December 1st – West Papuan Independence Day

December 1st – West Papuan Independence Day

The 1st December is remembered by West Papuans as the day they should have been granted independence over 40 years ago. This year thousands of people across West Papua will be risking their lives by publicly calling for independence from Indonesia. In solidarity with them we will be holding an important day of action in London, we hope you will be able to join us.

We will first be meeting at 12 noon at the Indonesian Embassy in Grosvenor Square for a loud and colourful demonstration in solidarity with the demonstrations that will be happening across West Papua. Following this we will make our way down the road to Westminster where we will be meeting with MPs and delivering a copy of the book by Professor Pieter Drooglever (see below) to the House of Commons. We will then have a meeting and briefing with the MPs. Please try to join us either at the Embassy at 12 or at at 1 Parliament Street at 2pm.

The international profile of the West Papua case is growing fast and we really hope as many of you as possible can join us on this important day to keep the momentum going.

ENDS

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