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UK Embassy in Jakarta Denys West Papua Delegation's Visa!
See:
<http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/INTERNATIONAL-PARLIAMENTARIANS-FOR-WEST-PAPU\
A-Launch-London#comment-37>

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Dear Free West Papua Campaign, Officials and Andrew Smith MP & Lord Harries,

I need to tell you that West Papua Delegation will not Participate in
Launch of International Parliamentarians for West Papua in London
because of UK embassy in Jakarta has rejected our visa to enter London.
I don,t know exactly what reason they reject our visa but it is
political rejection.

Although Delegation from West Papua not participate there but 257 tribes
throughout West Papua overwhelming support launch of the International
Parliamentarians for West Papua to be launch in London and we express
our thank to British Government support self determination of West Papua
indigenous people through their Parliament .

We hope you send me complete report of the launch of: IPWP . I had press
release from fPcN. I am looking forward to hear from you.

Thanks

Best Regards,

(name withheld by fPcN)

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relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them preserve
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ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption into the global
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and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them preserve
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ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption into the global
economy.


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West Papuan Freedom Struggle Enters House Of Lords

Download as MP3 - http://www.thewire.org.au/audio/TWPapua.mp3

Produced by Tom Changarathil

On 15th of October this year, The International Parliamentarian's for
West Papua was launched at the House of Lords in Britain. An
initiative to bring attention and gain support for West Papuan
freedom from Indonesia. John Ondawame was part of the delegation
present in UK to launch this initiative. He is the International
spokesperson for OPM or Free Papua Movement and is featured in this story.


From: http://www.thewire.org.au/daydetail.aspx?SearchDay=2008-10-23

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relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them preserve
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ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption into the global
economy.


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26 November 2008

Hon. Stephen Smith MP

Minister for Foreign Affairs


Dear Sir,

You are, I believe, aware of widespread concerns about Yunus Wainggai
and his seven year-old daughter Anike, two of the forty-three West
Papuan asylum seekers. I attach my diary of events, which demonstrates
their disappearance from Melbourne ten days ago, with the detention in
Port Moresby, by PNG National Intelligence, of a delegation of the West
Papua National Authority led by Drs. Jacob Rumbiak enroute to Vanuatu.
Both operations, you will note, were instigated by Andy Ayamiseba in
Vanuatu, a well known 'operator' in Port Vila, with Joanna Yumeri (from
Canberra) and Paula Makabory (from Melbourne). That these three are West
Papuans does not mask the imprimateur of Indonesian intelligence, and in
fact the Indonesian government as well which has long been funding
diplomatic and intelligence operations in Australia for the return of
the asylum seekers (Please see my /Statement of facts concerning
Indonesian intelligence agencies campaign to discredit and harass Dr
Jacob Rumbiak within Australia and overseas 2000-2007 /which I wrote and
distributed to Labor and Liberal politicians, all the justice agencies,
and the most recent foreign affairs sub-committee into relations between
Indonesia and Australia).

Yunus has most certainly been coerced into his and Anike's removal from
their community in Melbourne. He is a simple fisherman, very sick and in
pain most of the time, and has at times found it difficult to look after
a lively seven-year-old while waiting for his wife Siti to arrive (via
UNHCR family re-unification). However, he is an honest man, and I was
first alerted to the possibility of Indonesia intelligence involvement
by the web of lies and deceit around their disappearance on 15 November
2008, and the obsfucation of their whereabouts ever since.

Mr Smith, I fully appreciate the difficulties being experienced by the
Department of Foreign Affairs in dealing with this case (/viz a viz/ the
Lombok Treaty). However, I do believe DFAT has the capacity, and perhaps
also a moral obligation, to facilitate a meeting between Yunus and his
lawyer, David Manne, and the West Papuan leader in Australia, Dr Jacob
Rumbiak. As you will note in my diary, Yunus phoned Yohana Rumeri last
Friday, asking to see his lawyer, and she relayed his message through an
SMS which I have a copy of. Yohana refused, however, to reveal Yunus and
Anike's location to the lawyer. Consequently this meeting has not taken
place, and we have no assurances that Yunus is not free of pressures
that Indonesian intelligence agents would be able to exert.

I believe that such a meeting would remove all suspicions that the
Australian government is not fulfilling its duty to protect these
high-profile asylum seekers (who two days before they disappeared met
their lawyer and filled in their permanent residency applications!). We
ourselves are unable to organise such a meeting, because we do not know
where Yunus and Anike are. Yesterday an Indonesian intelligence officer
at the Embassy in Canberra said “they are not in our embassy, they are
with the Australian authorities”. However, numerous officials we
contacted in our Department of Immigration deny any knowledge of their
whereabouts, and more surprisingly are not offering us any assistance in
finding them.

I am particularly driven to bring about this meeting, and the assurances
it may (or may not) provide to an increasing number of concerned
Australians and interested media, because I feel somewhat indebted to
little Anike, whose infamous high-five with Steve Fielding brought about
Prime Minister Howard's first defeat (the withdrawal of the Migration
Amendment legislation from the Senate in 2006).

Yours sincerely,

Louise Byrne

Australia West Papua Assoc—Melbourne

Tel 04329 24 212

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groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal peoples
and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the first
and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them preserve
their unique cultures from enforced assimilation, alien religions, the
ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption into the global
economy.


