Oceania Interrupted challenged media educators and journalists from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region to raise the profile of West Papua as a human rights issue.

Leilani Salesa said the media was powerful at creating awareness of issues and it was critical that they reviewed their teaching and practice methods to give Papuan people a chance of self-determination of their future.

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1. Leilani Salesa speaking at the Oceania Interrupted korero. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
2. Auckland West Papua Action spokesperson Maire Leadbeater speaks at the West Papua "interruption". Image: Del Abcede/PMC
3. The audience at the West Papua "intervention". Image: Del Abcede/PMC
4. West Papua issues activist Maire Leadbeater. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
5. The audience at the West Papua "intervention". Image: Del Abcede/PMC
6. The Fiji Club (and Solomon Islands/Vanuatu) at the PMC. Image: Del Abcede/PMC
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Del Abcede is a volunteer photographer and organiser for the Pacific Media Centre. She also designs Pacific Journalism Review research journal and edits the newsletter TOKTOK. She is active in several community groups such as the Asia Pacific Human Rights Coalition (APHRC) and Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).

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