WCC video interview describes human rights crisis in West Papua

During a World Council of Churches (WCC) video interview, Peter Prove, WCC director of International Affairs, talks about the human rights and humanitarian situation in West Papua.

West Papua – the Indonesian provinces comprising the western half of the island of New Guinea – has been a longstanding focus of WCC’s concern, and of the Pacific Council of Churches (PCC) of which West Papuan churches are part of the membership.

In the recent interview, Prove provides a helpful background, and indicates increasing concern for the indigenous Papuan population of these provinces “as a result of the persistent and quite serious human rights and humanitarian situation in the region, which the Indonesian government has frankly failed to address and correct.”

The WCC and its partners work together to monitor civil and political rights as well as economic, social and cultural rights in the region.

To watch the video, go to https://www.oikoumene.org/news/wcc-video-interview-describes-human-rights-crisis-in-west-papua

by Mission & Ecumenical