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and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them preserve
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ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption into the global
economy.


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West Papua Report December 2008

This is the 55th in a series of monthly reports that focus on
developments affecting Papuans. This series is produced by the
non-profit West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) drawing on media accounts,
other NGO assessments, and analysis and reporting from sources within
West Papua. This report is co-published with the East Timor and
Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) Back issues are posted online at
http://etan.org/issues/wpapua/default.htm Questions regarding this
report can be addressed to Edmund McWilliams at edmcw@....

Contents:

* Thousands of Papuans Demonstrate Peacefully, Calling for Independence
* Papuan Academics call for a Human Rights Court and Reconciliation
Commission for West Papua
* Papuans Peacefully Demonstrate against Militarism
* Secession Threats Raised in West Papua and Elsewhere over Passage of
Islamic Law-Based Legislation
* Papuan Governor Suebu to Launch Anti-HIV/AIDS Campaign as the Disease
Spreads Explosively in West Papua
* Papuan Governor Suebu Describes "Special Autonomy" Implementation as
"Chaotic" 
 * National Seminar Discusses "Marginalization" of Papuans;
Racism Cited as An Underlying Cause

Summary: 
 As thousands of Papuans demonstrate peacefully, calling for
an end to Jakarta rule, the Papuan Governor decried the failure of
Jakarta to implement "special autonomy," which he described as initially
introduced as an alternative to independence. He noted the cost in human
terms of Jakarta's failure to implement the legislation including
failure to provide basic services for Papuans. This he indicated bore
grave consequences for the Papuan population now confronting an
explosion of HIV/AIDS infection.

Separately, Papuan academics have called for a human rights court and
national reconciliation commission another unfulfilled pledge of the six
year old special autonomy legislation. A national seminar convened in
Jakarta echoed these concerns concluding that Papuans had been
marginalized in their own land. One non-Papuan speaker noted the role of
racist attitudes in Jakarta's dealings with Papuans. Passage of a new
Sharia-based anti-pornography law reflecting exclusively Islamic values
has prompted calls for secession by some Papuans and in other
communities within the Indonesian archipelago where Islam is not the
dominant religious confession. 
 Comment: These developments reflect the
observation of a prominent Papuan academic who when asked if he
considered himself an "Indonesian," responded, "that is the wrong
question: the simple fact is that Indonesians do not consider me to be
an Indonesian." 
 Thousands of Papuans Demonstrate Peacefully for
Independence 
 On December 1, the day Papuans set aside to commemorate
the interlude of Papuan independence between the end of Dutch
colonialism and the Indonesian annexation. In Manokwari, AFP reports,
approximately 2000 demonstrators marched carrying banners calling for
independence. The demonstrators were peaceful, although police detained
and beat one man who reportedly was carrying a banned "Morning Star"
flag. In Nabire approximately 10,000 gathered peacefully for a prayer
meeting under the watchful eyes of several hundred police and military
personnel. A smaller group of approximately 700 Papuans demonstrated
without incident near Jayapura. They gathered near the grave of Papua
Presidium Council (PDP) head Theys Eluay who was strangled to death by
TNI (special forces or "Kopassus") personnel in 2001. Speaking there
(PDP) Secretary General Taha Alhamid, a Papuan Muslim, told the crowd:
"We are poor and suffering on top of a land of wealth." "We are going to
keep holding on until Papua is free." Papuans at this meeting concluded
the demonstration with a call for independence and for closure of the
Freeport mining complex and the BP oil and gas development at Bintuni Bay.

Approximately 300 Papuans also rallied in Jakarta.

Papuan Academics Call for Human Rights Court and Truth and
Reconciliation Commission in Papua 
 According to a November 19
Cenderawasih Pos report, several Papuan academics have spoken out
regarding the failure of the government to fulfill its obligations under
the almost six-year-old "special autonomy" law to establish a human
rights court or a "truth and reconciliation commission" in West Papua

Ferry Kareth SH said these two bodies were very important and warranted
an immediate response to the demands of many people. Speaking
specifically of the need for a commission, he drew attention in
particular to the issue of West Papua's forced annexation by Indonesia
under the guise of the 1969 fraudulent ‘Act of Free Choice.' "This is a
question that must be understood in particular by the powers-that-be who
all too frequently use authoritarian methods to handle issues in Papua,"
he said.

With regard to a human rights court he added, "a Human Rights Court
should also be set up because, like it or not, the fact is that there
have been many human rights violations in the past. The Court is needed
in view of the practice of genocide, the disappearance of a number of
groups or communities and the commission of crimes against humanity." He
pointed out that the only trials to have been held so far took place in
Makassar in South Sulawesi whereas the violations occurred in Papua. 

Peaceful Demonstration Against Militarization of West Papua 
 The
November 4 Cenderawasih Pos reports that scores of Papuans from the
Coalition for Human Rights in Papua demonstrated in Jayapura in early
November calling for removal of the Indonesian military (TNI) from West
Papua. They demonstrated under the banner "End Militarism in Papua."
They also called for space for democracy in West Papua and protested in
particular against the actions taken by the military and police against
their action on 20 October (see the October West Papua Report). The
group also marched to the regional assembly (DPRP) offices demanding to
know whether it supported the recent arrival of additional troops in
West Papua. Among several speakers was Buchtar Tabuni who had helped
organize the October 16 demonstrations welcoming the launch of the
International Parliamentarians for West Papua, which was held in London
October 15.

