‘Black Lives Matter’ becomes rallying cry of Papuan activists in Indonesia | Free Malaysia Today
▻https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/world/2020/06/05/black-lives-matter-becomes-rallying-cry-of-papuan-activists-in-in
Papua and West Papua came under Indonesian control after a United Nations-sanctioned vote in 1969 that Papuan activists say was held under duress. A low-level insurgency has persisted for decades.
Anger boiled over last year in protests that killed dozens after Papuan students in Java were allegedly taunted with racist slurs, such as “monkeys”.
Despite the online momentum, Indonesian political analyst Yohanes Sulaiman said local attitudes were unlikely to be swayed.
“There’s not much awareness from regular Indonesians that there’s racism towards Papuans,” he said. “Most Indonesians consider Papua a problem of separatism. That’s how the government has framed the issue for decades.”
Le point sur la situation de #colonisation de la #Papouasie.
#Indonésie #racisme