Pax Christi Victoria

Monday, December 18, 2006

West Papuan artists' visa applications rejected

The premiere of ‘Peace Child’ with an hour of extraordinary theatre in dance, body design, drumming, and Melanesian harmonies, performed by TUMBUNA, West Papua's premiere performance artists was to have taken place on 14 December in Melbourne. I regret to say that the Howard Government has rejected the visa applications for these artists.

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The Australian