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  2. Papua conflict - Wikipedia

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    Esther Heidbüchel, The West Papua conflict in Indonesia: actors, issues and approaches, 2007, ISBN 3-937983-10-4, ISBN 978-3-937983-10-3; J. Budi Hernawan, Papua land of peace: addressing conflict building peace in West Papua, 2005; King, Blair (2006). Peace in Papua: widening a window of opportunity. Council on Foreign Relations.

  3. Timeline of the Papua conflict - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Forgotten Bird of Paradise - Wikipedia

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    Forgotten Bird of Paradise is a 2009 documentary film directed by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, about the struggle for independence being fought in the Indonesian region of West Papua. [1] The film was shot undercover, and includes interviews with human rights victims and political prisoners , as well as footage of separatist guerrillas at ...

  5. Indonesian army apologises after viral Papua torture video

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    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 ...

  6. Act of Free Choice - Wikipedia

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    The referendum and its conduct had been specified in the New York Agreement; Article 17 of which in part says: "Indonesia will invite the Secretary-General to appoint a Representative who" ... "will carry out Secretary-General's responsibilities to advise, assist, and participate in arrangements which are the responsibility of Indonesia for the act of free choice.

  7. Pope urges end to Papua New Guinea tribal conflicts and fair ...

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    Papua New Guinea ranked 160 out of 161 countries on a U.N. gender inequality index in 2021. “We want to acknowledge the role of the woman and air the need for protection," Dadae said. “We also recognize the physical and the spiritual care that the church continues to give to those that are being abused, neglected or rejected by families and ...

  8. Free Papua Movement - Wikipedia

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    The construction workers were building a part of the Trans Papua highway that aims to connect remote communities in Papua. [39] 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 ...

  9. 1976 Jayapura operation - Wikipedia

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    Following the New York Agreement, administration of Western New Guinea was transferred from the Netherlands (as Netherlands New Guinea) to Indonesia.The agreement contained provisions for self-determination for the Papuans, [4] which resulted in the controversial Act of Free Choice in July 1969, whereas around 1,000 selected representatives all voted unanimously for incorporation.