Independence movements

Timeline: West Papua

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  1. · Referendum or popular consultation

    Act of Free Choice, 1969

    A disputed plebiscite of hand-selected representatives resulted in West Papua's integration into Indonesia.

    Significance here: The founding disputed legal event of the West Papua independence question.

  2. · Other

    Founding of the ULMWP, 2014

    Different factions of the West Papuan independence movement united under a single diplomatic umbrella organisation.

    Significance here: The most significant recent institutional development in West Papuan independence organising, leading to formal regional diplomatic recognition.

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