Republic of West Papua

The Republic of West Papua is an unrecognized and in July 1971 unilaterally established by the peoples of Papua state in the western part of the island of New Guinea. It includes the provinces of Papua and Papua Barat, which is also called West Papua, and is not recognized by Indonesia or other countries.

For the enforcement of independence, the two organizations West Papua Liberation Organization ( WPLO ) and West Papua National Liberation Army ( WPLNA ) see responsible, use the partly violent means in the fight against the Indonesian state institutions.

As early as 1949 there had been in the region for a political independence after the final end of Dutch rule in Southeast Asia. However, this ended quickly by complete annexation into the Indonesian state. 1963 also failed another attempt to establish an independent state after two years of military conflict.