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WEST PAPUA: Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will deepen wounds

12 Feb

WEST PAPUA: Activists give Indonesian leader details of deaths, political prisoners

12 Feb

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Pacific Media Watch article

12 Feb

WEST PAPUA: Rights advocate says security chief’s ‘garbage’ slur will deepen wounds

By Devina Halim
JAKARTA (Kompas/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Lawyer and human rights activist Veronica Koman says Coordinating Minister for Security, Politics and Legal Affairs Mahfud MD “garbage” comment will only deepen the Papuan
people’s wounds.

Earlier, Mahfud had referred to data on Papuan political prisoners and civilians killed in Nduga, which was handed over to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo during his visit to Canberra this week as “garbage”.

Pacific Media Watch article

12 Feb

WEST PAPUA: Activists give Indonesian leader details of deaths, political prisoners

SYDNEY (The Wire/Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Pacific human rights activists have personally handed Indonesian President Joko Widodo a protest letter which includes a list of deaths and political prisoners in West Papua.

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