Unraveling the History of the OPM
Tuesday, January 16, 2001
The Free Papua Movement, the OPM, was born and has continued to grow because the Papuan people are still denied their rights.
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It all started with disappointment. The Free Papua Organization (OPM) came into being after a number of Papuans were dissatisfied with the outcome of the 'Act of Free Choice' (Pepera) on 1 December 1969, which determined that West Papua would become a part of Indonesia. This was in spite of the fact that the Dutch East Indies government had promised that they would give the Papuans their independence on 1 December 1971.
In the middle of 1960 sever
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