VANUATU’S Anglican Church has openly condemned domestic and all forms of violence. The Bishop of Vanuatu and New Caledonia, the Right Reverend James Tama, said all forms of violence violates human rights. “By Christian standards is a sin against God the Creator,” Tama said. “The church stands by its Christian Read more…
PACIFIC church leaders have accepted two Papuan churches into their fold and resolved to continue to address human rights abuses by Indonesian security forces in West Papua. The three-day meeting at the Pacific Theological College also saw closed-session talks between the leaders and Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and trade Read more…
THE United Liberation Movement for West Papua has accused Indonesian President, Joko Widodo (Jokowi) of using the territory as a holiday home. Movement Chairman, Benny Wenda, said the visit came at a time when Papuans were being killed and tortured like animals. Here is Wenda’s full statement: President Jokowi has Read more…
AUSTRALIA’S Uniting Church has called on the government to take concrete steps towards ending human rights abuse in West Papua. In a letter to Foreign Affairs Minister, Senator Marise Payne, Uniting Church President, Deidre Palmer, called for a withdrawal of troops from the embattled Nduga Region and other areas of Read more…
A PETITION to the Indonesia has called for the removal of troops from Papua and an investigation into human rights abuses in the territiory. In a letter to Indonesia’s Canberra-based Ambassador, Uniting Church President, Dr Deidre Palmer called on Indonesia to remove its troops, allow an independent UN investigation into Read more…
PACIFIC church leaders gather in Suva, Fiji, this week to discuss issues affecting regional congregations. Top of the agenda will be development models designed by international donor agencies and forced upon small island governments and their people. On Saturday the leaders will have a closed session with their counterparts from Read more…
THE Diocese of Polynesia has lent its support to calls for an end to human rights abuse in Papua. Archbishop Fereti Cama – head of the Anglican community in Fiji, Samoa and Tonga – said the church was deeply concerned about the escalating abuse. He made the comment after a Read more…
TONGA’S churches have condemned violence against women and children as a sin. A media campaign using videos of Tonga’s church leaders calling for an end to violence against women and children is expected to be launched in early November. The video campaign is an initiative of the House of Sarah Read more…
A PACIFIC peacekeeping force should be mobilised under the auspices of the United Nations to enable a peaceful solution to the current violence in Papua. Pacific Conference of Churches’ General Secretary, Reverend James Bhagwan, called for a peacekeeping force after shots were fired in an area near the Papua New Read more…
INDONESIA must withdraw its troops from Papua and allow the United Nations to investigate allegations of human rights abuse in the territory, says the Pacific Conference of Churches. In a letter to Papuan churches authorised at the PCC Executice Committee in Auckland last week, regional church leaders called for: 1. Read more…
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