can he ta ke papuan liberation movement. can he take on jakarta and papuan liberation movement. onjakarta and when? benny wenda, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. last month we saw violent clashes between indonesian security personnel and civilians in west papua. there were a number of deaths, some very serious clashes. now the indonesian say the situation is now calm and order has been restored stop you are in co nsta nt order has been restored stop you are in constant contact with west papua, what did you believe is going on? this situation escalated from ja ka rta this situation escalated from jakarta to west papua because of, you know, the indonesian police and military and local civilians came to west papua student dormitories and accused them of the racist word, monkey, dog, and pig. that spark escalated across indonesia, across west papua. the papuans, if you call us west papua. the papuans, if you call us monkey, then go home, we want to ask an independent referendum. then peacefully start with, peacefully across west papua, all of west papua, then the indone

they are part of the liberation movement. 0pm is the name of the organisation. every west papuann we are united under the united —— the united liberation movement. by the chair of the united liberation movement. let us talk with deep emotions here. it's important for people to understand where you come from. obviously you were born in west papua. in actually quite a remote place, believe, but your family suffered a great deal as the indonesian military forces moved in. there was a lot of violence. and your family suffered from some of that. you yourself were educated in a school which was largely indonesian. and i know you claim you suffered serial racist incidents at school. you then, as a young man, became an activist against indonesian authority. they accuse you of leading a campaign of arson and violence. they put you on trial. were you a young millitant committed to violence? i — why i have to fight this injustice happening in west papua, because i'm myself became a witness. i grow up, in the bush, five years, my auntie was raped in front of my eyes, my mother was beaten up