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On 19 December 1961, President Sukarno made a speech in Yogyakarta regarding the liberation of Papua, revolving around "The three principles of Trikora." The three principles of Trikora were: Prevent The Netherlands from forming a puppet state in West Papua. To fly the Indonesian bicolour (the "red and white") in West Papua.
The Papua conflict (Indonesian: Konflik Papua) is an ongoing conflict in Western New Guinea (Papua) ...
31 July 2011: Rebels attacked a car in Papua with guns, axes and knives killing one soldier and three civilians and also wounding seven; OPM denied responsibility. [39] [40] 1 August 2011: The National Police said that members of the Free Papua Movement killed four civilians near Tanjakan Gunung Merah, Paniai. [41]
The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM) is a name given to a separatist movement that aims to separate West Papua from Indonesia and establish an independent state in the region.
The Coalition aims to raise the issue of West Papua in Oceania's regional organisations. It is seeking observer status for West Papua at the Melanesian Spearhead Group, [40] which it was granted in 2015, [41] and has announced it would request the Papua New Guinean government to bring up the question of West Papua at the Pacific Islands Forum. [42]
The West Papua National Liberation Army (Indonesian: Tentara Pembebasan Nasional Papua Barat; abbreviated as TPNPB), officially referred to in Indonesia as the Armed Criminal Group (Indonesian: Kelompok Kriminal Bersenjata, [1] abbreviated as KKB), and after 2021, Separatist Terrorist Group (Indonesian: Kelompok Separatis Teroris, abbreviated as KST [2]), is a Western New Guinean insurgent ...
After Indonesian independence, the matter of Papua/New Guinea continued to be a point of dispute between Indonesia and the Netherlands. In the late 1950s early 1960s Indey was living in Jayapura (then Hollandia) which was the capital of Netherlands New Guinea in the postwar era. He was generally considered the leader of the pro-Indonesian ...
The raid occurred on 4 April 2003 at around 1 AM, [2] launched by an unidentified mob, against the armory of the Wamena District of the Indonesian Army. [1] In the raid itself, 29 rifles were stolen by Papuan rebels alongside 3,500 rounds of ammunition.