Sept 4 Public forum on West Papua - all invited!

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday August 27, 2002 15:43 by west papua

NO MORE EAST TIMORS!

PUBLIC FORUM ON WEST PAPUA - ALL INVITED!!!!Portobello Hotel, Richmond Street, Dublin 2, from 8.00pm to 9.30pm Wednesday, 4 September 2002 All are welcome to attend the Forum. Background and Latest News can be found at http://westpapuaaction.buz.org

Dear friend,

You may know that four people were arrested recently after a peaceful sit-down protest at the Netherlands embassy on 15 August. This has helped to highlight to some extent the Netherlands failure to call for the implementation of the Agreement it signed on that date 40 years before, which included a clause agreeing to an act of "self-determination in accordance with international practice" in West Papua by 1969. It never happened, and West Papuans have been suffering brutality, murder, rape and torture as a result.

However the truth is coming out! And an movement for human rights and self-determination is growing both in Ireland and internationally.

The last meeting of the Forum discussed West Papua with West Papuan priest Fr. Neles Tebay. Some of the practical suggestions made there included: holding a vigil at the Netherlands embassy on 15 August (which happened); information campaigns (both on the general question and the reality of human rights abuses); lobbying politicians; lobbying institutions and NGOs. It was suggested the role of corporations needed to be explored; also the role of the Netherlands government. It was also suggested Ambassadors to the UN needed to be targeted.

You are invited to attend the next meeting of West Papua Forum in the

Portobello Hotel, Richmond Street, Dublin 2, from 8.00pm to 9.30pm

Wednesday, 4 September 2002

All are welcome to attend the Forum.

Background and Latest News can be found at http://westpapuaaction.buz.org

Best wishes,

Mark Doris,
Coordinator,
West Papua Action
134 Phibsborough Road
Dublin 7
Ireland
Tel. *353 1 882 7563 / 882 7581
Fax. *353 1 882 7576
Mobile. *353 87 2969742
Email. [email protected]
http://westpapuaaction.buz.org
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for human rights in West Papua
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