Republic of West Papua

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The Republic of West Papua is a seperatist-proposed state that would give sovereignty to the people of Western New Guinea (the Indonesian provinces of Papua and Irian Jaya Barat). The Republic of West Papua was declared after the withdrawal of the Dutch in 1963, but annexation by Indonesia halted the formulation of a government. Under Indonesian law, it is considered treason and punishable by death [citation needed] to fly the West Papuan flag, known as the Morning Star. According to individual supporters of a West Papuan republic on the "Rise Up" website, a system of "tribal democracy" has been proposed by elders of the Demmak and Koteka tribes. [1]

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