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Indonesia Is Stepping Up Its Repression of West Papua’s Freedom Movement
A recent military escalation in West Papua is the latest episode in a long history of repression and dispossession since the island came under Indonesian control. But the authorities in Jakarta still haven’t been able to stabilize their rule over West Papua.