Soldiers in classrooms a lasting legacy in West Papua
Church leaders warn that having soldiers in classrooms in West Papua is proving traumatic for children.
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Church leaders warn that having soldiers in classrooms in West Papua is proving traumatic for children.
Event description Please join us as we launch the West Papua Project at the University of Wollongong for a seminar about West Papua at the United Nations now About this Event In 1969, the United Nations was mandated to oversee the Act of Free Choice in West Papua, a plebiscite intended to gauge whether indigenous West Papuans wanted independence or continued integration with Indonesia. The referendum, in which Indonesian security forces coerced West Papuans to vote against independence, was a sham, but the United Nations turned a blind eye to the injustice. Since that time, West Papu...