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United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon waves to West Papua protesters during last week's Pacific Islands Forum in Auckland. Photo: Karen Abplanalp / PMC
Pacific Scoop:
Report – by Nigel Moffiet
West Papuan independence leaders have called on United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon to address human rights abuses and “systematic genocide” suffered by the indigenous Melanesian people at the hands of Indonesian authorities during his visit to Auckland this week.
In his address at the University of Auckland, Ban highlighted North Africa and the Middle East saying that the world’s current political events are happening at “an especially crucial time as we face an increasingly complex set of realities”.
West Papuan independence leaders say they are disappointed but not surprised that the human rights abuses suffered in their region have once again gone unmentioned. Read more »
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