Written questions

Papua: Human Rights

2026-05-28 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · 4496 · Official question

Anneliese Dodds

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the human rights situation in West Papua.

Answer

The UK monitors the human rights situation in Papua regularly. We are concerned about the recent increase in violence in Papua including the fatalities across Central Papua. I visited Indonesia in February and underlined the importance the UK attaches to ...