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Fiji opposition announces support for West Papua

Radio New Zealand International - January 17, 2015

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Fiji's opposition parties have rallied behind the Free West Papua Movement in a move they hope will put pressure on authorities to act.

The Opposition leader, Ro Teimumu Kepa, says the Melanesian people of West Papua have been terrorised for years and hopes for freedom have been suppressed.

The Fiji Times reports the opposition is hoping authorities will be pressured to hold the Indonesian government to account for human rights abuses in the restive province.

Source: http://www.radionz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/263888/fiji-opposition-announces-support-for-west-papua.