The Chairman of the DPRP, John Ibo spoke to the crowd and said that it
was his intention to hold a forum for about the question of the troops
now in Papua to which he would invite the commander of the XVII Military
Command.

A statement that was read out during the demonstration made the
following six demands:

1. End security force arrests and repressive actions which target
peaceful actions by the Papuan people

2. Stop armed forces intervention into the university campus.

3. Take action against those responsible for the August 9 shooting of
Opinus Tabuni and the October 20 beatings of Buchtar Tabuni and his
colleagues.

4. Stop ongoing legal processes against Dewan Adat Papua Chair Forkorus
Yaboisembut and other members of the board of the Dewan Adat.

5. Immediately halt the sending of both organic and non-organic troops
to West Papua.

6. Launch a UN peace-keeping force to help solve the conflict in West Papua.

Papuan Threats to Secede Over Implementation of Sharia-based Law

Senior Papuan political leaders are among those Papuans who have
threatened secession from Indonesia if the Muslim-dominated national
government moves to implement an anti-pornography law that is based on
Sharia law. The bill was approved by a large parliamentary majority
October 30 although members of two parties walked out.

The predominantly Christian/Animist Papuan population with a culture
distinct from that of the rest of the peoples in the Indonesian
archipelago have long resisted as racist Jakarta-led efforts to reform
Papuan culture, style of dress and artistic expression.

The law defines "pornography" broadly raising fears among Papuans and
others that it could be abuse by law enforcement officials and Islamic
militias such as the "Islamic Defenders Front" who operate in
coordination with and under the patronage of the Indonesian military.

For many non-Muslims the new law has ominous implications. Time magazine
(November 17 edition) cited Theophilus Bela, chairman of the Christian
Communication Forum (not a Papuan), on the meaning of the legislation:
"The law imposes the will of the majority that embrace Islam, is a form
of religious discrimination and against the spirit of tolerance taught
by the country's founders," says "It is an effort to divide the country."

In addition to Papuan protest, the leadership of three other provinces
with significant non-Muslim populations, Bali, Yogyakarta and North
Sulawesi, have announced that they will not enforce the law. Jakarta has
yet to react to these challenges.

President Yudhoyono has 30 days in which to sign or veto the legislation
after which it automatically becomes law. He must also issue
implementing regulations to make the law effective. 
 Governor Suebu To
Launch Anti-HIV/AIDS Campaign

According to the Cenderawasih Pos, November 19 November, governor of
Papua, Barnabas Suebu believes that HIV/AIDS now poses a serious threat
to the very existence of the Papuan people. Speaking at a meeting of
Stake-Holders to Accelerate Efforts to Combat HIV/AIDS, the governor
said that he was not dramatizing the problem and proposed that Papuans
"declare war" on the disease,' he said. He said that would declare
December 1 (World AIDS Day) he would declare a day to launch a massive
movement among all Papuan people to combat AIDS and other diseases.

He said that the problem was largely the result of uninhibited sex,
caused in the first place by the consumption of alcohol. He had
therefore decided to prohibit the distribution of alcohol everywhere,
except in hotels. "There must be no selling of alcohol in stalls or
shops and the police have been instructed to ensure that this is
implemented," he said. He also called for a crackdown on prostitution.

Suebu reported that the incidence of HIV in the Land of Papua in 2006
was 2.4 percent of the population of three million. The disease first
appeared in Sorong where so far 700 people have died, in a population of
723,000.

Chairman of the committee, Constant Karma said that the disease accounts
for 42 percent of the HIV and AIDS cases in Indonesia.

Governor Suebu Describes Implementation of Special Autonomy as "Chaotic"

Speaking at a seminar to review six years of Special Autonomy (OTSUS) at
a seminar at Cenderawasih University in November, Governor Barnabas
Suebu said that despite the passage of six years implementation of the
law remains "very chaotic." He added that and not being used according
to the objectives of the law. The Governor noted that OTSUS was
introduced at a time when Papuan people were calling for independence.
In response, the government introduced OTSUS "in an attempt to quell
these aspirations."

The Governor acknowledged that in the wake of the failure to implement
OTSUS many Papuans now favor independence, with some favoring special
autonomy only as a preparatory path to full independence.

Substantiating his assertions the Governor noted that at a recent
meeting of the Provincial Parliament (DPR) regarding the 2009 OTSUS
budget, there were moves to cut back the Rp1 trillion allocation. In the
end, the DPR agreed to reinstate the allocation. Nevertheless, the funds
were not in fact effectively utilized. He explained that district-level
administrations arrogate special autonomy money to themselves. A
mid-2006 audit revealed that Rp 2 trillion was unaccounted for. "Papuans
should not be living in poverty in the midst of the wealth of their
surroundings. The fact is that very little of the OTSUS money is going
down to the villages because most of it is being used by the bureaucracy."

