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...with a night curfew and a ban on the sale of alcohol. As well as rushing in 220 extra soldiers and 70 police, Australia has dispatched two Navy patrol boats, two Army Iroquois helicopters and a platoon of airfield-defense guards. Together with reinforcements from Fiji, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, they are being kept on alert in case further violence breaks out when Parliament meets this week...
...experts are far from sure he's right. What is clear is the law's broad intent: to extend the Pacific Solution - which excised dozens of Australian islands from the official migration zone so boat people landing on them could be sent to processing centers in Nauru and Papua New Guinea - to the Australian mainland. Those arriving illegally by boat will now be sent to such centers and, if found to be refugees, resettled elsewhere...
Since then, the Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM), or Free Papua Movement, has waged an independence struggle of peaceful protests and occasional attacks by poorly equipped guerrillas on Indonesian soldiers and foreign interests like the giant Freeport gold mine. Jakarta, which does not want to forfeit Papua's natural wealth or see another province break away as East Timor did in 1999, agreed in 2001 to a Special Autonomy Law. But independence supporters say little has changed since then. Access to the province is notoriously difficult but in recent years human-rights groups have documented a range of abuses by Indonesian...
...arrival of Kambu and her fellow activists has certainly thrown new light on Papua's aspirations. Her husband, 32-year-old activist Herman Wainggai, says increasing military intimidation late last year sealed the group's decision to escape. But they decided against the common solution of slipping across the border with Papua New Guinea. "We have not received any serious international attention by seeking asylum in P.N.G.," says Wainggai through an interpreter. "We decided that because of Australia's role in taking responsibility in the Pacific area we would come here." The group's lawyer, David Manne, says all have...
...this means nothing to little San and Joy Kambu Wainggai as they run around in the autumn chill in bright new beanies and warm pajamas. All they remember of their journey are "big waves." Their father hopes one day to take them home to an independent West Papua. Their mother will be praying...