In 1985 Immigration Minister Hurford declared that Australia wouldn't grant asylum to five "Irian Jayans" due to the fact "[he claimed that] this nation would not become a home for Indonesian dissidents or financial refugees; [he] didn't need to exercise a `draw effect' on men and women inside the Papua New guinea camps; and [he] meant to keep

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Papuans Powering Bars Various political arrests have taken spot in 2018 and 2019 because the Indonesian authorities try and suppress political protests in West Papua and Indonesia. A whole new wave of violence has strike the restive Indonesian area of West Papua just after many protesters, mainly high school learners, set fireplace to vario

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Mr. Wenda claimed he was elected by a clandestine congress that achieved in solution. He stated Papuans are victims of the slow-going genocide that won't finish until eventually the territory gains its independence from Indonesia. International Correspondent has secured a number of the very first unbiased eyewitness testimonies from civilian