West Papua Women's Office (Melbourne)

Flyer for launch of Jacob and the Cassowary by Amanda Stone: Sunday 15th March at 2pm at 838 Collins St, Docklands, 3008. 1pm for a Papuan lunch.

Only 3 days left to support our 'Jacob and the Cassowary' campaign! Get a copy, get your name in the book - help support a West Papuan story. Thanks everyone who has contributed so far - the book is funded and launches next month! ❤️🖤🎉 www.pozible.com/proj...

#freewestpapua

An oil painting of a West Papuan and a cassowary in a West Papuan mountain village with huts and a church. Painting by Michael Molony.

Only 2 weeks to go! We're crowdfunding to publish 'Jacob and the Cassowary', a prophetic story about West Papuan independence by Gipson Suu.

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Please spread the word! 🙏🏾

An oil painting of a West Papuan and a cassowary in a West Papuan mountain village with huts and a church. Painting by Michael Molony.

Only 2 weeks to go! We're crowdfunding to publish 'Jacob and the Cassowary', a prophetic story about West Papuan independence by Gipson Suu.

www.pozible.com/proj...

Please spread the word! 🙏🏾

Indonesia bombs West Papuan villages again - Civilians flee to the bush In a renewed wave of airstrikes, Indonesia has bombed several villages in Ilaga, Puncak Regency, West Papua—displacing entire communities.

“They Bomb Us Like We’re Not Human” – West Papuans Flee as Indonesia Launches New Airstrikes #WestPapua #bombing #airstrikes

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Join us this Palm Sunday 13th April for banner & flag raising on Princess Bridge at 1pm, followed by music, information, & activities 1:30-3:30pm at Tom's Block in Royal Botanic Gardens. We'll have a stall - come say hi! #freewestpapua #naarm #melbourne

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Military members torture indigenous Papuan in Sorong - Victim dies later in hospital - On 14 February 2025, members of the Indonesian National Army (TNI) detained and tortured Abner Karet, 23, in Sorong City, Papua Barat Daya.

A 23-year-old Papuan man, Abner Karet, died on 16 February after being tortured by the Indonesian military in Sorong following a personal dispute. Seven soldiers are now under investigation, with three directly suspected in his death. We demand accountability in #WestPapua #HumanRights

West Papua Flag

December 1st marks the day we raise the Morning Star in solidarity with West Papua. It’s a powerful symbol of the fight for freedom, justice, and self-determination. Papua Merdeka ✊🏾💚 #WestPapua #MorningStar #Dec1

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Indonesia’s Prabowo revives transmigration, deploys troops to Papua to ensure food security Indonesia's new president is literally flooding Papua with new military troops to provide security at a 2 million-hectare food plantation being carved out of jungle outside of Merauke.

#News: Indonesia’s new President Prabowo Subianto is reviving the controversial #transmigration policy, deploying #military to #WestPapua to boost food security. Yet the move is a bold violation of #humanrights say experts farmlandgrab.org/post/32507

YouTube video by Free West Papua Campaign (Nederland) UK House of Lords Address West Papua: Spotlight on Indonesian Occupation

UK House of Lords Address West Papua: Spotlight on Indonesian Occupation

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#freewestpapua #papuamerdeka

This Sunday... #westpapua

look at this photo.
This is the future of #WestPapua. Miles & miles of rainforest cut down to plant #palmoil. What a pathetic future it is. #monoculture #deforestation #ecocide #climatechange

Event map showing the location of the earthquake.

Prelim M 4.8, Near North Coast of West Papua #earthquake (17.11.2024 23:01:12 UTC) at 10.0 km depth.

Event updates: http://geofon.gfz-potsdam.de/eqinfo/event.php?from=rss&id=gfz2024wqgb

Kiwi pilot kidnapped in West Papua leads to police raids in Australia - Michael West An alleged plot involving firearms and threatening the life of pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in Papua being investigated by the AFP

AFP is investigating alleged firearms plot which threatened the life of New Zealand pilot Philip Mehrtens when held hostage in West Papua this year
#auspol
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WP Open Day, Sun 24 November 2024 : 2pm (1pm for lunch) GUEST SPEAKER: MADELYN VAN RIJCKEVORSEL Madelyn van Rijckevorsel, a Medical Health Professional from the Netherlands, visited West Papua regularly between 2010 and 2017 researching maternal and chi…

Join us for our final Open Day of the year, Sunday 24th Nov at 2pm. Lunch, guest speakers, news, charity auction, and beautiful West Papuan music! Join us in-person in Docklands, or online on Zoom, via the try booking link.

