Human Rights Watch says the Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s visit to Papua New Guinea this week represents Jakarta’s latest heavy-handed attempt to pressure the Melanesian Spearhead Group into rejecting West Papua’s membership application.

Human Rights Watch says the Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s visit to Papua New Guinea this week represents Jakarta’s latest heavy-handed attempt to pressure the Melanesian Spearhead Group into rejecting West Papua’s membership application.