The Governor sought to underscore the cost of the failure of Special
Autonomy in human terms. A 2006 tour of districts he said revealed
"widespread poverty and poor nutrition everywhere, especially among
indigenous Papuans. Children of school age are not able to read or
write. He described the situation as partly the result of the failure to
implement key regulations or to establish controls on the expenditure of
funds.

Separately a November 18 Kompas report quotes Governor Suebu as decrying
standards of education in primary and secondary schools in Papua. He
noted that particularly in the more remote regions as a consequence of
an absence of teachers "education at primary and secondary level is in a
state of collapse."

Suebu was specific about the failure of Jakarta to delegate authority
need to implement Special Autonomy. He noted that, such as for instance
the national forestry department had failed to delegate authority to
stop illegal logging. Without the necessary regulations, forest products
are now being auctioned off. "This is because the central authorities
are unwilling to hand over these powers as stipulated in Special
Autonomy law' he said.

Seminar Looks at Marginalization of Papuans; Racism Cited as One of Many
Reasons For Failure to Enforce Human Rights in West Papua

A seminar which concluded November 26 in Jakarta concluded that the
special autonomy law has made little difference to the socio-economic
and political conditions of its indigenous people. The seminar which was
titled, Building a National Support Constituency for the Fulfillment of
Papuan Women's Rights was organized by the National Commission on
Violence Against Women. Speakers cited the influx of migrants from
outside West Papua as leading to the marginalization of the indigenous
Papuan population.

Quoting a 2007 study by an Australian researcher, Lea Kanisia Mekiuw, of
the Merauke Archbishop's Justice and Peace Secretariat, said the growth
of the native Papuan population has fallen compared to that of the
newcomers, sparking concerns that the indigenous people could lose their
homeland to the latter. The study, conducted by University of Sydney’s
Center for Peace and Conflict Studies said that the annual growth rate
of native Papuans is only 1.67 percent, much slower than that of the
non-native Papuans, which is 10.5 percent.

In 1971, the indigenous Papuans constituted 96 percent of the province's
total population of 923,000 people. But in 2005, the proportion changed
significantly to 59 percent of 2.65 million people. If the growth rates
of the two groups continue at the same pace, Elmslie projected that in
2020, the ratio of native to non-native Papuans would stand at 30:70,
and in 2030 the gap could be at 15:85.

Frederika Korain of Jayapura Bishopric's Justice and Peace Secretariat,
speaking at the same event, said notwithstanding the figures cited above
based on independent research, there were no official data on the
proportion of native to non-native Papuans.

This could be an attempt by the local and central governments to conceal
the real conditions of the native Papuans, she added.

She said the special autonomy law, enacted in 2001, also had failed to
improve the social and cultural lives of indigenous Papuans. Eighty
percent of native Papuans are living below the poverty line, with most
local jobs granted to migrants instead of the typically poorly educated
indigenous people, Frederika said. "Freeport (the U. S.-based copper and
gold mine company operating in Papua) has been the country's biggest
taxpayer since 1967, but 80 percent of native

Papuans still live in absolute poverty. Poverty pockets are evenly
spread throughout almost all Papua regencies," she said at the seminar.

Mekiuw warned that millions of hectares of forests have been and more
would soon be destroyed due to the operations of large mining, forestry
and plantation firms. She also said that the 2007 split of the region
into Papua and West Papua provinces had brought more negative impacts
than benefits to the native Papuans, with many locals being forced to
compete with one another to find food to eat instead of sharing an area.

A November 27 Tempo Interactive cited Yenny Rosa Damayanti from the
Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) as noting at
the gathering the role of race in policy making and implementation and
popular attitudes towards Papuans:

"Because they (Papuans) have different skin color and hair, we feel that
they are 'the others,' not family."

She added also that "people apply double standards regarding the
military. Everyone rejects the military (being) in civilian areas, yet
that are not serious about ending militarism in (West) Papua."

Ends

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ETAN welcomes your financial support. Go to
http://etan.org/etan/donate.htm to donate. Thanks.


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PO Box 21873, Brooklyn, NY 11202-1873 USA
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and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them preserve
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ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and absorption into the global
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hi all,

Here's another short piece, filmed on our last visit to Melanesia.

As always, network and publish, far and wide.


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Title: Chief Reuben Ishmael Vice President 'Shepherds Alliance'
Vanuatu speaks for West Papua & other colonised peoples. (2008, 14.26)
Artists: Reuben Ishmael, Chief of Masoen Maramanu Tinapuna
Published Date: Dec. 2008
Copyright: © fPcN interCultural: Creative Commons - Attribution-
Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Duration: 00:14:26
Genre: World / Tribal / Vanuatu / Papua New Guinea / West Papua
Tags/Keywords: West Papua, Independence, Vanuatu, Chiefs, refugees,
PNG, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, Shepherds Alliance, colonised,
United Nations,
Dimensions: 640 x 480 pixels, ratio: 4:3 (mp4/mov)
Description: Vice President of the current opposition partly in
Vanuatu, Reuben Ishmael, Chief of Masoen Maramanu Tinapuna, from the
'Shepherds Alliance' party, speaks for a free and independent West
Papua. And independence for all Melanesians

Filmed in the 'Shepherds Alliance' H.Q. Port Vila, Vanuatu in
November 2008.

