The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network invites you to
join
West Papuan leader Benny Wenda for a discussion of current issues in West
Papua

Wednesday, February 6, 6:30 pm - 9 pm
339 Lafayette St.,
3rd flr, New York, NY
(between Bleecker and Bond Streets)
SUBWAYS:
Bleecker St. on 6 train; Broadway-Lafayette on B, D, F, M trains; Prince on R, N
trains

contact: ETAN,
etan@etan.org, 917-690-4391

Benny Wenda campaigns for
the self-determination of his people on a wide range of fronts. His village was
bombed by Indonesia when he was a child and many of his family were killed.
Later, he began to campaign peacefully to free his people. For this 'crime' he
was arrested, tortured and threatened with death. Following his escape from
custody while on trial, he gained political asylum in Britain, where he set up
the Oxford-based Free West Papua Campaign in 2004 to spread awareness of human
rights violations in West Papua and highlight the right of self-determination
for its people.

He helped found the International Parliamentarians for West Papua
and International Lawyers for West Papua. Benny
travels tirelessly, meeting with political officials, journalists, others and
giving talks at universities, local action groups and festivals, raising
awareness about the plight of his people.

In 2011, the Indonesian
Government issued an International Arrest Warrant for Benny through Interpol.
This move was widely regarded as an attempt to silence him. Fair Trials
International led an appeal to have the Red Notice removed so that he could once
again travel freely. In August 2012, in a landmark case Interpol removed
the Red Notice, after an investigation concluded that the Indonesian Government
had abused the system in a politically motivated attempt to silence
Benny.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/335304036574279/

More
on Benny Wenda

Read the
West Papua Report


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