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Running the #WestPapua outrage machine 24/7. Allergic to colonial bullshit, blunt, foul-mouthed, unfiltered, and permanently disgusted with Indon shit in West Papua @purepapua on X (mostly collecting dust) 📍Berlin, XBerg

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · Apr 8

The whole #WestPapua thing isn't really getting much attention on @bsky.app

It's not totally missing, but people just aren't that into it.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 12h

On average 4 flights per month

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 12h

Indonesia keeps condemning Israel’s genocide, but stays silent about the one it’s committing in West Papua. It’s hard to take moral outrage seriously when your own hands you are pointing with are soaked in blood.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 12h

I do, though I’m never sure if it’s work… or a quiet escape disguised as one.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

If you’re lucky enough to work and travel, stay at least six months wherever you go.
Don’t just visit — belong!

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Visited 67 other countries — still looking for “home.”

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Traveling and working across countries really reshaped my life:

🇨🇭 Switzerland – 1.5 years
🇩🇪 Germany – 3 years
🇳🇱 Netherlands – 4 years
🇮🇩 Indonesia (West Papua) – 5 years
🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea – 1 year
🇻🇺 Vanuatu – 3.5 years
🇳🇱 Netherlands – 3 more years
🇩🇪 Germany (Berlin) – 8.5 years and counting

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Been to 17 cities.
No clue what Nashville, San Antonio, or Honolulu look like.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Once again, whilst Indonesia has been/is continuously staunch on #Palestine & taking actions other countries (& sports bodies) should be ~ Indonesia is *also* engaging in genocide of West Papuans.

If you are in solidarity with Palestine you must be in solidarity with #WestPapua !!

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Indonesia has banned Israeli athletes from taking part in the World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta later this month

#WestPapua #Palestine #Israel

Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says.

apnews.com

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Indonesia has banned Israeli athletes from taking part in the World Gymnastics Championships in Jakarta later this month

#WestPapua #Palestine #Israel

Indonesia to block Israeli team from competing at gymnastics world championships in Jakarta

Indonesia will block Israeli athletes from competing at the upcoming gymnastics world championships in Jakarta, a government official says.

apnews.com

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 1d

Fact:

Since 1945, Indonesia has caused more deaths than Israel. Indonesians massacred Chinese minorities, oppressed Timorese, invaded West Papua, held a sham referendum, and occupied it since 1961.

#WestPapua

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 3d

The alleged British ties to mass deforestation and human displacement — in a hidden war the world refuses to see. #WestPapua #deforestation #indigenous #ecocide

Read more: theconversation.com/the-alleged-...

The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of

New report alleges British links to human rights and environmental crises in West Papua, Indonesia.

theconversation.com

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 4d

When you’ve flown so much in one year (63 flights) that your airline rewards you with Gold Status — because loyalty apparently comes with wings now. #TieredPassenger #FrequentFlyer #ScandinavianAirlines #GoldStatus

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 5d

I knew you are that sort of weirdo.

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 5d

Ah yes. The Australian society.

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 5d

Indonesia wants to be the “Saudi Arabia of nickel” — but its green dream is turning red. In #WestPapua’s Raja Ampat, nickel mining scars rainforests and chokes coral reefs — a brutal irony in a place once hailed for its biodiversity.

#RajaAmpat #mining #deforestation #biodiversity
#ecocide

Can Indonesia stay green while becoming the ‘Saudi Arabia of nickel’?

Indonesia’s push to become a nickel powerhouse amid its green energy transition threatens fragile ecosystems and local communities. The true test lies in balancing decarbonisation, biodiversity and ge...

www.thinkchina.sg

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 5d

Since Aug 2025, Indonesia has flooded #WestPapua’s highlands with troops — 31+ posts in Intan Jaya alone. Schools turned to barracks, villages emptied. “Security ops” — or clearing the way for #WabuBlock gold mining in 2026?

Read more: humanrightsmonitor.org/news/growing...

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 6d

West Papua is a graveyard and a good piece of land to boost your Aussie economy with. So many Australian companies profit from West Papua

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 6d

Why?

West Papua’s just like PNG — your closest neighbor, your dearest of friends.

And look — Australia and PNG are allies now. The grand Pukpuk Mutual Defence Treaty, first in 70 years, PNG’s first ever.

But West Papua? Ah yes. For #AusPol, that’s where friendship ends — and hypocrisy begins.

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 6d

Will #Australia go to war against Indonesia to reclaim West Papua? Looks like you might have opened a can of worms.
As Albanese jets to Jakarta, there are calls for him to confront an 'oppressor' | SBS News
#AusPol #WestPapua

Read more: www.sbs.com.au/news/article...

As Albanese jets to Jakarta, there are calls for him to confront an 'oppressor'

Human Rights Monitor says at least 13 people have been killed in West Papua in the past six months as tensions between Indigenous people and Indonesian troops increase.

www.sbs.com.au

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 6d

VIDEO: West Papua Grasberg Mine Disaster Sparks Global Copper Crisis Amid Surging Prices
#WestPapua #mining

PNG Grasberg Mine Disaster Sparks Global Copper Crisis Amid Surging Prices

Follow the latest news headlines from Australia's most trusted source. Read in-depth expert analysis and watch live coverage on ABC News.

www.abc.net.au

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New Internationalist @newint.bsky.social · 10d

The first ever audit of Britain’s involvement in the decades-long conflict in West Papua reveals how British companies are profiting from a conflict that involves torture, extrajudicial killings and mass displacement.

Read more 👉 newint.org/indigenous-p...

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purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 7d

Tourism in #WestPapua hides a grim truth: villages burned, people silenced, rainforests stripped for gold, copper, nickel, uranium. Marketed as “eco-heaven,” it’s a graveyard in disguise. #RajaAmpat

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 7d

Indonesia keeps #WestPapua sealed off from witnesses — except for #RajaAmpat, where the rich glide over stolen waters on diesel yachts, too busy diving to notice the ecocide beneath them.

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 7d

The genocide in #WestPapua fits every “external” mark of the Convention—only it’s been unfolding in silence for over sixty years, without the luxury of spectacle. #genocide

purepapua.bsky.social @purepapua.bsky.social · 7d

The Gaza genocide and the silence on West Papua share one truth: power decides the story. The “international community” twists both to excuse its own complicity. #WestPapua #Gaza #Genocide

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