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A Racial Justice Campaign Brought New Attention to Indonesia’s Poorest Region. Will It Translate to Support for Independence? Time 12/15/2020 Amy Gunia © Beawiharta EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Papuans gather outside the burning Buruni market in Fakfak, West Papua, after it was torched by protesters on Aug. 2019 as unrest triggered by accusations that security insulted Papuan students in Surabaya continued As racial justice protests swept the U.S. this summer, a related movement was taking hold thousands of miles away in Indonesia. Papuan Lives Matter began as a hashtag on social media, spreading across the sprawling archipelago of 270 million people. Indonesians shared links to webinars and websites with information about human rights issues in the region of West Papua. An Instagram post saying “We cannot talk about #Black Lives Matter without talking about West Papua” received more than 8,500 likes.

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