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West Papua Council of Churches calls for immediate UN investigation in West Papua
April 16, 2021
The West Papua Council of Churches (WPCC) has written to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, on April 12, urging an immediate visit to West Papua to investigate the escalating ‘humanitarian crisis’. The WPCC, representing the four major denominations of Christians in West Papua, also wrote to the leaders of the Melanesian […]
UN human rights chief and Vanuatu condemn Indonesian abuses in West Papua
April 5, 2021
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has spoken out against the ‘alarming situation’ in West Papua in an update to the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) at the 46th session on February 25. Vanuatu also expressed their concern over the ‘infringement of the human rights of the people of West Papua’ in […]
United Nations experts condemn human rights abuses, impunity and racism in West Papua
February 21, 2019
This article was originally uploaded by the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and can be read here. The largest group of independent experts within the UN human rights system has issued an unprecedented statement condemning a ‘culture of impunity’ around human rights abuses in West Papua. The statement calls for ‘those who have […]