Indonesian military officer addresses a school class in West Papua, September 2021 Photo: Supplied
West Papua Action Aotearoa is calling on the New Zealand government to speak out against new allegations of Indonesian military brutality against children in Papua.
The Guardian this week reported details of a high school student Wity Unue who was tortured and killed by Indonesian military officers in April this year and his body burned.
The report said the young student - a promising musician and songwriter had been interrogated and detained by the military on the 7th of April along with three other boys and two young men who they accused of being part of the rebel West Papua Liberation Army or TPNPB .
A spokesperson for West Papua Action Aotearoa, Catherine Delahunty, is calling on the government to speak out now.
She spoke with RNZ Pacific Editor, Koroi Hawkins.
