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(New York) – An escalation in fighting between Indonesian security forces and Papuan separatist armed groups in West Papua has seriously threatened the security of the largely Indigenous population, ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Commerce: Racism and Repression in West Papua
If you visit Indonesia’s National Library—home to 7.7 million physical books—and do a search with the keywords “West Papua”, “Irian Jaya” or even simply “Papua”, you’ll find a rather modest number of ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Commerce: Indonesian Imperialism Is Alive – And Brutal – in West Papua
Supporters of the independence of the West Papua shout slogans during a rally commemorating the 59th anniversary of the failed efforts by Papuan tribal chiefs to declare independence from Dutch ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Commerce: In West Papua, the Birth of a ‘Lost Generation’
A supporter of the independence of the West Papua wears headband with the colors of the banned separatist ‘Morning Star’ flag takes a part during a rally commemorating the 60th anniversary of the ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Commerce: West Papua: Where Transmigration Means Genocide, Ecocide and, in the End, Suicide
Sugar-cane planting ceremony in Merauke, West Papua, July 2024. Indonesian presidential office handout/Muchlis Jr. “By way of transmigration … the different ethnic groups will in the long run ...
News Indonesia » West Papua » Commerce: West Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governance
Budi Hernawan said it ten years ago: “torture in Papua … has become a mode of governance.” It hasn’t stopped. It’s got worse. It’s got worse precisely because it’s a mode of governance accepted and ...