Jan 1
Debunking the “West Papua: Long Struggle Under Indonesian Colonialism” Narrative
President-elect Prabowo Subianto in Southwest Papua (PBD) (copyright: Gerindra Party) A Legal, Historical, and Contextual Defense of Indonesia’s Sovereignty The article “West Papua’s Long Struggle for Independence Under Indonesia Colonialism” (iExaminer) frames Indonesia’s governance of West Papua as “colonialism,” an illegitimate occupation, and portrays the region as a monolithic independence…
#Act of Free Choice 1969#armed separatism#civilian victims#constitutional law#counter narrative#decolonisation#Development#electoral participation#governance#Human Rights#Indo-Pacific geopolitics#Indonesia#international law#New York Agreement 1962#OPM#Otsus#Papua#plural political preferences#Security#self-determination#sovereignty#Special Autonomy Papua#state responsibility#territorial integrity#United Nations Resolution 2504#West Papua