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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
Statement of Reaffirmation for a Regional Moratorium on Deep Sea / Seabed Mining PACIFIC countries must commit to principles of traditional care for nature to ensure food security and the good health of their people. In a statement today the Lire la suite…
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 Lire la suite…
PAPUAN churches have called for support to end violence and human rights abuse at the hands of Indonesian security forces and State-sponsored civilian militia. In a letter to Pacific churches, four church leaders claimed the Indonesian state had become part Lire la suite…
PAPUAN churches want Indonesia to withdraw troops as violence escalates in the disputed territory. And they want the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to urgently visit and see the human rights abuse in Papua – mainly by security Lire la suite…
French 
English