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SUPPORT WEST PAPUAN PRISONERS

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 11:08
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URGENT: phone prisoners ASAP and especially on Tues 21st Dec when there will be a mass phone in...

Statements: End of the Indigenous Hunger Strike

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:38
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SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF THE INDIGENOUS REPRESENTATIVES' HUNGER STRIKE AND SPIRITUAL FAST AT THE UN WORKING GROUP ON THE DRAFT DECLARATION FOR THE RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES.

3rd December 2004

To the Communications Media
To the Indigenous Peoples of the World
Sisters and Brothers & Ladies and Gentlemen,

TWO PAPUAN INDEPENDENCE PRISONERS ARE ON HUNGER STRIKE

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:35
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THEY HAVE REFUSED TO EAT AND TALK - "They accused the police of breaking their promises and treating the people brutally" Elsham news service - Jayapura, 4 December 2004 - Two prisoners (pro-independence activists), Philip Karma (47) and Yusak Pakage(26) who have been arrested since 2nd of December 2004 at 15.30 West Papua Time(WPT) are reported to have been on a hunger strike. They have refused to eat and talk to the police and whoever comes to visit them.

Indigenous Peoples Hold Hunger Strike

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 09:20
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"Support for the second day of the hunger strike by Indigenous Peoples in the UN" Today, Tuesday the 30th of November, the hunger strike initiated yesterday by a group of Indigenous representatives at the Palais des Nations, has received support from over 250 Indigenous organizations and other supporters from around the world, continuing to build international unity in the struggle for the recognition of the rights of Indigenous Peoples.