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Flag Raised In West Papua Despite Army Presence

Thursday, 2 December 2004, 3:21 pm
Press Release: Caritas Aotearoa

Indigenous Flag Raised In West Papua Despite Army Presence

These images came from West Papua, taken from the paper 'Cendrawasih Post'

Flag raising in Abepura on 1 December 2004

Demonstration in [Jayapura?] in connection with the killing in Puncak jaya district - where West Papuans, mainly children have died from hunger after being forced from their villages by Indonesian forces and militia groups.

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