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• West Papua liberation leader says province ‘will not bow down’ to Indonesian rule December 2, 2020
  Benny Wenda has been declared the interim president of a West Papuan ‘government-in-waiting’, and tells Chantal Da Silva, Indonesia’s in the province is ‘illegal’ For more than two decades, Benny Wenda, a West Papuan liberation leader exiled in the UK, has been fighting for the province’s independence from Indonesian rule. After years of seeing his calls […]
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• Hundreds of Papuans rally as independence leaders declare provisional government on ‘road to independence’ from Indonesia December 2, 2020
  BY SBS NEWS Hundreds of Papuans held rallies across at least eight cities in Indonesia on Tuesday to renew calls for independence, as a separatist group declared it had established a provisional government in exile. The demonstrations marked the anniversary of West Papua declaring independence from Dutch rule in 1961, which was followed by a […]
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• West Papua liberation movement announces provisional govt December 1, 2020
  The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has announced it is forming a ‘Provisional Government’ of West Papua. The Movement is hoping to achieve a self-determination referendum in West Papua and independence from Indonesia. According to the Movement’s chairman Benny Wenda, the formation of an administration is a direct rejection of Jakarta’s plans to extend […]
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• Papuans rally for independence from Indonesia as group declares government in exile December 1, 2020
  By Agustinus Beo Da Costa JAKARTA (Reuters) – Hundreds of Papuans held rallies across at least eight cities in Indonesia on Tuesday to renew calls for independence, as a separatist group declared it had established a provisional government in exile. The demonstrations marked the anniversary of West Papua declaring independence from Dutch rule in 1961, which […]
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• West Papua independence leaders declare ‘government-in-waiting’ December 1, 2020
  Province’s breakaway movement nominates exiled leader as interim president as conflict-ridden Indonesian region marks independence day West Papuan leaders have declared a provisional “government-in-waiting” of the contested Indonesian province, as the United Nations said it was “disturbed by escalating violence” there, including the killing of a child allegedly by security forces. The province marks independence […]
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• UN Highlights Arrests, Killings in Indonesia’s Papua Region November 30, 2020
  Recent tensions have been connected to Jakarta’s planned extension of the region’s Special Autonomy Law. The United Nations has once again voiced its consternation about the tense political situation in Indonesia’s Papua region, after months of escalating tensions between the authorities and pro-independence activists. In a statement dated November 30, U.N. Human Rights Office spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani […]
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• UN human rights office worried by killings in Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua November 30, 2020
  Violence is escalating in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua, where meaningful and inclusive dialogue is urgently needed to address longstanding economic, social and political grievances, the UN human rights office said on Monday. “We are disturbed by escalating violence over the past weeks and months in the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua […]
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