Team to select Papua's rights delegates

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