2) Why there are still many cases of human rights violations in Papua that have not been completed.
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1) Marape: PNG no right to comment on abuses in West Papua
3:30 pm on 8 September 2023
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape has told Indonesia's president Joko Widodo that PNG has no right to criticise Jakarta over what he calls alleged human rights abuses in West Papua.
The two leaders spoke on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit in Jakarta, reaffirming commitments to maintain dialogue to build stronger and trustful relations that had been made when they met in Port Moresby in July.
Marape told Widodo he abstained from supporting the West Papuan bid to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group at last month's meeting in Port Vila because the West Papuan United Liberation Movement (ULMWP) "does not meet the requirements of a fully-fledged sovereign nation".
"Indonesia's associate membership status also as a Melanesian country to the MSG suffices, which cancels out West Papua ULM's bid," Marape said referring to the ULMWP.
He said on the allegations of human rights issues in West Papua, that since PNG has its own challenges, it has no moral grounds to comment on human rights issues outside of its own jurisdiction.
The Indonesian president said the PNG deputy prime minister John Rosso will be invited to assess developments taking place in West Papua.
Widodo said Indonesia's committed to building trustful and cooperative relations with all Pacific countries and will extend an invitation to their leaders to attend the Archipelagic Island States (AIS) Forum next month in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, on the planned electrification project in PNG's western provinces, the two leaders pledged to ensure this project goes smoothly and is completed on time.
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2) Why there are still many cases of human rights violations in Papua that have not been completed.
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The cases of human rights violations in Papua seem to never stop. The country's commitment to resolving those cases is in doubt, though promises continue to be given.
One of the causes of the bottleneck in the completion of human rights violations events is, the incidence of these cases has been long enough, some are more than twenty years. And many witnesses and victims have died, and the data is also minimal.
But the victims' struggle to demand government appointments never stopped.
One of the pioneers was an activist who was also a witness and victim in a case of human rights violations in the town of Biak, Tineke Rumkabu. The
Bloody Biak case occurred in 1999, and to date has not found a way of settlement.
Ms Tineke Rumkabu will speak about the case, as well as demand the state's pledge to resolve human rights violations cases, in the following talks.
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