Source: Freemuse – Freedom of Musical Expression

Video from West Papua – a supplement to Clara Moksha’s Music Freedom Report which was published on 3 March 2012.

Video by Clara Moksha – Music Freedom Report no. 4: West Papua
Can freedom be sung? – Part 1

Music Freedom Report no. 4 – 2012

With human rights observers and foreign media banned from working in West Papua, a ‘forgotten conflict’ of what some Papuans term ‘Indonesian occupation’ has been off the international radar. During decades Papuan protest musicians have been oppressed, censored and even killed in this conflict, reported Clara Moksha in the report.

Read the full report here (PDF) <- Well worth the read!

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