Posts Tagged ‘Papua’

Church leader asks for international intervention in Papua

Friday, June 22nd, 2012

The chairman of the Baptist Churches of Papua, Sofyan Yoman, is visiting the Indonesian capital, Jakarta, lobbying foreign embassies to help generate international intervention in Papua. “The Indonesian government and the West Papua representative should come to the negotiation table to talk peacefully,” he said. Pastor Socratez  has suggested that a neutral “referee” mediate the Read more

We need a pulpit perspective on Papua

Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

Members of regional parliaments are increasingly alarmed at the continuing violence in the Indonesian Papuan provinces and at the seeming inability of the Indonesian Government to administer these territories without a large military presence. The refusal of permission for journalists and many aid workers to enter the provinces is a growing cause of concern. On Read more