1) New allegations of Indonesian military torturing children From Pacific Waves,

2) Advocacy group calls on Senator Wong to press Jakarta over latest West Papua atrocities report

3) Sogavare hails ‘new approach’ on West Papua – Wale calls PM ‘Judas’

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1) New allegations of Indonesian military torturing children From Pacific Waves,

 6:02 am today  

West Papua Action Aotearoa is calling on the New Zealand government to speak out against new allegations of Indonesian military brutality against children in Papua.

The Guardian this week reported details of a high school student Wity Unue who was tortured and killed by Indonesian military officers in April this year and his body burned.

The report said the young student - a promising musician and songwriter had been interrogated and detained by the military on the 7th of April along with three other boys and two young men who they accused of being part of the rebel West Papua Liberation Army or TPNPB . 

A spokesperson for West Papua Action Aotearoa, Catherine Delahunty, is calling on the government to speak out now.

She spoke with RNZ Pacific Editor, Koroi Hawkins………………………

Audio

https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/programmes/datelinepacific/audio/2018908768/new-allegations-of-indonesian-military-torturing-children

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2) Advocacy group calls on Senator Wong to press Jakarta over latest West Papua atrocities report

 By APR editor -  

Asia Pacific Report

An Australian advocacy group supporting West Papuan self-determination has appealed to Foreign Minister Penny Wong to press Indonesia to halt all military operations in the region following new allegations of Indonesian atrocities reported in The Guardian newspaper. In a letter to the senator yesterday, the Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) protested against the report of torture and killing of civilians in West Papua. According to an investigative report by Mani Cordell in The Guardian on Monday, Indonesian security forces tortured and burned to death a 17-year-old high school student, Wity Unue…………………………..    

https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/09/28/advocacy-group-calls-on-senator-wong-to-press-jakarta-over-latest-west-papua-atrocities-report/

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3) Sogavare hails ‘new approach’ on West Papua – Wale calls PM ‘Judas’

By APR editor - 

  

September 28, 2023

By Charley Piringi in Honiara

The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has adopted a “fresh approach” in addressing the longstanding and sensitive West Papuan issue, claims Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare.

Upon his return yesterday from the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York last week, he clarified to local media about why he had left out the West Papuan issue from his discussions at the UN.

“We have agreed during our last MSG meeting in Port Vila not to pursue independence for West Papua,” he said……………………….

https://asiapacificreport.nz/2023/09/28/sogavare-hails-new-approach-on-west-papua-wale-calls-pm-judas/?fbclid=IwAR35Z_dToOBLsX5Mhir2aIn2S3hrVxA-_dLaK1KZntcVJg1BQ9Uy2YYbdAc

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