West Papua remains one of the most omit issues that defies the territorial integrity of Indonesia... more West Papua remains one of the most omit issues that defies the territorial integrity of Indonesia and arguably one of the most under-reported cases of human right of the 21st Century. Its integration into Indonesia overseen by the United Nations remains disputable due to the distorted procedure in which it was conducted. West Papua witnessed a mass influx of migrants from other overpopulated areas of Indonesia who has quickly overtaken the economic sector, at the cost of the marginalized indigenous Papuan. The annexation of the territory by Indonesia in 1963 was very obnoxious with pervasive raiding, human rights abuses, the diminishing of civil liberties, and displacement of West Papuan seeking refuge across the border in PNG as well as in other parts of the world. Discernment on the insufficiency of economic opportunities within this thriving resources base economy has also created a pan-Papua identity resisting the Indonesian rule and inflamed a louder call for independence in conjunction with arising political violence. With their racial and ethnic distinction from other regions, most West Papuan does not identify themselves with the Indonesian state but with the rest of Melanesian countries. For West Papua, a membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will be a stepping stone to international recognition of their right to self-determination. Yet the skepticism is whether Indonesia would be willing to give independence to this territory whose resources generate back huge substantial amount of wealth back to Jakarta.
West Papua remains one of the most omit issues that defies the territorial integrity of Indonesia... more West Papua remains one of the most omit issues that defies the territorial integrity of Indonesia and arguably one of the most under-reported cases of human right of the 21st Century. Its integration into Indonesia overseen by the United Nations remains disputable due to the distorted procedure in which it was conducted. West Papua witnessed a mass influx of migrants from other overpopulated areas of Indonesia who has quickly overtaken the economic sector, at the cost of the marginalized indigenous Papuan. The annexation of the territory by Indonesia in 1963 was very obnoxious with pervasive raiding, human rights abuses, the diminishing of civil liberties, and displacement of West Papuan seeking refuge across the border in PNG as well as in other parts of the world. Discernment on the insufficiency of economic opportunities within this thriving resources base economy has also created a pan-Papua identity resisting the Indonesian rule and inflamed a louder call for independence in conjunction with arising political violence. With their racial and ethnic distinction from other regions, most West Papuan does not identify themselves with the Indonesian state but with the rest of Melanesian countries. For West Papua, a membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will be a stepping stone to international recognition of their right to self-determination. Yet the skepticism is whether Indonesia would be willing to give independence to this territory whose resources generate back huge substantial amount of wealth back to Jakarta.
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The annexation of the territory by Indonesia in 1963 was very obnoxious with pervasive raiding, human rights abuses, the diminishing of civil liberties, and displacement of West Papuan seeking refuge across the border in PNG as well as in other parts of the world. Discernment on the insufficiency of economic opportunities within this thriving resources base economy has also created a pan-Papua identity resisting the Indonesian rule and inflamed a louder call for independence in conjunction with arising political violence. With their racial and ethnic distinction from other regions, most West Papuan does not identify themselves with the Indonesian state but with the rest of Melanesian countries. For West Papua, a membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will be a stepping stone to international recognition of their right to self-determination. Yet the skepticism is whether Indonesia would be willing to give independence to this territory whose resources generate back huge substantial amount of wealth back to Jakarta.
The annexation of the territory by Indonesia in 1963 was very obnoxious with pervasive raiding, human rights abuses, the diminishing of civil liberties, and displacement of West Papuan seeking refuge across the border in PNG as well as in other parts of the world. Discernment on the insufficiency of economic opportunities within this thriving resources base economy has also created a pan-Papua identity resisting the Indonesian rule and inflamed a louder call for independence in conjunction with arising political violence. With their racial and ethnic distinction from other regions, most West Papuan does not identify themselves with the Indonesian state but with the rest of Melanesian countries. For West Papua, a membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) will be a stepping stone to international recognition of their right to self-determination. Yet the skepticism is whether Indonesia would be willing to give independence to this territory whose resources generate back huge substantial amount of wealth back to Jakarta.