December 1st marks West Papua’s original independence day, when the Morning Star flag was first raised in 1961 before the country was invaded by Indonesia. The flag is recognised as the national flag of West Papua and continues to be the defining symbol for a Free West Papua. Today it is illegal to raise this flag in West Papua and people who do face arrest, torture and long jail sentences. Former West Papuan political prisoner Filep Karma served 15 years in prison just for raising the flag on 1st December 2004. Today people around the world are showing their solidarity by raising the West Papuan Morning Star Flag.
You can join the largest global mass action for West Papua this December and by following these actions:
1) Send a photo from wherever you are and invite all of your friends and family locally, and around the world to do the same and then share the photos to the Free West Papua facebook or twitter.
If you don’t have a flag, make one, or you can simply print out this image.
2) Check-in to West Papua now on Facebook. Like the campaign for Standing Rock, it’s a peaceful and powerful way to symbolise we are standing besides our brothers and sisters in West Papua.
3) Change your profile to the West Papua flag using this link. http://twibbon.com/Support/hut-free-west-papua#