This two-part investigative piece was aired on consecutive episodes of ABC’s Television’s 7.30 news show. It documents human rights abuses against West Papuans seeking a peaceful, political solution to the issue of Papuan self-determination. Calls for recognition of the plight of West Papuans, and for granting them observer status at the Pacific Islands Forum went ignored again this year, in spite of the desire of some Pacific leaders for action.
Part two looks in particular at the role played by Indonesia’s Detachment 88, an anti-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia and the United States.
