Team to select Papua's rights delegates

JAYAPURA, Papua: The Papuan provincial legislature will soon form a team to select members of the Papua branch of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), councillors said on Tuesday.

Paskalis Kossay, the secretary of the provincial council's human rights committee, said the selection team would comprise councillors, members of non-governmental organizations and journalists.

The selected commission members would comprise Papuan community figures, religious leaders, women's activists, intellectuals and journalists.

"The team will give priority to those having clean records and independent attitudes in dealing with and settling cases of human rights violations in this easternmost province," Kossay said. --Antara