A British team was today swimming a crushing 30 hours and covering 69
km straight across Lake Geneva to deliver a petition calling for
self-determination in West Papua to the United Nations.
A message received after more than seven hours into the swim on the live Facebook page said:
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| #BackTheSwim |
“We, the Swim for West Papua team, want you to know why we
swimming. We support the fundamental human rights, including (and
especially) the right to self determination for the West Papua.
