Bougainville and West Papua represent two fundamentally different approaches to indigenous struggles for self-determination, writes聽Ali Mirin.
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea and Indonesia have formally ratified a defence agreement, which enables an enhancement of military operations between the two countries, with a specific focus on strengthening patrols along the border between PNG and Indonesia, writes Ali Mirin. But what will this mean for the security and sovereignty of West Papuans?
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd鈥檚 astounding announcement that all asylum seeker boat arrivals 鈥渇rom now on鈥 would never be resettled in Australia and subject to a rigged offshore dumping deal with the Papua New Guinea government has shocked many.