Minggu, 17 Januari 2010

Negotiating the past and looking to the future

Published by Inside Indonesia 98: Oct-Dec 2010Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the pastHistory is one of the main sources of conflict in Papua. The Act of Free Choice in 1969 remains the subject of dispute, both because of the way it was carried out and because of its outcome. Over the last 40 years, conflict over the history of