(2024-12-10). West Papuan leader praises People's Tribunal ruling as proof of 'need for freedom'. asiapacificreport.nz 
Asia Pacific Report A leader of a major West Papuan political movement has praised the recent judgment of the Permanent People's Tribunal on the Melanesian region colonised by Indonesia for the past 63 years. "Indonesia knows they have lost the political, legal, and moral argument over West Papua," said United Liberation Movement for West Papua…
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