Papua
(asked on 11th September 2014) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department has taken to raise the arrest of two French journalists in West Papua for breach of immigration rules with the Indonesian authorities.
This question was answered on 13th October 2014
| The recent incident involving French nationals is being handled by the French authorities, with whom we are in regular contact. On 16 September, our British Acting Ambassador in Jakarta met the Director General of Human Rights of the Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights and raised the specific case of the two journalists, and discussed our continued concern about limited access rights for journalists and international non-governmental organizations in Papua and West Papua province. If the French authorities request the UK to take additional action, we would give it our full and proper consideration. |