Tag: Human rights lawyer
Parents of Papuan rights defender Koman attacked in Jakarta
RNZ Pacific
Advocacy groups in Indonesia have condemned an attack on the parents of human rights lawyer Veronica Yoman, who speaks out for West Papuan...
Lawyer Koman calls for inquiry into tragic death of health worker...
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Papua human rights activist and lawyer Veronica Koman has called for an independent inquiry into the attack on health workers in...
Jennifer Robinson – fighting for Assange, Papua and public education
RNZ Saturday Mornings with Kim Hill
Australian human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson has been described as the go-to barrister for London's rich and famous.
Standing by...
Papua Solidarity returns rights lawyer Veronica Koman’s scholarship grant
By IndoLeft News/CNN in Jakarta
The symbolic handover of money to Indonesia's Finance Ministry Endowment Fund for Education (LPDP) to repay scholarship funds received by...
Filipino human rights lawyer uninjured after gunmen ambush car
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
A Filipino human rights lawyer has come away uninjured after unidentified motorcyclists fired gunshots into her car on the central Philippines...
Ex-top judges, ombudsmen endorse Chel Diokno for Philippines election
By Lian Buan in Manila
Opposition senatorial canidate Chel Diokno, a veteran human rights lawyer, won the endorsement of former justices of the Philippines Supreme...
Meet Green MP Golriz Ghahraman, NZ’s first refugee in Parliament
By Kirsty Johnston of The New Zealand Herald
Most of Golriz Ghahraman's childhood memories are of war.
She remembers howling sirens, sending families scurrying into basements....