![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-424x238.jpg 424w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-460x259.jpg 460w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-204x114.jpg 204w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-314x176.jpg 314w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-664x373.jpg 664w, http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800im_/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-1304x733.jpg 1304w)
![](http://web.archive.org./web/20200331194800/https://novaramedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/ECkDIJ9UwAIK3Mf-1-460x197.jpg)
‘Papua Merdeka!’: Why It’s Kicking Off in Occupied West Papua
Over the past week, West Papua - which has been occupied by Indonesia since 1963 - has witnessed unrest on a scale not seen in years. Connor Woodman explains the background to the protests.