| Home > South-East Asia >> West Papua | |
Activists hold long march to commemorate 17 years of Wasior human rights violation
Tabloid JUBI - June 19, 2018
Masses started to walk from the Information Office in Sanggeng to LP3BH Office in Fanindi to submit a legal complaint file to the LP3BH Director, Yan Christian Warinussy.
The Chairman of the Council of Indonesian Trade Union (GSBI) West Papua, Yohanes Akwan, in a press release declared that up to 17 years of Wasior Case occurred, the state remains to neglect the incident that occurred in 2001.
"We submit our aspirations officially as well as a request to LP3BH to continue to voice the cases of human rights violations in Papua to the international community," he said.
Meanwhile, the LP3BH Director Yan Christian Warinussy said this complaint was part of the respect towards the human rights. "This is a part of human rights enforcement, as well as a responsibility of human rights defender to accept this complaint.
The Indonesian Human Rights Commission once investigated the Case of Wasior in 2003, but the case closed at the level of investigation. At that time, Warinussy was a member of Wasior Human Rights Investigation.
See also:
 |
West Papua West Papua Links Statements and Press Releases on West Papua Indoleft Archive Indonesia links Indonesia News Digest News services on Indonesia Publications & videos on Indonesia Reports & articles on Indonesia Statements & press releases on Indonesia