Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Indonesia Considers Amnesty for Imprisoned Papuans

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Human Rights Watch

The Indonesian administration of President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo is sending mixed signals about a proposed amnesty to tens of thousands of Papuans convicted or facing charges for allegedly backing the armed secessionist movement in West Papua. The lack of clarity is generating confusion rather than a thoughtful approach to addressing the eastern province’s longstanding human rights problems.A low-intensity conflict has been ongoing in West Papua since the 1960s, when the United Nations-sponsored Act of Free Choice resulted in West Papua coming under Indonesian rule. Since then,…

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