Sicabanga ukuthi sazi konke ngokungabi nabulungisa okukhulu komhlaba. Abantu asebebulewe, abephulwa amalungelo abo, ababotshwa ngokungekho emthethweni, babona izikhalazo zabo zokuthi banelungelo lokuZinqumela zingaphendulwa. Kungenzeka ukuthi siyazazi izimo abantu baseKurdistan, Western Sahara, Kashmir, Tibet kanye nePalestine ababhekana nazo. Nokho kuncane kakhulu okukhulunywayo ngeWest Papua nakuba iNhloko Yomhlaba Wonke Yomkhankaso wokulwela ukuxhashazwa kwamalungelo abantu kanye nokuzimela isekelwe khona lapha e-UK.
I-West Papua iyingxenye yaseNtshonalanga yeSiqhingi SaseNew Guinea ngasogwini olusenyakatho ye-Australia yabelana lesiQhingi ne-Papua New Guinea eyathola Ukuzimela kwayo e-Australia ngo-1975. Nokho ingxenye yaseNtshonalanga Yesiqhingi eyayiyiKoloni YamaDashi ingaphansi kombuso. isifunda sase-Indonesia. Abantu bomdabu baseSiqhingini SaseNew Guinea bangamaPapuans adabuka eMelanesia, ahluke ngokuphelele kubantu abaningi base-Indonesia.
Umlando Womzabalazo WaseNtshonalanga Papua
Kube khona ithuba le-Independence njengoba amaDashi elungiselela ukuxoshwa kobukoloni ngemuva kweMpi Yezwe Yesibili afaka iWest Papua kulezi zinhlelo. I-West Papua yaba neNgqungquthela lapho abantu bayo bamemezela khona ukuzimela, futhi baphakamisa ifulegi labo elisha - i-Morning Star ngo-1961.
Nokho-ke i-Indonesia eyayizimele kusukela ngo-1950 yayifuna wonke amakoloni angaphambili e-Dutch esifundeni sase-Asia-Pacific kwathi amasosha ase-Indonesia ahlasela iWest Papua. Njengoba kwakuyiMpi Yomshoshaphansi abantu base-Indonesia abakwazanga ukuthola ukwesekwa okwanele ekuhlaseleni kwayo iWest Papua baya eSoviet Union beyofuna usizo. Uhulumeni wase-US wayekhathazekile ngokuthi i-Indonesia efuna ukusekelwa kweSoviet ingase ikhulise ukusabalala kobukhomanisi ePacific. Encwadini kaJohn F Kennedy ayibhalela uNdunankulu waseDutch, uhulumeni wase-US unxuse kakhulu uhulumeni waseDutch ukuthi anikele iWest Papua e-Indonesia, ngomzamo wokushweleza kuhulumeni waseSukarno. Uhulumeni wase-US ukwazile ukusungula umhlangano phakathi kwe-Indonesia ne-Netherlands okwaholela esivumelwaneni saseNew York, okwathi ngo-1962 sanikeza amandla okulawula i-West Papua ku-United Nations futhi ngemva konyaka wadlulisela ukulawula kwezokuphatha e-Indonesia. AmaPapuans awakaze athintwe ngalesi sinqumo. Kodwa-ke, isivumelwano sabathembisa ilungelo labo lokuzinqumela - ilungelo eliqinisekiswe yi-UN kubo bonke abantu emhlabeni. Abantu base-Indonesia basebenzise iminyaka engu-7 eyalandela ukuze bathole ukulawula kuzo zonke izici zempilo yaseNtshonalanga Papuan futhi ngo-1969 kwafika isicelo sokuxoxisana ngenkululeko esasithenjisiwe. Kodwa-ke esikhundleni sevoti labo bonke abantu eNtshonalanga Papua amasosha ase-Indonesia akhethe ngesandla kuphela abantu 'abamele' abayi-1,026 abavote ngaphansi kokucindezelwa futhi i-West Papua yaba isifundazwe sase-Indonesia.
