| New study on West Papua released: An Act of Free Choice |
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| Montag, 5. Oktober 2009 | |
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Decolonisation and the Right to Self-Determination in West Papua Pieter Drooglever  This important study introduces the history and people of West Papua,
tracing the origins of the international conflict surrounding their
struggle for self-determination following the Second World War. Based
on three decades of exhaustive research and focusing particular
attention on the sham referendum of 1969 - which Indonesia dubbed "The
Act of Free Choice’, an election rigged to legitimize Indonesian
control over West Papua - Droogleever highlights the continuing impact
of this injustice on Indonesia’s most underdeveloped and
poverty-stricken province.Pieter Droogleever was the lead researcher on a government-sponsored, 27-year study of the decolonisation of Indonesia at the Institute of Netherlands History at The Hague. He also served as chairman of the historical committee for Indonesian Studies, and was a lecturer in Indonesian History at the University of Nymegen, where he held the L. J. Rogier chair. Extensively researched and highly informative. Lord Harries of Pentregarth, Lord Harries of Pentregarth, the former Bishop of Oxford, and Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on West Papua Essential reading for anyone who cares about human rights and democracy. It is my sincere hope that Drooglever’s excellent work will help draw the world’s attention to the plight of a people who have been oppressed, ignored and forgotten for too long. Lembit Opik, MP and member of International Parliamentarians for West Papua Based on an unrivalled knowledge of the diplomatic records and archives, and combining a great talent for synthesis with a drily witty and compact style, Drooglever sheds new light on aspects of the story … and does so with impressive comprehensiveness. There can be no doubt this work will serve as essential primary reading for anyone seriously interested in this subject in the future. Robert Edward Elson, Professor of Southeast Asian History at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia http://www.oneworld-publications.com/cgi-bin/cart/commerce.cgi?pid=502&log_pid=yes |
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