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The Papua conflict (Indonesian: Konflik Papua) is an ongoing conflict in Western New Guinea (Papua) between Indonesia and the Free Papua Movement (Indonesian: Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM).
The Act of Free Choice (Indonesian: Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat, PEPERA, Determination of the People‘s Opinion) was a controversial plebiscite held between 14 July and 2 August 1969 in which 1,025 people selected by the Indonesian military in Western New Guinea voted unanimously in favor of Indonesian control.
November 2020: UN human rights office said they were concerned with the escalating violence in Papua & West Papua province. As per the report by OHCHR , military, security forces and nationalist militias are involved in the violence, extrajudicial killings and torture of the protesters and human rights defenders.
The Indonesian army issued a rare apology on Monday and said 13 soldiers had been arrested after a video emerged showing a man being tortured by troops in the country's Papua region, where armed ...
Papua conflict (1962–present) Indonesia: Free Papua Movement. TPNPB [18] [19] [20] Autonomous units affiliated with WPA [21] Volunteers from Papua New Guinea [22] ULMWP [23] KNPB [24] Republic of West Melanesia (until 1988) Ongoing: Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation (1963–1966) Indonesia
‘We will never release the pilot we are holding hostage unless Indonesia recognizes and frees Papua’ New Zealand pilot taken hostage by separatist fighters in Indonesia’s Papua region Skip ...
The construction workers were building a part of the Trans Papua highway that aims to connect remote communities in Papua. [38] A few days after the incident, the OPM allegedly sent an open letter to Indonesian president Joko Widodo , demanding Papuan independence, rejecting central government infrastructure building projects, and demanding the ...
Bougainville Civil War (1988–1998) Ambulances in Arawa, 1998 destroyed in conflict. Papua New Guinea. Buka Liberation Front; Bougainville Resistance Force; Supported by: Australia. Bougainville Interim Government (BIG) Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA) Supported by: Solomon Islands Fiji (allegedly) Bougainville Peace Agreement