Rally supports West Papua

A RALLY supporting West Papua will be this Friday, 4pm to 6pm at the Sturt Street Rotunda between Dawson and Doveton Streets.

Free West Papua Ballarat Support Group’s John Lawrence said it’s raising awareness of a petition Senator Richard Di Natale will present to parliament.

“It’s to try and get our government to support Vanuatu’s proposal to the United Nations General Assembly, to put West Papua back on the decolonisation list,” he said.

“They are our nearest neighbour. In the last six decades almost 450,000 people have died.

“Every Anzac Day we’ve correctly mentioned the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels that helped Australia so much in the second World War, maybe it’s our time to help them,” Mr Lawrence said.

Visit decolonisewestpapua.com.