WorldWest Papuan protesters face police crackdown over independence calls

Indigenous West Papuans have protested across Indonesia’s resource-rich West Papua region to mark the 64th anniversary of the New York Agreement. Police used tear gas and water cannon against demonstrators in Jayapura and other towns. The 1962 agreement transferred control of the former Dutch colony to the UN and later Indonesia, ending many Indigenous West Papuans’ hopes of independence.