Activists call on Australian PM to discuss Papua problem

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Updated March 10, 2010 10:46:28

Activists from Papua are calling on the Australian Prime Minister to raise alleged human rights abuses in the region with visiting Indonesian President Susilo Bambang. They say local communities have not benefitted from the development of Indonesia's Freeport gold and copper mine, but have instead suffered at the hands of the Indonesian military, fighting Papuan separatists.

Presenter: Sen Lam
Speakers: Musa Sombuk, Papua State University

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