{"id":2017,"date":"2023-12-27T19:45:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-27T19:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/?p=2017"},"modified":"2023-12-27T19:45:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T19:45:06","slug":"president-wenda-rest-in-peace-governor-lukas-enembe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/?p=2017","title":{"rendered":"President Wenda: Rest in Peace Governor Lukas Enembe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__title text-center\">December 27, 2023 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/category\/statement\" rel=\"category tag\">Statement<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"article__body post-content\">\n<div class=\"featured-image-holder\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6823 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCXt-YEWsAAwTDT.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCXt-YEWsAAwTDT.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCXt-YEWsAAwTDT-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCXt-YEWsAAwTDT-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCXt-YEWsAAwTDT-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.ulmwp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GCXt-YEWsAAwTDT-1536x1028.jpeg 1536w\" alt=\"\" width=\"351\" height=\"235\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people I offer my condolences to the family of Governor Lukas Enembe. Today we remember Enembe and his legacy, as a powerful Governor who fought for West Papuan interests against the Indonesian colonial system that has been imposed on us for the last 50 years.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Indonesia wrongly imprisoned Governor Enembe, without sufficient evidence and on clearly political grounds. Enembe\u2019s imprisonment was because he advocated for his people \u2013 by opposing the colonial \u2018Special Autonomy law\u2019, opposing the divide-and-rule tactic of creating three new provinces in West Papua, and condemning the humanitarian crisis Indonesian militarisation has inflicted on West Papuans.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Lukas\u2019 treatment is not new to us. Before him, many Governors and other West Papuan leaders have either been falsely imprisoned, poisoned, or even murdered by the Indonesian state. At least sixteen leaders have died in mysterious circumstances since 2020, many of them alone in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to Governor Lukas Enembe for everything you did for West Papua, for protecting West Papuans and the Lani people, for helping restore our dignity and national identity even while under colonial rule. You left a good legacy in West Papua and throughout Melanesia. May you Rest in Peace.<\/p>\n<p>I send my condolences and sympathy to Governor Lukas\u2019 family and loved ones who are mourning today in West Papua and around the world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benny Wenda\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nPresident<br \/>\nULMWP<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 27, 2023 in Statement On Behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people I offer my condolences to the family of Governor Lukas Enembe. 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