Explained: Why ethnic strife is tearing apart an Indonesian island | Explained News, The Indian Express

Explained: Why ethnic strife is tearing apart an Indonesian island | Explained News, The Indian Express

Written by Mehr Gill |Edited by Explained Desk |Updated: September 25, 2019 6:00:54 pm

Explained: Why ethnic strife is tearing apart an Indonesian island

Unrest in the Indonesian side of the Papua islands exists since at least 50 years now, when the New York Agreement, which was brokered by the United Nations was signed between Indonesia and the Netherlands in 1962.

Student protesters run from tear gas fired by police officers during a protest in Jakarta, Indonesia Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo)

Protests in Papua