{"id":318134,"date":"2021-09-20T07:26:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T07:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/20\/inquiry-needed-into-australias-silence-on-west-papuan-massacre-human-rights-groups-say"},"modified":"2021-09-20T07:26:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T07:26:11","slug":"inquiry-needed-into-australias-silence-on-west-papuan-massacre-human-rights-groups-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/20\/inquiry-needed-into-australias-silence-on-west-papuan-massacre-human-rights-groups-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Inquiry needed into Australia\u2019s silence on West Papuan massacre, human rights groups say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Revelations that Australia knew about atrocities by Indonesian military but did nothing are \u2018deeply disturbing\u2019, Human Rights Watch says<\/p><p>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/ng-interactive\/2018\/may\/15\/the-guardian-app?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Get our free news app<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/guardian-australia-morning-mail\/2014\/jun\/24\/-sp-guardian-australias-morning-mail-subscribe-by-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">get our morning email briefing<\/a><\/p><p>Human rights groups say revelations that Australia sat on its hands after learning of Indonesian military atrocities against West Papuan demonstrators are \u201cdeeply disturbing\u201d and should prompt an independent investigation.<\/p><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/sep\/19\/killed-like-animals-documents-reveal-how-australia-turned-a-blind-eye-to-a-west-papuan-massacre\">newly released unredacted intelligence report<\/a>, shared with the Guardian, shows the Australian government had compelling evidence that the Indonesian military fired live rounds indiscriminately into a group of unarmed West Papuan demonstrators on the island of Biak on 6 July 1998.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2019\/oct\/18\/saved-for-later-sign-up-for-guardian-australias-culture-and-lifestyle-email\">Sign up for the fun stuff with our rundown of must-reads, pop culture and tips for the weekend, every Saturday morning<\/a><\/p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/20\/inquiry-needed-into-australias-silence-on-west-papuan-massacre-human-rights-groups-say\">Continue reading...<\/a>\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">This post was originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/sep\/20\/inquiry-needed-into-australias-silence-on-west-papuan-massacre-human-rights-groups-say\">Human rights | The Guardian<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Revelations that Australia knew about atrocities by Indonesian military but did nothing are \u2018deeply disturbing\u2019, Human Rights Watch says\u2022 Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingHuman rights groups say revelations that Australia sat on its&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4997,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1340,1208,3470,6,207,19],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318134"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4997"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318135,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318134\/revisions\/318135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}