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Papuans Come Out Strong Against Indonesia with Indigenous History Book
Facing an epic struggle they see as similar to those of indigenous minorities in Timor, Aceh, Burma, Laos, South Sudan, South Africa, Iroquois America, and so many other nations, people… Read more
Henry Kissinger & his Nobel peace Prize (remember Chile, Indonesia, East Timor & West Papua
Asked why he quit writing satirical songs, Tom Lehrer replied that after Henry Kissinger won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize, there was nothing left to satirize. Lehrer may have underestimated… Read more
BIG BOOST FOR WEST PAPUA DECLARATION:Former UK Foreign Office Minister Recognises Papuans’ inalienable right to self-determination
Former UK Foreign Office Minister, Rt Hon. John Battle M.P., recognises West Papuans’ “inalienable right to self-determination”. Oxford, England, 8th December 2008 The worldwide campaign for justice and freedom for… Read more
Brief Map of West Papua History
The first colonizers Humans first settled New Guinea at least 50,000 years ago, when it was connected to Australia by a land bridge. The British were the first Europeans to… Read more
Thirty years of conflict: How the US and Morocco seized the Spanish Sahara
Last November marked the 30th anniversary of the Sahara crisis, triggered when Morocco successfully pressured Madrid out of its desert colony in autumn 1975. Despite the United States’ denials, declassified… Read more
Controversies and Cases on the UN Supervised Act of Free Choice in West Irian: 4 July – 14 August 1969
Sunday, July 18, 2004 Declassified U.S. Papers Spark Indonesian Rebuke By Alan Sipress Washington Post Foreign Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — The new publication of declassified U.S. documents by a private… Read more
Compilation of Articles on the Act of Free Choice: (1) US Roles
The Washington Post Sunday, July 18, 2004 Declassified U.S. Papers Spark Indonesian Rebuke By Alan Sipress Washington Post Foreign Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — The new publication of declassified U.S. documents… Read more
Declassified U.S. Papers Spark Indonesian Rebuke
By Alan Sipress, Washington Post Foreign Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — The new publication of declassified U.S. documents by a private Washington-based research group, raising questions about Indonesia’s takeover of disputed… Read more
Declassified U.S. Papers Spark Indonesian Rebuke
By Alan Sipress Washington Post Foreign Service JAKARTA, Indonesia — The recent publication of declassified U.S. documents by a private Washington-based research group, raising questions about Indonesia’s takeover of disputed… Read more
US sacrificed Papua to court Suharto
By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON, DC – On the 35th anniversary of the so-called “Act of Free Choice” (AFC) that resulted in West Papua’s annexation by Indonesia, newly declassified documents revealed… Read more
