West Papua in 2021: arrests, abductions and plans for ethnic cleansing
Free West Papua January 18, 2021 Following the announcement of a Provisional Government of West Papua and rejection of Jakarta’s “Special Autonomy” renewal, the Indonesian state has pursued its strategy of aggressive arrests and violence against peaceful demonstrations for independence. ULMWP Chair Benny Wenda was named interim President of the Provisional Government on December 1, 2020, as the Papuan people roundly rejected renewal of the failed 2001 Special Autonomy law. Highlighting the vast resources the Indonesian state is dedicating to crushing dissent over renewal of ‘Special...
Source: freewestpapua.org