Pacific churches back UN complaint over Papua

Tuesday, July 12th, 2016

The Pacific Conference of Churches is backing a formal legal complaint to the UN Human Rights Council accusing Indonesia of human rights violations in West Papua.

The Dutch human rights law firm, Prakken D’Oliveira, has submitted the complaint to the UN Human Rights Council.

It details vast and continuing alleged human rights violations by the Indonesian government against the people of West Papua. Continue reading

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