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UN requests Indonesia response to allegations of violent discrimination
Fiji Times - October 15, 2016
In the statement, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs executive director, Emele Duituturaga expressed these sentiments following UN CERD chair, Anastasia Crickley's notification to Indonesia's UN Permanent Representative, Triyono Wibowo that the committee's recent session had considered allegations of killings and violence of indigenous Papuans in West Papua.
"I write to inform you that in the course of its 90th session, the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination has considered, under its early warning and urgent action procedure, allegations of excessive use of force, arrests, killings and torture of persons belonging to the Papuan indigenous people in West Papua, Indonesia, and allegations of discrimination against this people, that have been brought to its attention by a non-governmental organization," Ms Crickley stated in the October 3rd dated correspondence.
Duituturaga said the committee's specific requests for information indicated how seriously it was treating the allegations made by civil societies to the UN about the treatment of indigenous West Papuans by the Indonesian government.
"The bookmarks folder 'untitled folder' Google Translateall is in their court now and Pacific civil societies are eagerly awaiting November 14 alongside UN CERD to read their response," Duituturaga was quoted as saying.
Source: http://fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=374813.
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