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MASS PROTEST IN JAYAPURA - WEST PAPUA TODAY

FOLLOWING THE PRESS CONFERENCE ORGANIZED BY A COALITION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, CHURCH AND STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS YESTERDAY (16 DEC) ON THE DETERIORATING SITUATION OF THE HIGHLANDS OF WEST PAPUA, TODAY (FRIDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2004.MORE THAN 500 WEST PAPUANS OCCUPYING THE WEST PAPUAN PARLIAMENT BUILDING IN JAYAPURA, THE CAPITAL OF WEST PAPUA.

Highlands situation in West Papua is Deteriorating!!

Embargo until 19.00 Eastern Indonesia Time, December 16th, 2004, Unless President Yudohyono stops military operation in the Highlands the West Papuan people will bar his visit. The deteriorating humanitarian situation in the highlands of the Indonesian province of West Papua has prompted a coalition of Papuan groups from across the country to stage a mass rally in protest at the military operation which has left thousands of tribes people homeless.