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#I'llridewithyou, West Papua

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Zely Ariane holds up the ‘I’ll Ride with You, West Papua” poster at a protest in Jakarta

After the Lindt cafe bombing in Sydney, the social media hashtag #illridewithyou went viral in solidarity. At the same time, three women in Jakarta were trying to work out how to make people care about terrible events in remote West Papua–  a highly sensitive topic in Indonesia. This is the story of what happened to the women who decided to speak out.

Guests:

Veronica Koman - Human rights lawyer

Zely Ariane - Activist

Dorkas Kossay - West Papuan student activist

I'll ride with you West Papua protests in Jakarta - Sorge Magazine

Readings by Melanie Senter

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