15 Jul 2021

Carmel Budiardjo, human rights campaigner, dies

From , 6:00 am on 15 July 2021
Carmel Budiardjo campaigns for the release of West Papuah political prisoner, Victor Yeimo.

Carmel Budiardjo campaigns for the release of West Papuah political prisoner, Victor Yeimo. Photo: Supplied

A leading British human rights advocate and former political prisoner in Indonesia, Carmel Budiardjo, has died, aged 96.

Over several decades she has been a leading voice calling out human rights abuses in Indonesia, including Papua region, or West Papua as it's widely known.

To look briefly at the career of Carmel Budiardjo, I'm joined by Johnny Blades

Firstly Johnny, how did she come to be a political prisoner in Indonesia?