Keyword: Indonesia

Ramping Up Trade Relations, South Africa Ignores Indonesia's Human Rights Violations in West Papua

Picture: Nichollas Harrison/Wikimedia Commons Anna Majavu - The visit by the South African government and 17 unnamed South African companies to Indonesia last week has thrown into stark relief the ANC government’s hypocrisy in its international relations with countries that are guilty of human rights abuses. Indonesia ended its brutal military occupation of East Timor in 2002 but continues an equally merciless military occupation of West Papua. Somehow this doesn’t appear to have pricked the consciences of our government officials or...