Indonesia Shuts Out UN Rights Chief From Papua

Expand UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein meets with Indonesia’s President Joko Widodo in Jakarta, February 6, 2018. © 2018 Reuters What is the Indonesian government hiding in Papua? That’s the question raised by the government’s seeming refusal to make good on an official invitation promised to the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, to visit Papua and West Papua provinces (collectively referred to as “Papua”). On Monday, Zeid issued a statement saying he is “concerned that despite positive engagement by the authorities in many…

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