The Free Papua Movement or Free Papua Organization is a name given to independence movement based on Western New Guinea,seeking the secession of the territory currently administrated by Indonesia as the provinces of Central Papua,Highland Papua,Papua,South Papua,Southwest Papua,and West Papua,also formerly known as Papua,Irian Jaya and West Irian.
In late August 2001,the Howard government of Australia refused permission for the Norwegian freighter MV Tampa,carrying 433 rescued refugees and 5 crew,to enter Australian waters. This triggered an Australian political controversy in the lead-up to the 2001 federal election,and a diplomatic dispute between Australia and Norway.
The Pacific Solution is the name given to the government of Australia's policy of transporting asylum seekers to detention centres on island nations in the Pacific Ocean,rather than allowing them to land on the Australian mainland. Initially implemented from 2001 to 2007,it had bipartisan support from the Coalition and Labor opposition at the time. The Pacific Solution consisted of three central strategies:
In early 2006,a furore erupted in Indonesia over the Australian government's decision to grant temporary protection visas to 42 Indonesian asylum seekers from West Papua region. The controversy caused diplomatic tension as well as a "war of cartoons",with newspapers in Indonesia and Australia trading hits over a decision that the Indonesians say questions the sovereignty that they officially have over West Papua.
Australia and Indonesia have established diplomatic relations since 1949,when Australia recognised Indonesia's independence. Historically,contact between Australians and Indonesians began as early as the 16th century prior to the arrival of the Europeans,through Makassan interactions with indigenous Australians on Australia's western and northern coasts.
Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa,more commonly known as Marty Natalegawa,is an Indonesian diplomat and was the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the Second United Indonesia Cabinet. He served as Indonesia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 5 September 2007 until his latest appointment and has also served as the Indonesian Ambassador to the United Kingdom and as a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.
Benny Wenda is a West Papuan independence leader and Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). He is an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua from Indonesia. He lives in exile in the United Kingdom. In 2003 he was granted political asylum by the British government following his escape from custody while on trial.
The Papua conflict is an ongoing conflict in Western New Guinea between Indonesia and the Free Papua Movement. Subsequent to the withdrawal of the Dutch administration from the Netherlands New Guinea in 1962 and implementation of Indonesian administration in 1963,the Free Papua Movement has conducted a low-intensity guerrilla war against Indonesia through the targeting of its military,police,and civilian populations.
Indonesia –Papua New Guinea relations are foreign relations between Indonesia and Papua New Guinea,two bordering countries north of Australia.
Indonesia and the United Kingdom or Anglo-Indonesian relations established diplomatic relations in 1949 and have maintained strong relations since then. Indonesia has an embassy in London while the United Kingdom has an embassy in Jakarta. The United Kingdom considers Indonesia an increasingly important partner globally and is committed to efforts to take bilateral relations to new heights. Both nations are members of G-20 major economies.
Joko Widodo,popularly known as Jokowi,is an Indonesian politician and businessman who is the seventh and current president of Indonesia. A member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P),he was the country's first president to not have emerged from the country's political or military elite. He previously served as governor of Jakarta from 2012 to 2014 and mayor of Surakarta from 2005 to 2012.
The Trisakti shootings,also known as the Trisakti tragedy,took place at Trisakti University,Jakarta,Indonesia on 12 May 1998. At a demonstration demanding President Suharto's resignation,Indonesian Army soldiers opened fire on unarmed protestors. Four students,Elang Mulia Lesmana,Heri Hertanto,Hafidin Royan,and Hendriawan Sie,were killed and dozens more were injured. The shootings caused riots to break out throughout Indonesia,eventually leading to Suharto's resignation.
The Embassy of the United States to the Republic of Indonesia is located in Jakarta just south of the Monas and the Presidential Palace at Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan.
Sudjadnan Parnohadiningrat is a former Indonesian diplomat. He served as an official in the Indonesian Department of Foreign Affairs for over two decades.
Asylum in Australia has been granted to many refugees since 1945,when half a million Europeans displaced by World War II were given asylum. Since then,there have been periodic waves of asylum seekers from South East Asia and the Middle East,with government policy and public opinion changing over the years.
William John Farmer is a retired senior Australian public servant and policymaker,best known for his time as Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs and for his career in the Australian diplomatic service.
Teuku Mohammad Hadi Thayeb was a senior Indonesia diplomat and politician. Thayeb,one of Indonesia's first diplomats,was a co-founder of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1945. He also served as the national Minister of Industry from 1964 to 1966 and the Governor of Aceh from 1981 to 1986.
Herman Wainggai is a West Papuan leader living in exile in the United States of America and banned for life from his hometown,Jayapura,the capital city of Papua in Indonesia. He is a former political prisoner who took on the Indonesian government and almost cost him his life. Mr. Wainggai escaped to Australia,where he lived briefly before traveling to the United States where he resides today. He is known to many in Australia and the world as the man who escaped on a canoe to Australia in 2006.
Frederick Rawdon Dalrymple is a former Australian public servant and diplomat.
The 2019 Papua protests were a series of protests by Papuans in Indonesia that began on 19 August 2019 and mainly took place across Indonesian Papua region in response to the arrests of 43 Papuan students in Surabaya,East Java for alleged disrespect of the Indonesian flag. Many of the protests involved thousands of participants,and some grew from local protests in Surabaya to demanding an independence referendum for the whole region. In several locations,the protests turned into general riots,resulting in the destruction of government buildings in Wamena,Sorong and Jayapura. Clashes between protesters and police resulted in injuries,with over 30 people killed from both the clashes and the rioting.
