Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Hit with West Papua Kill Claims- The NT News.<\/p>\n
FOREIGN Minister Julie Bishop has met with a Free West Papua activist in Darwin to discuss ongoing human rights violations in the Indonesian province. A small group of Free West Papua activists lobbied Ms Bishop to meet with one of their representatives at Cornucopia Cafe yesterday morning. Ms Bishop, who recently returned from United Nations Security Council meetings, was in town to attend\u00a0<\/span>a morning tea fundraiser for the CLP at the cafe. Free West Papua activist Peter Elaby, 28, said Ms Bishop agreed to meet with him for about 10 minutes after several negotiations. Mr Elaby was exiled from West Papua in 2013 and later became an Australian citizen. \u201cI asked Ms Bishop about how the Australian Government can solve the human rights issue in West Papua,\u201d Mr Elaby said. \u201cI wanted the Australian Government to see West Papua as our next door neighbour. \u201cI want Australians to see what\u2019s happening there in terms of the human rights violation the Indonesian government has committed with genocide in West Papua. \u201cI want Australia, as a developed country and a member of the United Nations Security Council, to keep the peace in the Pacific region.\u201d Mr Elaby said the minister listened to his concerns and remained diplomatic during the meeting.<\/span><\/p>\n