We stand with Papua
Category: editorial August 23, 2019. Credit: SyelanitaDESCRIPTION (EN)
Interreligious leaders gather on Friday, August 23, 2019 in Jakarta to show support for Papua following a series of riots and arrests in the country’s easternmost region. Among those who attended the gathering were (from left) philosophy scholar and Catholic priest Franz Magnis-Suseno, Muslim scholar and former foreign minister Alwi Shihab, human rights activist Alissa Wahid, West Papua politician Simon Morin, former first lady Shinta Nuriyah Wahid, former Constitutional Court chief justice Mahfud MD, Catholic priest and social observer Benny Susetyo, Muslim scholar and prominent cleric Quraish Shihab and Muhammadiyah chairman Haedar Nashir. -JP / Syelanita / Adi / 19
DESCRIPTION (ID)
Gerakan Suluh Kebangsaan (GSK) yang diketuai Mahfud MD bersama para tokoh bangsa dan tokoh Papua menyelenggarakan Konferensi Pers bertemakan “Merajut Kembali Papua dalam Keindonesiasn Kita" di Hotel Sahid Jaya, Jl. Jend. Sudirman, Jakarta Pusat, Jumat (23/08/19). Gerakan ini bertujuan untuk menyikapi aksi demonstrasi di Papua dan Papua Barat yang dipicu oleh perlakuan diskriminatif dan ungkapan bernada rasisme oleh orang tertentu. -JP/Syelanita/Adi/19
