Question follow-through · 4496
Papua: Human Rights
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the human rights situation in West Papua.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 29 May 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
29 May 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of the human rights situation in West Papua.
2 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2026
Answer published
The UK monitors the human rights situation in Papua regularly. We are concerned about the recent increase in violence in Papua including the fatalities across Central Papua. I visited Indonesia in February and underlined the importance the UK attaches to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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