West Papua activists - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 04 Dec 2023 03:35:28 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg West Papua activists - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Activists call on NZ govt to do more for West Papua https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/12/04/activists-call-on-nz-govt-to-do-more-for-west-papua/ Mon, 04 Dec 2023 04:54:04 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=167179 New Zealand's government should confront Indonesia over its alleged human rights violations in West Papua, human rights activists and West Papua independence activists in Aotearoa say. The UN Human Rights Council has reported the human rights situation in West Papua has deteriorated, citing reports of torture and mass displacement. "We know the violence that West Read more

Activists call on NZ govt to do more for West Papua... Read more]]> New Zealand's government should confront Indonesia over its alleged human rights violations in West Papua, human rights activists and West Papua independence activists in Aotearoa say.

The UN Human Rights Council has reported the human rights situation in West Papua has deteriorated, citing reports of torture and mass displacement.

"We know the violence that West Papuans are having to endure is getting increasingly worse," Green Party spokesperson Golriz Ghahraman said at a Morning Star flag raising ceremony in Auckland on Friday. Read more

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