Due Process International calls out extrajudicial police abuses in PNG Ok Tedi Fly River Dispute

Due Process International is bringing the world’s attention to recent extrajudicial arrests and charges of Directors, lawyers and supporters of the Ok Tedi Fly River Development Foundation in the Western Province (Papua New Guinea).

At Due Process International, we are deeply concerned about due process and human rights. We note the developments in Papua New Guinea in relation to litigation around the Ok Tedi mine and associated compensation funds.

For decades, many millions of tonnes of contaminated mining waste have been discharged annually into Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) Ok Tedi and Fly River systems. There are several compensation funds meant to be assisting the 165 pollution affected villages in the Ok Tedi and Fly River region.