Priest mediator in Indonesia West Papua dialogue

Priest to be mediator in Indonesia West Papua dialogue

Thursday, September 7th, 2017

Various Papuan civil society, church and customary leaders met with Indonesia’s president Joko Widodo last month about establishing dialogue over problems in Papua.

Terms of reference for the dialogue are not known yet, but the Jakarta meeting agreed on the Catholic priest, Dr Neles Tebay, taking on a mediator role. Continue reading

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