT TO KEEP PRESSURE FOR REFERENDUM

Posted on March 6th, 2008 by Nick.
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URGENT MEDIA ALERT

WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE CONTINUE RALLIES OUTSIDE JAYAPURA PARLIAMENT TO KEEP PRESSURE FOR REFERENDUM

FOR IMMEDIATE BROADCAST

Thursday March 6 1530 AEST

JAYAPURA, WEST PAPUA, MARCH 6

Unswayed by threats, previous police brutality and their release from prison yesterday, Youth and Students of West Papua have joined today with detainees to keeping up the pressure on the Indonesian Government in demanding a Referendum for the future of West Papua. Eighty students braved BRIMOB to hold a peaceful rally on the steps of the Papuan People’s Assembly in Jayapura.

One peloton of police were attempting to disperse students violently despite permission to hold peaceful rally, but students decided to close the rally to prevent violence. Six student leaders have been taken by police to POLRES Jayapura for interrogation, though all previous detainees have indicated they are ready to go back to gaol.

The demands from the demonstrators are as follows:

1. United Nations must immediately send international observers to West Papua;

2. We the West Papuan people give support to Vanuatu and other Pacific states to list West Papua for discussion at the Decolonisation Committee of the United Nations in 2008;

3. The United Nations must immediately revoke UN Resolution 2504 (1969) on the fraudulent and illegal Act Of Free Choice of 1969.

4. REFERENDUM for West Papua to determine its own future.

More protests are planned until Indonesia Listens.

PLEASE CONTACT MARTHEN SINGGIR ON +62 813 445 31793 FOR DIRECT MEDIA COMMENT ON THE GROUND

PLEASE CONTACT AGAIN POLRES JAYAPURA Captain D Rumaropen (+62 (0) 81344183583). FOR DETAILS ON STATUS OF DETAINEES


Police Papua province hp:967 531 014

Kapolres Manokwari tlp.0986 211359:

rmh dins kapolres tlp.0986 211355:

Waka (Deputi Commander) Polres.tlp.0986 211826..


MEDIA CONSIDERATIONS: . Photographs and Video are still trying to be sent, please be patient; people with footage are being hunted by intelligence and are taking countermeasures. MORE INFO AS IT COMES TO HAND.


This Alert and Media co-ordination has been prepared by Nick Chesterfield, Independent Human Security and Media Consultant to West Papua Movement. www.manukoreri.net +61(0)409 268 978 manukoreri@riseup.net GPG Key available on request.

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