19 August 2019 – 23 September 2019 (1 month and 4 days)
Location
Various cities and towns across Papua and West Papua provinces, smaller rallies across other Indonesian cities
Caused by
Papuan independence movement
Racist incident in Surabaya
Goals
Papuan Independence
Status
Protest Suppressed
Internet in Papua shut down by Indonesian authorities
Indonesian government rejects calls for independence referendum
Protests suppressed by Indonesian Indonesian police and military
Parties
Free Papua Movement Pro-independence Papuans
Indonesia
Indonesian Police
Indonesian Army
Pancasila Youth Pro-Indonesia Papuans
Lead figures
Benny Wenda[1]
Joko Widodo
Casualties and losses
2 dead[a]
31–33 dead[b]
hundreds injured
v
t
e
Papua conflict
Arfai, 1965
Act of Free Choice, 1969
Jayapura, 1976
Mapenduma, 1996
Timika, 1996
Biak, 1998
Wamena, 2003
Abepura, 2006
Paniai, 2014
Mimika, 2017
Nduga, 2018
Operation Nemangkawi, 2018
2019 protests
Kiwirok, 2021
Beoga, 2022
Nogolait, 2022
Timika, 2022
Oksibil, 2023
Nduga, 2023
The 2019 Papua protests were a series of protests by Papuans in Indonesia that began on 19 August 2019 and mainly took place across Indonesian Papua region in response to the arrests of 43 Papuan students in Surabaya, East Java for alleged disrespect of the Indonesian flag. Many of the protests involved thousands of participants, and some grew from local protests in Surabaya to demanding an independence referendum for the whole region. In several locations, the protests turned into general riots, resulting in the destruction of government buildings in Wamena, Sorong and Jayapura. Clashes between protesters and police resulted in injuries, with over 30 people killed from both the clashes and the rioting.
In response to the rioting, the government of Indonesia implemented an internet blackout in the region. A Reuters reporter from the Jakarta bureau described the unrest as "Papua's most serious in years".[8]
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^"Violent Protests in Papua Leave at Least 20 Dead". The New York Times. 23 September 2019. Archived from the original on 23 September 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
^Retaduari, Elza Astari (24 September 2019). "Korban Tewas Rusuh Wamena Jadi 23 Orang, Luka-luka 63". detiknews (in Indonesian). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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