West Papua: West Papua Crisis Continues

West Papua: West Papua Crisis Continues   Last week on June 6th, West Papua media and local sources described an incident where two members of an Indonesian army battalion killed a small Papuan boy in a car accident. Local residents then attacked and killed two soldiers. Now with heavy-handed force, Indonesian security forces are burning villages and indiscriminately shooting civilians. Hundreds of homes have been burnt, villagers are fleeing and at least 8 have been killed, many more...

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