Tag: Act of Free Choice
From Gaza to West Papua, the long struggle for justice and...
ANALYSIS: By David Robie, editor of Asia Pacific Report
On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated...
Yamin Kogoya: West Papua’s colonial fate – UN ‘New York Agreement’
COMMENTARY: By Yamin Kogoya
Sixty years ago today -- on 15 August 1962 -- the fate of a newly born nation-state West Papua was stolen...
Researchers warn of growing potential for mass killings in Papua region
By Victor Mambor and Alvin Prasetyo in Jayapura
The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is warning in a new report that mass killings of civilians could...
Papuans protest over ‘Act of Free Choice’ in 13 cities in...
By Kustin Ayuwuragil and Ramadhan Rizki in Jakarta
Papuans have launched protest actions in 13 cities across Indonesia to demonstrate against the so-called "Act of...
Contrasting accounts of Indonesian genocide and betrayal in West Papua
BOOK REVIEW: By David Robie
Two damning and contrasting books about Indonesian colonialism in the Pacific, both by activist participants in Europe and New Zealand,...
Veronica Koman: Papua – the pricking of Indonesia’s national conscience
OPINION: By Veronica Koman
When outsiders think of Papua, it may be to puzzle over why protests there seem never-ending. They may assume the main...