Links:
Chief Reuben Ishmael Vice President 'Shepherds Alliance' (2008,
14.26) (640x480 4:3GV)
http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Chief-Reuben-Ishmael-VP-Shepherds-
Alliance-Vanuatu-speaks-for-West-Papua-and-others

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7882969631765179984
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Title: Chief Reuben Ishmael Vice President 'Shepherds Alliance' Vanuatu speaks
for West Papua & other colonised peoples. (2008, 14.26)
Artists: Reuben Ishmael, Chief of Masoen Maramanu Tinapuna
Published Date: Dec. 2008
Copyright: © fPcN interCultural: Creative Commons -
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Duration: 00:14:26
Genre: World / Tribal / Vanuatu / Papua New Guinea / West Papua
Tags/Keywords: West Papua, Independence, Vanuatu, Chiefs, refugees, PNG, Papua
New Guinea, Melanesia, Shepherds Alliance, colonised, United Nations,
Dimensions: 640 x 480 pixels, ratio: 4:3 (mp4/mov)
Description: Vice President of the current opposition partly in Vanuatu, Reuben
Ishmael, Chief of Masoen Maramanu Tinapuna, from the 'Shepherds Alliance' party,
speaks for a free and independent West Papua. And independence for all
Melanesians

Filmed in the 'Shepherds Alliance' H.Q. Port Vila, Vanuatu in November 2008.

Links:
Chief Reuben Ishmael Vice President 'Shepherds Alliance' (2008, 14.26) (640x480
4:3GV)
http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Chief-Reuben-Ishmael-VP-Shepherds-Alliance-Va\
nuatu-speaks-for-West-Papua-and-others
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7882969631765179984

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and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the
first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


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Title: Prisoners of a White God
Artists: The Akha.
Published Date: 2008
Copyright: © fPcN Czech Republic: www.uwip.org
Producer: Tomas Ryska
Duration: 00:51:47
Genre: Tribal / Thailand and Laos
Copyright: © fPcN interCultural: Creative Commons -
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.
Tags/Keywords: christain, Missionaries, Akha, sterilisation, South East Asia,
Dimensions: 420 x 316 pixels 4:3
Description: A documentary film about a mountain ethnic group in South East
Asia, the Prisoners of a White God, tells the story about a researcher, who
investigates the activities of christian missionaries and international
development among the Akha peoples.
Prisoners of a White God received the Grand Prixes at RAFF Film Festival, at
Ecofilm Festival, at Festival of the Mountain Films, at "It's Up To You" Film
Festival and the Main Prize at Ekotopfilm in 2008!

Copyright: © fPcN interCultural: Creative Commons -
Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales License.

Links:

http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Prisoners-a-White-God
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5151512921334112942

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by way of fPcN


someone wrote:
  > Hope this film passes on some inspiration for our work in this new
year
  > and for freedom in West Papua
  >
  > part1
  > http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5s2Ly6LMKFc
  > and part2
  > http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=x0JZJILaqw8
  >
  >
  > With apologies for poor subtitles
  >
  >
  > ***
  >
  > Also coming soon:
  >
  > Vete and the Struggle for Land Rights in Vanuatu
  > &
  > Sea Capt. Shem Raruwa and the Independence War of Vanuatu
  >
  > ***
  >
  > more info avail on request
  > free to forward on
  >



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and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the
first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


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This is we believe is a critical piece of history, all supporters of
a Free  West Papua, should want to help network and re-publish.

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Title: Launch of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua.
Artists: The OPM
Published Date: 2008
Copyright: © Free West Papua Campaign UK
Producer: www.vonplanta.net
Duration: 00:05:29
Genre: Tribal / West Papua
Keywords/Tags: West Papua, Independence, liberation, self-
determination, OPM, London, IPWP, Freedom, liberty, Indonesia
Dimensions: 470 x 270 pixels 16:9
Description: On 15 October 2008 the Free West Papua Campaign UK,
launched with supportive parliamentarians, from around the world, the
International Parliamentarians for West Papua where they all signed a
declaration in support of self determination for West Papua at UK
Parliament in London.

To learn more, see: www.FreeWestPapua.org, www.FreeWestPapua.de &
www.IPWP.org

A film by Claudio von Planta www.vonplanta.net
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Links:
http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Launch-International-
Parliamentarians-West-Papua
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2829810907399368577
rtsp://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-
AAC_noresize-s.mp4 for streaming in Real Player
http://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08.flv
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/mpg/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-AAC_noresize-s.mp4
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/flv/ipwp_launch_08.flv
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

fPcN

Title: Launch of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua.
Artists: The OPM
Published Date: 2008
Copyright: © Free West Papua Campaign UK
Producer: www.vonplanta.net
Duration: 00:05:29
Genre: Tribal / West Papua
Keywords/Tags: West Papua, Independence, liberation, self-determination, OPM,
London, IPWP, Freedom, liberty, Indonesia
Dimensions: 470 x 270 pixels 16:9
Description: On 15 October 2008 the Free West Papua Campaign UK, launched with
supportive parliamentarians, from around the world, the International
Parliamentarians for West Papua where they all signed a declaration in support
of self determination for West Papua at UK Parliament in London.

