Australia West Papua Association (Sydney)
Statement. 13 May 2025
Prime Minister Albanese will visit Jakarta on the 14-15 May
AWPA has written to the PM urging that he raise the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian president.
Joe Collins of AWPA said, "the Australian people care about human rights and in light of the ongoing abuses in West Papua , we are urging Prime Minister Albanese to raise the human rights situation in West Papua with the Indonesian President during his visit to Jakarta”.
We are urging the Prime Minister to support the West Papuan people by encouraging the Indonesian government to allow the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to visit West Papua to investigate the human rights situation in the territory. The West Papuan people have been calling for such a visit for years.
We are also concerned about the close ties between the ADF and the Indonesian military. We believe that the ADF should be distancing itself from the Indonesian military while there are ongoing human rights abuses in West Papua, not increasing ties with the Indonesian security forces as is the case at present.
We understand that it is in the interest of the Government to have good relations with Indonesia, but good relations should not be at the expense of the West Papuan people.
The West Papuan people are not going to give up their struggle for self-determination. It’s an issue that is not going away.
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Letter below
AWPA letter to Aust. Prime Minister re West Papua
https://awpasydneynews.blogspot.com/2025/05/awpa-letter-to-aust-prime-minister-re.html
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