Al Jazeera to premiere Papua documentary

“Shocking, revealing and empowering this film is disturbingly indicative of the current situation in West Papua,” a press release sent by van Hest to The Jakarta Post on Wednesday said. Jono claimed he smuggled six video cameras into the province.

“These remarkable stories provide unparalleled access and a strikingly personal insight into the West Papuan resistance,” it said.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Teuku Faizasyah said he had not seen the film, but went on to lament Al Jazeera for screening the film should it unfairly discredit the Indonesian government.

“Al Jazeera is known as an alternative media that leans to developing countries and is not Western-centered. I am surprised,” he said. JP