To learn more, see: www.FreeWestPapua.org, www.FreeWestPapua.de & www.IPWP.org

A film by Claudio von Planta www.vonplanta.net

Links:
http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Launch-International-Parliamentarians-West-Pa\
pua
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2829810907399368577
rtsp://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-AAC_noresize-s.mp4 to
for streaming
http://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08.flv
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/flv/ipwp_launch_08.flv
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/mpg/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-AAC_noresize-s.mp4

This is we believe is a critical piece of history, all supporters of
a Free  West Papua, should want to help network and re-publish.

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Title: Launch of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua.
Artists: The OPM
Published Date: 2008
Copyright: © Free West Papua Campaign UK
Producer: www.vonplanta.net
Duration: 00:05:29
Genre: Tribal / West Papua
Keywords/Tags: West Papua, Independence, liberation, self-
determination, OPM, London, IPWP, Freedom, liberty, Indonesia
Dimensions: 470 x 270 pixels 16:9
Description: On 15 October 2008 the Free West Papua Campaign UK,
launched with supportive parliamentarians, from around the world, the
International Parliamentarians for West Papua where they all signed a
declaration in support of self determination for West Papua at UK
Parliament in London.

To learn more, see: www.FreeWestPapua.org, www.FreeWestPapua.de &
www.IPWP.org

A film by Claudio von Planta www.vonplanta.net
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Links:
http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Launch-International-
Parliamentarians-West-Papua
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2829810907399368577
rtsp://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-
AAC_noresize-s.mp4 for streaming in Real Player
http://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08.flv
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/mpg/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-AAC_noresize-s.mp4
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/flv/ipwp_launch_08.flv
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

fPcN

Title: Launch of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua.
Artists: The OPM
Published Date: 2008
Copyright: © Free West Papua Campaign UK
Producer: www.vonplanta.net
Duration: 00:05:29
Genre: Tribal / West Papua
Keywords/Tags: West Papua, Independence, liberation, self-determination, OPM,
London, IPWP, Freedom, liberty, Indonesia
Dimensions: 470 x 270 pixels 16:9
Description: On 15 October 2008 the Free West Papua Campaign UK, launched with
supportive parliamentarians, from around the world, the International
Parliamentarians for West Papua where they all signed a declaration in support
of self determination for West Papua at UK Parliament in London.

To learn more, see: www.FreeWestPapua.org, www.FreeWestPapua.de & www.IPWP.org

A film by Claudio von Planta www.vonplanta.net

Links:
http://www.fpcn-global.org/content/Launch-International-Parliamentarians-West-Pa\
pua
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2829810907399368577
rtsp://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08_MP4-AAC_noresize-s.mp4 to
for streaming
http://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/ipwp_launch_08.flv
http://sub.spc.org/fpcn/video/flv/ipwp_launch_08.flv
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Dear friend of West Papua

We understand that the BBC's flagship current affairs news program
'Newsnight' will be running an extended news feature on the situation
in West Papua on tonights program (12th March), using footage
smuggled out of West Papua.

Newsnight is on BBC2 at 10.30pm tonight. A shorter version of the
report will also be broadcast around the world on the BBC World news
channel, here we hope http://www.youtube.com/user/bbcworldnews, as
well as on the BBC News website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/

Our twice monthly demonstration outside the Indonesian Embassy in
London is also taking place today from 1 till 3pm. Please come and
join us if you can - Indonesia Embassy, 38 Grosvenor Square, London, W1K

The world's attention is shifting to West Papua as the harsh reality
of life for those living under Indonesian occupation is exposed.

Papuans have no cultural, ethnic or historical ties with Indonesia.
We are Melanesian. Our blood is Melanesian. Our culture is
Melanesian. Our spirit is Melanesian. Our ancestors are Melanesian.
We will never never recognise ourselves as Indonesian.

For over 40 years Indonesia have reigned torture on our land and
people. They have killed thousands of our elders and sons, raped our
mothers and sisters, and pillaged our sacred lands. They have tried
to make us suffer in silence. But our spirit and determination to get
freedom is stronger now than ever before. We will never give up our
fight for freedom. Full freedom.

On behalf of everyone in West Papua, thank you for your support for
our struggle.


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groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal peoples
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first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


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further:

Here is a link to the BBC News website where people can watch a
shorter version of the feature broadcast tonight in the UK, including
interviews with OPM commanders Goliath Tabuni and Anton Tabuni

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7940882.stm


For those in the UK the full version can be seen on the BBC iPlayer
(unfortunately you need a UK IP address to be able to watch anything
on the iPlayer)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00j5xyw/b00j5xyp/
Newsnight_12_03_2009/



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first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
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People can now watch the full version of the BBC undercover report
here including the official response from the Indonesian government.
There are no restrictions on viewing from any country

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7941787.stm

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groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal peoples
and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the
first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


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Dear friend of West Papua,

In this update we include a statement from West Papuan independence
leader Benny Wenda. There is also a round up of latest news from
inside West Papua where calls for independence are becoming more
widespread and vocal across the country.

Finally our twice monthly demonstration outside the Indonesian
Embassy in London will be held tomorrow, Thursday 26th March from
12-3pm.

