Take Action: ask your government to support media freedom in West Papua
August 20, 2014
The New Zealand government recently passed a motion
calling for “genuine media freedom in West Papua”. Sadly, on 6th August
two French journalists, Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat, who were
reporting on the growing human rights crisis in the Lanny Jaya region of
West Papua were arrested and are being threatened with a 5 year jail sentence and a 40,000 US dollar fine just for reporting in West Papua.
These events have sparked a new international call for media freedom in West Papua.
Please support this movement by writing to your elected
representative to request your government to join New Zealand in calling
on Indonesia to allow full freedom for local and international
journalists to report on the political situation in West Papua.
More information and a model letter can be found by following the link on the right.