Breaking free from betrayal: ... Australia, Britain and the United States have all betrayed the West Papuan people ...

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Breaking free from betrayal: ... Australia, Britain and the United States have all betrayed the West Papuan people ...

I become homesick when I arrive in Jayapura, the capital of West Papua, which bears a striking similarity to Queensland, Australia. But my nostalgia for home soon turns to disgust when I hear about West Papua's forgotten history. Because the nations where I have lived -- Britain and the United States -- have all betrayed the West Papuan people. And the international institutions in which I held hope have instead been hapless bystanders or even backers of military brutality.

`IT'S very easy to understand,' insists West Papuan leader Theys Eluay, `This is what we want -- independence.' It is also obvious that the locals in West Papua (officially known as Irian Jaya) have arrived at this conclusion themselves and, in stark contrast to...

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