https://www.scmp.com/rss/510178/feed Natalia Laurensia Carmelia Yewen was born in Sorong, West Papua, and has a bachelor of international relations degree from the Christian University of Indonesia, Jakarta. For the last four years she has written for several online media outlets, including Mongabay Indonesia. She also works in non-governmental organisations that focus on respecting and protecting human rights, especially in Papua. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Reporting for this story was supported by the Round Earth Media programme of the International Women’s Media Foundation It has been more than half a century since the former Dutch colony of Papua was integrated into Indonesia in a highly controversial referendum that triggered a bloody brushfire war between the Indonesian military and guerilla separatists. And it has felt like a broken record ever since that United Nations-backed 1969 vote: civilian casualties caught in the crossfire, arbitrary... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3139577/indonesias-restive-papua-region-will-bidens-human-rights-focus?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3139577/indonesias-restive-papua-region-will-bidens-human-rights-focus?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 04 Jul 2021 05:00:16 +0000