Papuans and Jokowi are hostage to Indonesian politics

Authors

Stephen Hill, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

101439

Publication Details

Hill, S. (2015). Papuans and Jokowi are hostage to Indonesian politics. The Conversation, 01 June

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The Conversation

Abstract

Indonesian President Joko Widodo recently announced the end of the decades-long restriction on foreign journalists in the provinces of Papua and West Papua, Indonesia’s territories in the island of New Guinea. While the president, popularly called Jokowi, says he is committed to human rights in the Papua provinces, the military and police continue to murder Papuans with virtual impunity.