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PIF urged to discuss rights abuse in West Papua

Radio New Zealand International - July 28, 2015

• The upside of Melanesian leaders' West Papua compromise – Tabloid JUBI. July 3, 2015
• Indonesia denies monitoring Papua through MSG – Jakarta Post. July 3, 2015
• For West Papua, Indonesia's entry into MSG stirs up concerns about hidden agenda – Jakarta Globe. July 1, 2015
• Fiji, PNG lead betrayal, but still West Papuans triumph – Cafe Pacific. June 28, 2015
• Indonesia is associate member, West Papua observer in MSG – Vanuatu Daily Post. June 27, 2015

Its call comes in the lead up to the 46th Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Summit to be held in Papua New Guinea in September.

The group says Indonesia's security forces used excessive and often lethal force on peaceful protesters in West Papua on numerous occasions in 2014 resulting in at least four deaths.

The association is urging the leaders at the summit to discuss the human rights situation in West Papua and seek Indonesia's approval for a Forum fact finding mission to West Papua.

It is also calling for the release of all West Papuan political prisoners and the granting of observer status to genuine representatives of the Melanesian people of West Papua.

• Open letter to Pacific Islands Forum leaders – Australia West Papua Association (Sydney). July 27, 2015

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