URGENT NEWS FROM OCCUPIED WEST PAPUA<\/h2>\n
According to CNN, the Indonesian government has\u00a0<\/span>ordered all International NGO offices to close operations<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>and leave West Papua by the end of 2015. They apparently received these instructions from the state earlier this month.<\/p>\n This is a familiar story in West Papua as many NGOs have already been made to leave, including the\u00a0International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in 2009, the Catholic Organisation for Relief and Development Aid (CORDAID) in 2010, and Peace Brigades International (PBI) in 2011. A crackdown on NGOs in West Papua comes as part of the ongoing blackout inside the country.\u00a0Last month, Human Rights Watch published a comprehensive 73 Page report slamming the Indonesian government for the continued lack of media access for foreign journalists in West Papua, despite promises by Indonesian president Joko Widodo.<\/p>\n Responding to information that all International NGO\u2019s in West Papua are being forced to leave, West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda said<\/p>\n \u201cWhat is Indonesia hiding in occupied West Papua? I always say that the Indonesian government only allows foreign media and NGOs into West Papua on paper but the reality on the ground is that this is in no way true.\u00a0Now there is mounting evidence that the Indonesian government is doing all they can do stop the world from finding out about the secret genocide and illegal occupation they are committing against my people in West Papua.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n If all International NGO offices really have been ordered to leave West Papua then this\u00a0should be fully condemned. Clearly the Indonesian government is trying to hide the truth about what is really going on in West Papua and this latest move is anther example of the extreme measures being done to prevent the International Community from finding out the truth and helping the people of West Papua.<\/p>\n Perhaps the Indonesian government is especially worried about the Human Rights Fact Finding Mission to West Papua being organised by the Pacific Islands Forum will uncover more of the human rights atrocities still being committed.<\/p>\n If as Indonesian President Joko Widodo claims, \u201cthere is nothing to hide<\/em>\u201d in West Papua, why are foreign journalists, human rights monitors and NGOs being kicked out and barred from going there?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"What](\"http:\/\/freewestpapua.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/What-is-Indonesia-hiding-in-occupied-West-Papua.jpg\")
<\/a>It appears that now the Indonesian government is forcing\u00a0<\/span>all<\/em>\u00a0<\/span>remaining International NGOs, including Oxfam to leave.<\/p>\nThe truth must be exposed.<\/em><\/h3>\n