Posts Tagged ‘Melanesian children’

Melanesian children removed from their families in Papua

Friday, May 10th, 2013

Human rights groups in Indonesia’s Papua province, and the Baptist Church in Jayapura say Melanesian children are still being removed from their families, and sent to Islamic schools in Jakarta. According to a six-month Good Weekend investigation children, possibly in their thousands, have been enticed away over the past decade or more with the promise of a free education.In Read more