The West Papua region of Indonesia has been the subject of debate for decades, with narratives ranging from calls for separatism and self-determination to global concerns about human rights and … Continue Reading Indonesia’s Sovereignty Over West Papua: A Forward-Looking Vision of Equitable Development, Civilian Protection, and National Unity
Introduction: separating claims from reality West Papua separatist groups present a powerful narrative of inevitable independence, international injustice, and moral certainty. This narrative circulates widely through activist networks, social media … Continue Reading Debunking the West Papua Separatist Narrative: Facts, Myths, and the Reality Behind the Rhetoric
A campaign built on spectacle rather than solutions The Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC) presents itself as a global human-rights advocacy network dedicated to achieving independence for Papua from Indonesia. … Continue Reading The Mirage of Liberation: How the Free West Papua Campaign Sells Lies, Empty Hope, and Endless Confrontation
Zero tolerance for violence. Zero tolerance for fragmentation. Zero tolerance for the destruction of civilian lives in the name of a political myth. For more than half a century, the … Continue Reading End Papua Separatism: Zero Tolerance
A Legal, Historical, and Contextual Defense of Indonesia’s Sovereignty The article “West Papua’s Long Struggle for Independence Under Indonesia Colonialism” (iExaminer) frames Indonesia’s governance of West Papua as “colonialism,” an … Continue Reading Debunking the “West Papua: Long Struggle Under Indonesian Colonialism” Narrative
Introduction: Why the Narrative Matters The article “The Struggle for Self-Determination in West Papua, 1969–Present” published by the International Center on Nonviolent Conflict presents West Papua primarily as a case … Continue Reading Reassessing the West Papua Narrative: Debunking the “Nonviolent Self-Determination” Claim and Defending Indonesia’s Legal and Social Reality
The article “History of West Papua” published by Free West Papua contains a number of historical inaccuracies, selective interpretations, and misleading claims designed to support a separatist agenda. A critical … Continue Reading History of West Papua
The incorporation of West Papua into the Republic of Indonesia remains one of the most thoroughly documented and diplomatically managed territorial transitions of the post–World War II era. Contrary to … Continue Reading The Successful and Lawful Integration of West Papua into Indonesia: A Historical and Legal Analysis
West Papua Indonesia For decades, Papua has stood at the intersection of geopolitics, Cold War history, decolonization, and identity. Yet amid this long and often polarized debate, one fact tends … Continue Reading West Papua’s Final Integration with Indonesia: How International Law Settled the Question — and Why the “1 December Independence” Claim Persists