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Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Page: 7776

Senator DI NATALE (Victoria) (15:46): I move:

That the Senate—

   (a)   notes that:

      (i)   in the week beginning 16 October 2011 the West Papuan people held their third Papuan National Congress in Jayapura,

      (ii)   the congress was a peaceful gathering of thousands of delegates from all over West Papua, and

      (iii)   the congress elected leaders to speak for the Papuan people;

   (b)   condemns the violent crackdown that left seven Papuans dead and many more injured;

   (c)   calls for an immediate end to violence in the area;

   (d)   recognises the rights of the people of West Papua to freely travel, assemble and discuss their own future; and

   (e)   calls for the humane treatment and timely release of those arrested.