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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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The (not so) mysterious death of Rosalyn Albaniel Evara.

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By PNG Echo Postscript As an Australian tax-payer, I object to my hard-earned tax dollars going to a foreign government that tacitly condones the wholesale abuse of half of their population – and then does it with my money. It is time that international sanctions were applied to Papua New Guinea – time to hit them where it will hurt – in the money pocket.  The international community need to express their disgust at the ongoing human rights abuses in PNG – we (the international community) can stop this, even if they won’t. Let’s make this stop at Rosalyn Albaniel. Continue reading The (not so) mysterious death of Rosalyn Albaniel Evara.→

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