West Papuan flag raising

West Papuan flag  raising

The Inner West Council will raise the West Papuan Nation Flag on its Leichhardt Town Hall on Friday 30 November  at 9am.

Normally  its raised on the 1st December but council will be closed that day.

West Papuan flag  raising

Friday 30 November  at 9am.

Leichhardt Town Hall

Corner of Marion and, Norton St 

Leichhardt NSW 2040

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West Papuan National Flag Day.  1st December

On the 1^st December in 1961, the Morning Star flag (the West Papuan National flag) was flown for the first time officially beside the Dutch Tricolor.  The Dutch were finally about to give the West Papuan people their freedom. 

However it is one of the great tragedies that at their moment of freedom it was cruelly crushed and West Papua was basically handed over to Indonesia in 1963.

Fifty seven years later, the West Papuan people are still struggling for their right to self-determination.

Supporters around the world on the 1st December raise the West Papuan flag in a show of support for the West Papuan people.

From free West Papua Campaign

Join the Global Flag Raising for West Papua on December 1st

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

On the 57th anniversary of the first raising of West Papua’s symbol of independence, the Morning Star Flag, we invite you to take part in this year’s Global Flag Raising action to show your solidarity for West Papua’s freedom and right to self-determination.

To help show the growing worldwide support for West Papua, each year we ask supporters to send in photos of themselves raising the Morning Star Flag in their area. When people publicly display the Morning Star, they not only show their solidarity with the Papuan people, but also acknowledge their rightful path to freedom; a process that was interrupted by Indonesian occupation.

Spokesperson for the Free West Papua Campaign, Raki Ap, explains;

“The land of West Papua will always be remembered as the birth place of the Morning Star, which is the last glimpse of night as the sun rises. The Morning Star has guided seafarers to West Papua’s shores for thousands of years, and so too it will also guide us to freedom.  The Morning Star is the symbol of our home, and represents our dream to live independently and in peace. This is why we will keep calling on our friends around the world to participate in raising the Morning Star flag alongside us, and continue asking then to show Indonesia they affirm our path to freedom and right to self-determination.”

Please join us on December 1st……...

https://www.freewestpapua.org/2018/11/01/dec1st2018/

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