*** NEWS UPDATE FROM WEST PAPUA ***

- -- Thousands of people have been taking to the streets of the
provincial capital Jayapura on an almost daily basis now calling for
a referendum on independence and for the international community to
help.

- -- Indonesian authorities have arrested 4 Dutch journalists in
Jayapura after they were caught attempting to report on a
demonstration being held by Papauns calling for independence. This
episode further highlights the climate of paranoia and fear running
through the Indonesian administration who for decades have banned
human rights observers and journalists from the region.

- -- Indonesian military have stepped up sweeping operations in the
Puncak Jaya region. Confirmed reports state that 15 people including
women and children have been killed by the military so far, and
hundreds of others remain in hiding in the jungle. We are making an
urgent appeal to the international community to lobby the United
Nations to act at this time before a full blown crisis unfurls.

- -- The undercover report on the West Papua independence struggle
broadcast on BBC Newsnight including interviews with members of the
OPM and human rights victims can now be seen on the BBC website at
this link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/7941787.stm

*** STATEMENT FROM BENNY WENDA, WEST PAPUAN INDEPENDENCE LEADER IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM ***

"I would like to urge all leaders and people of West Papua who
reside in and outside the country that NOW IS THE TIME for all the
people of West Papua to state our position to the government of
Indonesia and the world that WE ARE NOT INDONESIANS.

Now we have the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP)
in London. IPWP has committed to fight for the self-determination of
the people of West Papua. The IPWP is our FATHER who is here and
ready to help us fighting for our future. Anything that we do to get
international support to help us in our struggle for
self-determination has achieved some success. Now we have great
people ready to defend us at the international level.

We will soon launch an International Lawyers for West Papua (ILWP)
on the 3rd – 5th April 2009. ILWP is our MOTHER of the struggle to
achieve West Papua self-determination.

Now that we have had FATHER and MOTHER in our struggle at the
international level, let me invite all of you to come together with
me to state our position to the Indonesian people and the world that:

1. We are not INDONESIANS but we are WEST PAPUAN PEOPLE;

2. We will use NON-VIOLENT ACTIONS to show that we are not
INDONESIANS but we are WEST PAPUAN (from Melanesian Race). The
NON-VIOLENT ACTIONS will be implemented in the following ways:

- - First, we refuse to use our rights in the Indonesian general
election in April and July 2009 because this election is Indonesian
democratic election and NOT West Papua democratic election;

- -Second, we will conduct a peaceful simulation of an Independence
Referendum inside and outside West Papua as a sign of our serious
intention to support the launch and the registration of the
International lawyers for West Papua on 3rd – 5th April 2009.

Warm greetings and best wishes,

Benny Wenda West Papuan independence leader in the United Kingdom &
Chair of the Koteka Tribal Assembly


West Papua. One People. One Soul
Free West Papua Campaign
www.freewestpapua.org

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groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal
peoples and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These
were the first and are the last societies on earth to have a
non-exploitative relationship with the natural word. Our task is to
help them preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


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hi all,

another of our collaborated films, from last year,

network, publish, embed

fPcN

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Title: West Papua - Free to Choose
Filmmaker: Craig Harris and exiled journalist Octovianus Mote
Editor: Richard Elfman
Artists: The dispossessed West Papua People
Copyright: © Craig Harris
Duration: 10m 40s
Dimensions: 640 x 480 Ratio: 4:3
Tags / Keywords: Human Rights, West Papua, Octovianus Mote, Freeport-
McMoRan, United Nations, western New Guinea, gold mining, ancestral
lands, Indonesia, US, USA, state terror, state terrorism, military
terror, military terrorism
Description: A documentary about the human rights struggle in West
Papua (formerly western New Guinea-now annexed by Indonesia). And
where, for 40 years a brutal military have suppressed with horrific
violence the native Melanesian people.
This film shows how Freeport-McMoRan Corporation is destroying the
sacred ancestral homeland of the Amungme tribe and much of the
surrounding Papuan rain-forest, rivers and coastline,  while the
people of West Papua struggle for their survival.

Shown at: Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008
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Links:
http://www.fpcn-global.org/node/655
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9102862876486009702
http://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/West_Papua-
Free_To_Choose_H264_256kb.mov
rtsp://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/West_Papua-
Free_To_Choose_H264_256kb.mov

Title: West Papua - Free to Choose
Filmmaker: Craig Harris and exiled journalist Octovianus Mote
Editor: Richard Elfman
Artists: The dispossessed West Papua People
Copyright: © Craig Harris
Duration: 10m 40s
Dimensions: 640 x 480 Ratio: 4:3
Tags / Keywords: Human Rights, West Papua, Octovianus Mote, Freeport-McMoRan,
United Nations, western New Guinea, gold mining, ancestral lands, Indonesia, US,
USA, state terror, state terrorism, military terror, military terrorism
Description: A documentary about the human rights struggle in West Papua
(formerly western New Guinea-now annexed by Indonesia). And where, for 40 years
a brutal military have suppressed with horrific violence the native Melanesian
people.
This film shows how Freeport-McMoRan Corporation is destroying the sacred
ancestral homeland of the Amungme tribe and much of the surrounding Papuan
rain-forest, rivers and coastline,  while the people of West Papua struggle for
their survival.