Umsebenzi Wezempi Namalungelo Abantu
Eminyakeni engu-50 yokulawulwa kwe-Indonesia kunobufakazi obubalulekile bokuQothulwa Kwesizwe kanye neSikole Somthetho saseYale embikweni we-Indonesian Human Rights Campaign ngo-2004 okutholwe “ebufakazini obutholakalayo inkomba enamandla yokuthi uhulumeni wase-Indonesia wenze isibhicongo ngokumelene nama-West Papuans”. Amasosha ase-Indonesia nawo enze izenzo ezisabalele zokuhlukumeza kanye nokuhlukumeza ngokocansi kubantu bomdabu basePapuans. Masonto onke labo ababhikishela amalungelo abo baboshwa ngamasosha. Kungenzeka ukuthi manje uyazibuza ukuthi kungani ngingakezwa ngale ndaba, kungani ingekho ezindabeni? Ukubika kahle kuvinjelwe, Izintatheli azikwazi ukuya eNtshonalanga Papua futhi Izintatheli ezizame zaxoshwa. NgoFebhuwari 2018 i-BBC yathumela intatheli ukuthi izobhala ngeSimungumungwane kanye Nengozi Yokungondleki ehlasele iWest Papua yaxoshwa ngamasosha ngaphambi kokuthi ifake umbiko. Ngaphandle kwanoma yikuphi ukubika usizi lwe-West Papuans ludinga ukuqhutshwa ngomlomo kanye ne-Social Media.
Umnotho Nemvelo
I-West Papua inothile ngemithombo yemvelo ineMayini Yegolide enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni kanye neMayini Yethusi yesibili ngobukhulu. IWest Papua iphinde yabona ukugawulwa kwamahlathi ngobuningi lapho izihlahla zomdabu zithathelwa indawo amaPalms ukuze kukhiqizwe Amafutha ePalm. Abantu baseNtshonalanga Papuans baxhashazwa ngomsebenzi wabo, umhlaba futhi isiqhingi sabo sicekelwa phansi ukungcoliswa komhlaba nemifula.
Nokho abantu baseNtshonalanga Papuan bahlezi phakathi kwazo zonke lezi zinsiza bangabanye abantu abampofu kakhulu e-Asia.
Bakukhankasela kanjani abantu baseNtshonalanga Papuans Ukuzinqumela
Abantu baseNtshonalanga Papua bebekhankasa kusukela ngo-1969 futhi abaningi kudingeke babaleke futhi bakhankase besuka ezindlini zabo ezintsha. Umkhankaso Wobumbano omele bonke labo abase-West Papuan diaspora kanye naseNtshonalanga Papua. I-United Liberation Movement for West Papua yasungulwa ngo-2014 ihlanganisa zonke izinhlangano zenkululeko. I-Free West Papua Campaign izinze e-UK futhi isekela i-All Party Parliamentary Group e-West Papua engiyisihlalo. U-Benny Wenda ohlala e-Oxford unguSihlalo weFree West Papua Campaign kanye ne-United Liberation Movement yaseWest Papua. Ukuhlangana kwezinhlangano sekuholele ezinyathelweni ezimbili ezinkulu eziya phambili muva nje, eyokuqala ukusayinwa kwesivumelwano Isimemezelo sase-Westminster efuna Ivoti Lokuzimela Eligadwa Ngamazwe Ngamazwe futhi lasayinwa ngo-2016 ngabamele Ohulumeni Bamazwe Ama-4 ase-Pacific kanye namaPhalamende avela emhlabeni wonke, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi amanye amaPhalamende okuhlanganisa nami abhalisele iSimemezelo. Abantu baseNtshonalanga Papuans ngasese futhi ngokuvamile besaba ukutholwa baqoqa incwadi yezikhalazo eNtshonalanga Papua befuna ivoti eliqondiswe emhlabeni jikelele le-Independence lisayinwe yi-1.8 million, uBenny Wenda wethula isikhalazo ku-UN kodwa wenqatshwa ngemuva kwengcindezi evela kuHulumeni wase-Indonesia ohlezi eKomidini le-UN Decolonization, ukuthi i-Colonising Nations ingaba kanjani kwi-Decolonization Committee kuwukucasuka ngokwayo. Uma ufuna ukuthola okwengeziwe futhi uthathe isinyathelo nge-West Papua sicela uye ku https://www.freewestpapua.org/take-action/
U-Alex Sobel uyiLungu lePhalamende lezabasebenzi kanye ne-Co-operative e-Leeds North West kanye noSihlalo Wamalungu ePhalamende Lamazwe Ngamazwe ase-West Papua kanye neQembu Leqembu Le-All Party e-West Papua.
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