Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Indonesian Government on the escalation of violence in West Papua at the end of 2018 and the beginning of 2019.

The UK Government is Monitoring the situation in Papua with close interest. Officials at our Embassy in Jakarta, including the Ambassador, visit Papua regularly. Officials press the Indonesian authorities to address legitimate human rights concerns, including upholding the right of all citizens to peacefully protest, and ensure the sustainable and equitable development of the province, through political dialogue. We have made no specific representations about the violence in December. The UK respects the territorial integrity of Indonesia.

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