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View all search resultsPapua-racism
National 6 years ago
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Govt gets to grips with Papua
Jokowi directly held the meeting on Friday night after returning from a visit to Yogyakarta. There have been mounting calls for the government, including Jokowi himself, to conduct a dialogue with residents in the provinces to end the crisis.
Opinion 6 years ago
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Internet blackout in Papua, cure or curse?
Indeed social media played a part in flooding the the internet with information related to incidents inside and outside Papua. But the government’s restriction policy has hardly helped calm Papua; rather it has increased the possibility of human rights violations occuring there.
Opinion 6 years ago
East Timor-style referendum could happen in Papua too
Many will no doubt blame the United States or Australia if a Papua exit comes to pass. But seeing the racial abuse against Papuan students and the heightened reactions in Papua, we Indonesians, not just the government, should blame ourselves. We have treated the Papuans the same way we did the people of East Timor.
Opinion 6 years ago
Nationalism: Poisoned chalice or panacea for Indonesia?
The absence of unifying traits, especially in terms of ethnicity or race, has made soil (i.e. geography) the defining character of Indonesian nationalism, and it is this type of national identity that has loomed large over Indonesian society in the past seven decades.