Shown at: Santa Barbara International Film Festival 2008


Links:
http://www.fpcn-global.org/node/655
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9102862876486009702
http://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/West_Papua-Free_To_Choose_H264_256kb.mov
rtsp://rains2.europe.fiber5.com/rains2/West_Papua-Free_To_Choose_H264_256kb.mov

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'International Lawyers for West Papua' (www.ilwp.org) launches tomorrow
in South America, with a series of meetings taking place that will
continue until 5th April. A number of prominent international lawyers
have gathered for the occasion, and will lay out the legal framework and
rights for Papuan self-determination.

To mark this occasion, and with the Indonesian President currently in
London for the G20 Summit, there will be a vigil taking place tomorrow
(Friday 3rd April) outside the Indonesian Embassy in London from 12-2pm.
This event is also in solidarity with a large demonstration planned in
the Papuan highland town of Wamena also taking place tomorrow to mark
the launch of ILWP.


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The Forum for 'friends of Peoples close to Nature' is a movement of
groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal peoples
and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the
first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


fPcN interCultural: http://www.fPcN-global.org/
P/GPG keys available
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  From BBC Caribbean - Guyana supports West Papua

Amerindians in Guyana are supporting West Papua's calls for independence
from Indonesia.

West Papua is half of the island of New Guinea, which is located north
of Australia.

The pledge of support came Friday at the launch of the International
Lawyers Federation for West Papua in Georgetown.

In 1969, Guyana was one of the few states in the UN General Assembly to
vote for West Papuans being to exercise freely, their right to
self-determination.

Indonesia took over West Papua, which is half of the island of New
Guinea from Dutch colonial rule in 1963.

Since then international organisations have accused the Indonesian
government of human rights abuse.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/caribbean/news/story/2009/04/090403_nib2115.shtml



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The Forum for 'friends of Peoples close to Nature' is a movement of
groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal peoples
and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the
first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


fPcN interCultural: http://www.fPcN-global.org/
P/GPG keys available
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Following the recent escalation in violence in West Papua, by the
Indonesian state, there has been an influx of politicians signing up
to the 'International Parliamentarians for West Papua' - declaration
on (www.ipwp.org).

Clearly the actions of the Indonesian Authorities, in cracking down
on peaceful protesters is being observed by the rest of outside world.

Please, continue to lobby your local members of Parliament (where
ever you are), bringing to their attention the grave crimes against
humanity that the Indonesian Authorities are committing daily in
West Papua, and ask them to sign up to the IPWP declaration at:
www.ipwp.org

fPcN in solidarity - PAPUA MERDEKA

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The Forum for 'friends of Peoples close to Nature' is a movement of
groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal
peoples and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These
were the first and are the last societies on earth to have a
non-exploitative relationship with the natural word. Our task is to
help them preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


fPcN interCultural: http://www.fPcN-global.org/
P/GPG key:
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With this being such a crucial year for West Papua, we have put
together a West Papua activist kit that people around the world can
download from their computers and take action to spread awareness
about the ongoing atrocities an crimes against humanity being
committed by the Indonesian authorities in West Papua, as well as
developing support for the Papuans right to self-determination.

The kit includes pint ready posters and flyers. We are asking you to
print off copies and circulate these as far and wide as possible
(schools, workplaces, universities, cafes, community centres etc).
Included in this download file are:

- - A sign up letter including background information about IPWP for
you to pass onto your local member of parliament asking them to join
IPWP
- - Three different A3 size posters calling for the release of Papuan
political prisoners, a re-run of the Act of Free Choice, and
information on the human rights violations that have been committed
against Papuans over the years by Indonesian authorities.
- - Three different A6 postcard size flyers including ones that you can
send to the Indonesian Ambassador in your country.

If you wish to print these in bulk at a professional printers, all
the files are print ready.

For those based in the UK we are able to do unlimited print runs for
free (courtesy of a print works who are supporters of the Free West
Papua Campaign), so if anyone needs copies made in the UK please get
back in touch.
If anyone needs any other posters or postcards designed, please get
back in touch and we will arrange.

You can download the 'Activist kit' at this link:
http://fpcn-global.org/downloads/West_Papua_Activist_Kit.rar

You will need Rar software installed on your computer (similar to zip
file extraction capability). If you haven't already got Rar software
on your computer, you can download a free program here
http://files.uberdownloads.com/unrar.html

As well an old favourite, a complete set of A4 display text & 10
graphics. Everything anyone would need to present a talk about West
Papua.
Download a zipped up copy of all files here:
http://fpcn-global.org/downloads/displays/
WP_display_10_images_&_text.zip


Papua Merdeka


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The Forum for 'friends of Peoples close to Nature' is a movement of
groups and individuals, concerned with the survival of Tribal peoples
and their culture, in particular hunter-gatherers. These were the
first and are the last societies on earth to have a non-exploitative
relationship with the natural word. Our task is to help them
preserve their unique cultures from enforced assimilation,
alien religions, the ideologies of 'progress' and 'growth' and
absorption into the global economy.


fPcN interCultural: http://www.fPcN-global.org/
P/GPG keys available
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