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Papua: Human Rights

Commons · Question 900158 · Tabled 24 Jul 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 30 Jul 2024

Question

Asked by Alex Sobel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Indonesian counterpart on the human rights situation in West Papua.

Answer

Answered by Catherine West, 30 Jul 2024

The Foreign Secretary and have raised concerns publicly about reports of human rights abuses during the protests in Bangladesh. We have urged an end to the violence and stressed the need for the right to assemble peacefully and express different political...