“Papuans want peace and have always respected other human beings throughout the ages” said Rev. Socratez Sofyan Yoman from the Communion of Baptist Churches in Papua. He was speaking at a consultation on “Human Rights and Peace for Papua” which was organized by an international coalition of faith-based and civil society organizations and hosted by the WCC in Geneva. Participants in the consultation discussed various aspects of the crisis in Tanah Papua, a province of Indonesia, stressing the need for institutional reforms to protect civil, political, socio-economic and cultural rights of the people.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Sep 2013 16:48:28 +0000
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