![Benny Wenda Benny Wenda](/web/20110410015241im_/http://www.freewestpapua.org/images/stories/people/benny_wenda.jpg)
'We want freedom!'
My name is Benny Wenda, I am a West Papuan independence leader and chairman of the Koteka Tribal Assembly. My village was bombed by Indonesia when I was a child and many of my family were killed. Later, I began to campaign peacefully to free my people. For this 'crime' I was arrested, tortured and threatened with death.
I managed to escape to Britain, where I now live in exile. Many of my people are still suffering. They have been killed, raped and tortured. Life is hard for them. All we are asking for is the freedoms that you enjoy every day - the freedom to speak your mind, to live without fear and to choose your own government.
Please hear my peoples' cry for help. Please support the Free West Papua Campaign.
![Yustinus Murib, OPM commandant](http://web.archive.org./web/20110410015241im_/http://www.westpapua.nl/2004_02/images/murib.jpg)
Indonesian soldiers killing my people in West Papua
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Video of the Indonesia military torturing My People In West Papua
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