Rights group calls on Indonesia to end 'systemic racism' in Papua


File picture of Papuan students grouped under the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) holding a protest in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Aug 28, 2019. - Jakarta Post/ANN

JAKARTA: Indonesia must address "systemic racism" against indigenous groups in the restive Papua region and uphold human rights standards in the province, Human Rights Watch said on Thursday (Sept 19).

West Papua has long been the site of a low-level separatist insurgency with Indonesian authorities accused of mass arrests to silence activists.

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