Is Britain complicit in West Papua violence?

The Indonesian military has been accused of carrying out a wave of brutal extra-judicial killings and torture in West Papua in recent months. The Workers for West Papua campaign has highlighted the complicity of countries like Britain, Australia, the US and others in the violence, calling on workers in Britain to push West Papua’s struggle for liberation from Indonesian occupation up the agenda of the trade union movement.

In October 2024, soldiers are accused of killing teenager, Pianus Sani after his body was discovered on the side of the Bilogai Village road after an arrest. A high school student is also still missing after being arrested alongside a friend. Relatives say that the two were tortured as soldiers tried to get information about West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) operations in the area, threatening to burn them alive.