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Indonesian rights body notes rampant rights abuses in Papua
Radio New Zealand International - April 11, 2016
President Widodo has pledged more focus on a socio-economic approach to resolving issues for West Papuans.
However, Haris Azhar, the co-ordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, or KONTRAS, says the abuses in Papua are as rampant as they were under previous governments.
"I checked the data in my office. It showed the number last year of more than 1,200 people suffer from harassment, killings, torture and ill-treatment," he said. "We haven't put the other issues into this number – the economic and social rights issues."
Haris Azhar says these abuses are often made by security forces against Papuans for exercising their right to freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and movement.
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