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West Papua and PNG – Does no one see the hypocrisy?

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Let me first state categorically that what is happening in West Papua is wrong. It is a gross violation of human rights and I believe that the world should be intervening to bring an end to the atrocities – and the world includes PNG. As such, I am completely on board with the protests Governor Powes Parkop and Gary Juffa have been leading. But that’s just me. I believe that to some extent we are our brother’s/sister’s keeper and that national boundaries and nations themselves are artificial constructs and that we all are of the family of man. I don’t Continue reading West Papua and PNG – Does no one see the hypocrisy?→

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Damaru’s charges stayed: What irony, what blatant hypocrisy!

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By PNG Echo. Yesterday, Judge Polume heard an urgent application, ex parte (without the opposing parties) to stay the criminal charges recently levelled against Fraud Squad Officer, Matthew Damaru. Ostensibly, according to her ruling, this was to enable Damaru to continue with his policing duties. So what was stopping him, in the first place? According to the press release of the RPNGC immediately following the arrest: Mr Andrews [Deputy Police Commissioner] said whilst Mr Damaru is criminally charged for the alleged offences, he remains on active duty as Director NFACD and continues to perform his normal Constitutional Duties. So what Continue reading Damaru’s charges stayed: What irony, what blatant hypocrisy!→

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