Veronica Koman: Human rights violations in West Papua

For decades, the Indonesian government has operated with relative impunity in West Papua. Human Rights Lawyer Veronica Koman spoke with SBS in June about her mission to expose environmental vandalism and human rights violations in the Indonesian province.

Veronica Koman is one of few lawyers representing West Papuans against the Indonesian state. Source: Dateline

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Published 16 September 2019 10:20am

Updated 16 September 2019 10:22am

Source: Dateline

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