Hopes New Zealand will back Papua mission plan

Friday, August 21st, 2015

West Papua is hoping New Zealand will support its call for a fact finding team to be sent to the region to look into human rights abuses by Indonesia.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua is an observer member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group and wants similar status at the Pacific Islands Forum.

Papua is on the agenda at the Forum leaders’ summit next month and the Movement’s secretary general, Octo Mote, says they also want it to set up a fact finding mission. Continue reading

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