Shocking images have emerged showing some of the villages burnt to the ground by the Indonesian security forces operating in the Puncak Jaya region of the West Papua highlands.
The photos clearly show the devastating effects that the sweeping operations have had, with villages burnt to the ground. Hundreds of people including women and children remain in hiding in the forests of the region, as military operations against the indigenous Papuan population intensify. Livestock and crops have also been destroyed meaning those left are now hungry, with no shelter.
Please follow the link below to view photos:
http://freewestpapua.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1289&Itemid=2
We urge people to forward these photos onto their local and national media organisations.
The brave people who managed to get into the region to get these photos have also captured video footage including interviews with women which have been forwarded to national media in the UK.