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The Road : Uprising In West Papua
Paperback Edition: 1
They all know the history; they have all grown up with the repression. They have grown up fighting. They have seen their leaders shot and jailed. They live with the military post on the corner. The searches, the document checks, the beatings, the arrests, the surveillance and the swaggering, casual violence of the Indonesian army and police. They all have one thing in common: an overwhelming desire to right a historic wrong.
The West Papuan independence movement has reignited, and Indonesian troops are cracking down. Chemical weapons have been deployed, hundreds of people killed, tens of thousands displaced all on Australias doorstep. And almost no one is writing about it.
In The Road, investigative reporter John Martinkus gives a gripping, up-to-date account of the province's descent into armed conflict and suppression. Replete with vivid detail, new information and photos not seen anywhere else, this revelatory work of journalism shows how and why a highlands road triggered an uprising, and where this might all lead.
Pages : 128
Publisher : Black Inc.
Publication date : 2020-05-18
Subjects: Fiction, Children's & Young Adult, Children's & Young Adult Fiction, Comic Strip Fiction / Graphic Novels (Children's / Young Adult)