INTERVIEW : A GRRENS SENATOR AND WEST PAPUAN IDEPENDENCE ADVOCATE

http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/hack/stories/s3441731.htm

A Greens senator has told Hack that Labor MPs were told not to attend a meeting that showed support for West Papuan self determination.

West Papua is a region that's controlled by Indonesia.

There are allegations of human rights abuses by Indonesian authorities which have drawn thousands of demonstrators onto the streets of West Papua.

As Alex Mann reports, several Labor MPs still attended the meeting in Canberra today despite a reported warning from the acting Foriegn Affairs minister.