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West Papua’s in the grip of an ‘unprecedented crisis’ — is Australia turning a blind eye?
West Papua — an Indonesian region with closer cultural and ethnic ties to Melanesia — has been rocked by protests for more than a month, resulting in the deaths of dozens of people.
Tensions between Papuans and those ruling in Jakarta have simmered since it was formally incorporated into Indonesia from Dutch rule, following a disputed referendum in 1969.
- Alan Weedon
- ABC News
In 2003, the province was split in two — becoming West Papua and Papua — but the region is often still referred to collectively as …