Executive summary -- Introduction -- Radicalisation of the Papuan student movement -- Actions of the KNPB -- Puncaj Jaya -- The takeover of Kapeso airstrip -- Timika and the Freeport shootings -- Proespect for dialogue 24 -- Conclusions
Summary
Papua is not the land of horrors that KNPB would like to portray. It has huge problems, but there also have been huge changes over the last decade. The Indonesian government repeatedly shoots itself in the foot by restricting access and preventing a full picture of Papua from emerging. The best way to marginalise the radicals of KNPB is not to lock them up. It is to throw the doors wide open to the central highlands and elsewhere, and let NGOs and journalists report back. It is to take part in a dialogue on justice and land and the historical record. There are models available for making progress on these issues without jeopardising sovereignty, and if the conversation is serious, the radicals could find themselves pushed aside
