{"id":1636,"date":"2015-10-20T17:49:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-20T17:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/?p=1636"},"modified":"2015-10-20T17:49:06","modified_gmt":"2015-10-20T17:49:06","slug":"churches-criticise-indonesias-papua-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.infopapua.org\/?p=1636","title":{"rendered":"Churches criticise Indonesia’s Papua record"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pacific churches say Indonesia must seriously address human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings in Papua.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The call by the Pacific Conference of Churches comes after the killing of a student in Timika and Indonesia’s denials at the UN General Assembly of human rights abuses in the territory it annexed in 1961.<\/p>\n

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The organisation’s general secretary, the Reverend Francois Pihaatae, says the situation in Papua is made worse by Indonesian denials when the evidence of abuse was clear.<\/p>\n

He says social media makes it impossible for Indonesia to hide the atrocities committed by its security forces on a people who want to determine their political future for themselves.<\/p>\n

The Reverend Pihaatae says despite the obvious and overwhelming evidence, the Indonesian government insults the intelligence of Pacific people by its denials.<\/p>\n

He says Papuans are killed and tortured merely because they want self-determination, a right guaranteed by the UN of which Indonesia is a member.<\/p>\n

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