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#melbourne #freewestpapua
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another curmudgeonly thread for the many of you who will be entering organizing spaces.

all other things being equal, when confronted with one team of people recruiting you to Be a Thing and another team recruiting you to Do a Thing, please give serious thought to joining the second.

Feel free to tag folks to add! bsky.app/profile/did:...

West Papua Open Day, Sunday 24 November 2024 For friends and supporters of West Papua. Speakers: Skaj Rofe and Madelyn van Rijckevorsel from the Netherlands on 'Possibilities for Health in...

Booking link: www.trybooking.com/C...
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WP Open Day, Sun 24 November 2024 : 2pm (1pm for lunch) GUEST SPEAKER: MADELYN VAN RIJCKEVORSEL Madelyn van Rijckevorsel, a Medical Health Professional from the Netherlands, visited West Papua regularly between 2010 and 2017 researching maternal and chi…

Join us for our final Open Day of the year, Sunday 24th Nov at 2pm. Lunch, guest speakers, news, charity auction, and beautiful West Papuan music! Join us in-person in Docklands, or online on Zoom, via the try booking link.

dfait.federalrepubli...

#melbourne #freewestpapua
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President Wenda: Prabowo or Jokowi, a referendum is still the only solution - United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) As Prabowo Subianto takes office as Indonesian President, the ULMWP restates its basic demand for an internationally-mediated referendum on independence. The continued...

With the inauguration of President Prabowo, the Indonesian state is ramping up its ecocidal destruction of the Papuan rainforest.

President Wenda: "This is a frightening time for my people". www.ulmwp.org/presid...

#freewestpapua #ulmwp

President Wenda: Prabowo or Jokowi, a referendum is still the only solution - United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) As Prabowo Subianto takes office as Indonesian President, the ULMWP restates its basic demand for an internationally-mediated referendum on independence. The continued...

With the inauguration of President Prabowo, the Indonesian state is ramping up its ecocidal destruction of the Papuan rainforest.

President Wenda: "This is a frightening time for my people". www.ulmwp.org/presid...

#freewestpapua #ulmwp

"This Tribunal considers it imperative that a sizable UN investigation, with a broad mandate, is carried out as soon as possible".
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"The Indonesian National Army has become instrumental in the protection of State and corporate interests... Freeport McMoRan, British Petroleum, and eleven palm oil corporations are directly implicated in the violence perpetrated against the Indigenous communities."
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The Permanent People's Tribunal judgement on State and Environmental Violence in West Papua was presented on 1st October at the 57th session of the UN Human Rights Council.

Summary and full report: permanentpeoplestrib...

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Federal Republic of West Papua Department of Foreign Affairs Immigration & Trade

For anyone who's been looking for our website, it's been offline but is back up at a new address. More on our final open day of the year soon! Sunday 24th Nov 2024. dfait.federalrepubli... #freewestpapua

Thanks to everyone who followed us last month and entered our online competition for a noken bag. One of our followers on Instagram was the lucky winner!

This bag was handmade by our talented West Papuan team member Wihelmina Waromi, and every stitch supports our mission to empower the people of West Papua.

Good luck!

#Giveaway
#WestPapuanArt
#SupportWomen
#freewestpapua

Photo of a West Papuan noken bag in red, white, and blue along with the text: "Give Away time! Details on how to enter in caption. #freewestpapua"

🌸 GIVEAWAY 🌸

Win a beautiful, handcrafted West Papuan Noken bag!

TO ENTER:
1 ~ Like this post ❤️
2 ~ Follow us
3 ~ Tag 3 friends who would love this bag

Giveaway ends 28/09/24 at midnight! Winner will be announced on 30/09/24 ✨

#freewestpapua

A black-and-white portrait photo of former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld

Did you know that there is a current UN inquiry into the 1961 plane crash that killed UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjöld? The inquiry is examining new evidence he was assassinated by the CIA shortly before announcing decolonisation for West Papua. #freewestpapua
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In West Papua, the Birth of a ‘Lost Generation’ As the world closely watches Gaza and Ukraine, a source reaches out from another enclosed area of prolonged armed conflict: West Papua.

In West Papua, the Birth of a ‘Lost Generation’

"As the world closely watches Gaza and Ukraine, a source reaches out from another enclosed area of prolonged armed conflict: West Papua." thediplomat.com/2024... #freewestpapua #decolonisenow #papuamerdeka