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Papua: Homicide

Commons · Question 125290 · Tabled 10 Apr 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 16 Apr 2026

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Asked by Alex Sobel

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact for her policies of reports of the killing of five West Papuan civilians by Indonesian police in Dogiyai Regency; and wha

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Answered by Seema Malhotra, 16 Apr 2026

We are concerned about the recent increase in violence in Papua, including the fatalities in Dogiyai Regency. I visited Indonesia in February and underlined the importance the UK attaches to human rights and raised Papua directly with the Vice Foreign Min...