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| Asmat man, Papua.
©Jeanne Herbert/Survival |
Over 1,500 Indonesian troops landed in Papua in October to provide
security' around the establishment of the new Papuan Peoples'
Council'. Papuan
protests against the council are growing, with many claiming that its
members were all appointed by officials rather than being elected.
Those rejecting the council are facing intimidation by the army.
Many of the soldiers have been sent to remote villages. Hundreds of
Papuan tribal people have died in recent years after their villages
were occupied by the army, forcing them to flee into the jungle.
