Don’t turn ur back on the old country, our land and sea are calling us…

The people and the land are suffering.

These colonial governments have no jurisdiction, they got no right to be locking people up, torturing and killing them, our mob, our brothers and sisters in West Papua or the mobs fleeing war, coming here just looking for safety. It’s our land we should be allowed to welcome them and look after country, protect it from mining companies logging and waste dumps.

I’m talking toall you mob here and across the Pacific

Don’t turn ur back on the land and people. Time for this next generation to stand up, come together and sail 4 justice’’ Uncle Kevin Buzzacott Arabunna Elder

Yay! Big thanks, you mob rock! We made past the 5k mark! We super proud to have such a concious and generous crew around us!

We will work hard to make this happen with as much swet and caleses as it takes to #sail4justice

You can follow our boat fixing progress on:

 https://www.facebook.com/sail4justice/

And mission updates on https://freedomflotillawestpapua.org/

Patches coming soon!

Please feel free to contact me if you want to get involved in the next chapter or invite other people that might be up for contributing- be it fixing, donating or sailing. We are heading back up to Darwin. Get in touch if you feel like a DIY BYO everything tropical working holiday. Private message me on izzybrown@live.com

Action plan under way, stay tuned, its gonna be epic thanks to you!

xx Much love and adventures xx

Freedom Now

West Papua-

Pog Mo Hon is the notorious flag ship from the Freedom Flotilla to West Papua, earlier this year she was pirated into the mangroves in dead boat bay where she was found in quite a state of dis repair. She has since been rescued and is up on the dry in Darwin.

We are currently working hard to get her back in the water and ready for her next adventure for social and environmental justice in the Pacific!

But..

We need to put in a new engine, replace timber and rigging, re do electrics and fibre glassing. Its big job and we are making progress but with out your support we are struggling to afford the repairs and parts she needs.

Be part of this mission, donate what u can, nothing is too small xx big love and fine adventures

Donate via Chuffed.org

All day flag raising events in solidarity with West Papua independence movement.

Event location: Trades Hall Victoria 6pm

The Morning Star was also be raised on flag poles in Ballarat Castlemaine and Kyneton!

West Papuan LIVE MUSIC, DANCING, FOOD and…We so are excited to announce the LAUNCH screening of the latest music video on the West Papuan culture and struggle: Sorong Samarai experience – from the tip of West Papua to the tip of PNG – One People, One soul, One destiny at December 1 flag raising at Trades Hall Melbourne!!

December 1st 1961 was to be West Papua’s Independence Day according to the Dutch decolonisation plan, but international actors such as Indonesia, the USA and the United Nations intervened and stopped this from taking place through signing the New York Agreement without the consultation or involvement of the West Papuan people. It was on this day however that the West Papuan Morning Star flag was raised and it therefore continues to be an important day for West Papuans all over the world in their continuing struggle for independence.
Each year West Papuans and their supporters raise flags in solidarity to show that they are still fighting and remember what could have been 55 years ago. Instead West Papuans continue to be shot and killed for raising the Morning Star as it is seen by the Indonesian government as an act of treason.
The Morning Star flag is a symbol of freedom and flying it is an act of acknowledgement and recognition of the hardship of the West Papuan people who have endured 55 years of human rights abuses and environmental destruction under Indonesian occupation.

ABOUT THE DAY
On the 17/01/2016 the community celebrated the cultural diversity of West Papua with a family friendly paddle on the beautiful Yarra River at Warrandyte.

The aims of the ‘Paddle For West Papua’ is to:
1) raise awareness on waterway health and the benefits of recreational paddling
2) celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the ‘Airo Dewohi’ arriving on Cape York on 17 January 2006.

Ten years ago to the day, (17.01.2006) 43 West Papuans (including seven children) landed safely on Cape York after paddling from West Papua in a traditional dugout canoe.

The reason for their paddle was to escape persecution from their West Papuan home lands, where the Indonesian military have been in control since 1962. During his time, as many as 500,000 West Papuans have been killed in a silent genocide that receives little media coverage from the outside world.

Lober’s Story

My name is Lober Wainggai

I’m from Serui Island West Papua

I came to Australia with 43 people in this traditional canoe

We came to tell people about the situation in West Papua

This boat is used for hunting and fishing and transportation

The journey was scary we could only travel in the night time We met our secret contacts to collect the petrol and food and had to keep moving so that we would not be caught by the Indonesian Military

I got on the boat in Sorong I am boat driver. It took 2 weeks to get to Merauke

Most people got on the boat there it was January 2006

We got lost for 4 days in ocean because the engine broke we had no food only a few banana for 43 people

The sea was rough little bit of rain and wind no sleeping we just sit holding on

17^th January in the evening we arrived in Cape York , We put the boat in crocodile river and we slept on the beach.

The next afternoon journalist came by helicopter and immigration by car and took us to Weipa. Then we were taken to Christmas Island for 3months at the detention centre. We got refugee status TPV and were sent to Melbourne

Now I am living in Melbourne

The boat was confiscated by the Australian Navy

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“The United Liberation Movement of West Papua claims of rampant human rights abuses in West Papua are unfounded and unsubstantiated”
https://twitter.com/Portal_Kemlu_…/status/632752656813981696
On Indonesia’s Independence day in Darwin a rally was held at the
Indonesian Consulate to remind all guests that rampant human rights
abusesin West Papua CONTINUE under the flag of Indonesia and that
the flag of West Papua is not the Indonesian flag, but the Independence Morning Star flag ‪#‎PapuaMerdeka‬https://www.facebook.com/events/1629581630637023/
The Indonesian consul in Darwin had retweeted and applauded the deceitful Indonesian Government statement. The new Consul in Darwin uses local and social media to try and portray a perfect image of his relations with West Papua – attempts to cover up the continued rampant human rights abuse using renowned Indonesian Government lies and deceit. The Indonesian Consul in Darwin calls West Papuan people his ‘little cousins’ to try and hide the rape, murder, torture and well documented ongoing genocide in West Papua.

The Indonesian Consulate Darwin Protocol and Consular Affairs secretary
came to meet us on our arrival and stated “Today is a special day of the
whole year – we have very important guests here – you didn’t let us come
to your Forum in July so you cant protest here today – please not today”
We replied that we would not negotiate as the Indonesian Government forces continue to arrest and have murdered West Papuan people who raise their Morning Star Merdeka flag and although we respect the people of Indonesia, until West Papua has it’s freedom, your flag will be covered in blood.

The protest continued loudly. Later a male guest or Consulate staff member was forced by Northern territory Police to return a mobile phone he stole from
a protesters hand by reaching over the fence, pulling her arm and stealing her phone from her hand – which was recording at the time.

The Indonesian Consul has laid a complaint with the Northern Territory Police Commissioner in an attempt to charge us with ‘disturbing the peace”