[Vredeslijst] West Papoea

[Frank Willems]

Vandaag is bekend geworden dat Mako Tabuni is doodgeschoten door de
Indonesische politie. Hij was de leider van het Nationale West Papoea
Komitee. Deze politieke moord is de laatste in een hele lange reeks die is
ingezet na de Nederlandse overdracht van West-Papoea aan Indonesia in het
kader van een door de VN begeleid dekolonisatie proces. Gezien de
ontwikkelingen was die overname door Indonesia niet in het belang van de
lokale bevolking en van de vrede in de wereld en zal de VN zijn rol moeten
heroverwegen. Nederland heeft daar een verantwoordelijkheid in.
Er wordt nu gevraagd om een VN vredesmacht in het gebied door Benny Wenda
een Papoea leider vanuit ballingschap in Engeland. Hieronder zijn
verklaring.


Statement: assassination of leading West Papua leader. Country now in
state of emergency

Dear friend of West Papua,

It is with a tear in my eye, that I inform you of the assassination
earlier today of the leader of the West Papua National Committee, Mako
Tabuni. He was shot dead by Indonesian police when they raided student
homes in the Abepura district of Jayapura.

There is now indiscriminate shooting taking place on the streets of
Jayapura, with residents fleeing in fear.  On behalf of my people, I am
urging the international community to wake up and help us. We URGENTLY
need a UN peacekeeping force to be put in place and sent to the region.
My people are danger in the hand of the Indonesian Military and Police.

I am calling on each and everyone of you to today take an action to help
the silenced people living in fear in West Papua. Please try and contact
your MP today and push your Government to ask for a UN peacekeeping
force to be sent to West Papua.

What we are seeing is a systematic genocide against the indigenous
people of West Papua. I condemn the Indonesian President, who is
ultimately responsible for the actions of the military in West Papua.

Please help us and hear my peoples cry for help. All they want is to be
able to live their life with a smile and five decades of being filled
with tears.

Benny Wenda
West Papua Independence Leader in the United Kingdom
Contac: +447411053953: office op bennywenda.org