1 december 2011 Manifestatie in Den Haag, Toespraak dhr H. van Bommel HD

Bregtje Cals (LUSH Cosmetics): Oridek, I would like to present this to you, these are all the signatures which have been collected in the Lux-stores in the last few weeks. We will continue to collect signatures because we want to have 40,000 signatures. You can also sign online, so whoever did not sing, give your signature today and spread the word to all of your family and friends in order to sign for a free and independent West-Papua. Besides, these are the signatures collected so far, a total of 3,000 and I would like to present these to you. Oridek Ap: Thank you, and now I would like to introduce you to mister Van Bommel, from the Socialist Party. Text speech Member of Parliament Harry van Bommel (Socialist Party) n commemoration of 1 December 2011 in The Hague -- The Netherlands . (in Dutch language) Good afternoon, friends, friends of Papua, people from Papua. It is good that you are here today to point out that fifty years ago a promise has been made that has never been fulfilled. I am proud that Parliament, this year, almost throughout the entire Parliament, put the Papuan matter on the agenda. It has paid attention to the brutal human rights violations in Papua. I have paid attention to the punishments demanded and inflicted upon people raising the Morning Star flag. Filep Karma was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in 2004 for raising that flag. This sentence was just recently condemned by the United Nations as a violation of international law. The United Nations call upon the immediate release of Filep. I think that The Netherlands should support this demand in their relations with Indonesia. Colonialism is a disgrace in Dutch history. The results of this colonialism can still be seen in all former Dutch colonies. But they are probably most painfully visible in Papua. Because there, repression, murder, torture and imprisonment are daily matters. Recently The Netherlands endorsed a Trade Agreement between the European Union and Indonesia. My party, The Socials Party did not approve. We think that human rights violations, committed by Indonesia, in recent decades are so severe, that we do not expect that such a Trade Agreement with a shiny paragraph about human rights will result in respecting those human rights. Not only in Papua, but also on The Moluccas and in Indonesia and other parts of Indonesia itself. Therefore we did not approve of the Trade Agreement between Europe and Indonesia. We think it a shame that The Netherlands and Europe prevail trade interests over human rights. The Netherlands, and this was made clear during the budget debates last week, The Netherlands no longer focus on human rights as they have done in the past. The Netherlands focus on trade interests, and much later, if time permits we may pay attention to human rights. That is a disgrace and we will not agree with a possible bilateral agreement. An agreement between two countries, The Netherlands and Indonesia, because this also has been put on the