For how long can the Australian government continue to finance and train the Indonesian forces that are used to intimidate, abduct, torture and kill West Papuan people who want freedom? Australian public opinion is rapidly growing in support of West Papuas right to self determination. However the Indonesian government regards all West Papuans who want their right to self determination as terrorists and targets West Papuans with Australian help. An elite counter-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia is being accused of acting as a death squad in West Papua. The group, known as Detachment 88, receives training, supplies and extensive operational support from the Australian Federal Police. But theres growing evidence that the squad is involved in torture and killings as parts of efforts by the Indonesian authorities to crush the separatist movement in West Papua. Please watch this report from ABC Australia.
Posted on: Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:25:21 +0000
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