Embassy sit-down leads to arrests

GARDAÍ arrested four human rights protestors yesterday after they staged a sit-down inside the Dutch Embassy in Dublin.

The four all members of the West Papua Action were protesting against the country's record towards its former colonial territory on the 40th anniversary of a controversial agreement signed by The Netherlands, Indonesia and the United Nations on August 15, 1962.

The group say the Dutch Government failed to protect the West Papua people by ignoring what they claim was a rigged Indonesian poll on independence for the natives.