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Jeremy Corbyn endorses Hyams-Capriati report on West Papua

Keith Hyams launched a major policy report on the Politics of West Papua in parliament on Tuesday 3rd May 2016, written by Keith Hyams and Marinella Capriati. Jeremy Corbyn MP spoke at the launch. He quoted from the report and said that Warwick had produced ‘an excellent report’ and that the report’s fourteen recommendations provided a ‘good way forward’, which he would take up in parliament. Lord Harries of Pentregarth, who was also at the launch, has asked the PAIS team to prepare a list of parliamentary questions based on the report which he will put to the government. The Warwick report has featured in various press articles including the Australian Broadcasting Commission. Other participants in the launch included the Prime Minister of Tonga Samuela 'Akilisi Pohiva, the Vanuatu Minister for Foreign Affairs Bruno Leingkone, the Vanuatu Minister for Lands Ralph Regenavu, the Solomon Islands Melanesia Spearhead Group Special Envoy on West Papua Rex Horoi, the Governor of Oro District (Papua New Guinea) Gary Juffa, Andrew Smith MP, Nick Brown MP, and international human rights lawyers Jennifer Robinson, Melinda Janki and Charles Foster. More information and a full transcript of Corbyn’s comments will be available at the website of the Politics of Papua Project:http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/pais/research/researchcentres/ierg/westpapua/

Thu 05 May 2016, 15:56 | Tags: event, impact, Papua