Papua: Armed Conflict
2026-05-28 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · 4497 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what representations she has made to her Indonesian counterpart on the recent conflict 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 ...