West Papua

a piece of colonial property to be transferred from one colonial power to another. The Dutch, as the former colonizers of West Papua, betrayed West Papuans when they walked back on their promises and allowed Indonesia to take over West Papua.

#Netherlands #DutchNewGuinea

it’s not that the Dutch are cruel or uniquely indifferent.
It’s worse than that.

They are comfortable, distant, and unaffected — and comfort is the enemy of care. #Netherlands #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua

History doesn’t forget abandonment. It just records who chose comfort over responsibility.
#Netherlands #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua

What followed was predictable: forests erased, Indigenous Papuans sidelined, militarisation normalised. And Europe’s former colonial power? Present only as an absence—occasionally “concerned,” never committed. #WestPapua #DutchNewGuinea #Netherlands

The Netherlands ran away from West Papua.

After handing the territory to Indonesia in the 1960s, The Netherlands quietly folded its moral map and walked off. No sustained pressure. No accountability. No protection for the people it once governed. #Netherlands #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua

IndoFILMcafé toont documentaire over koloniale geschiedenis West-Papua in LUX Nijmegen IndoFILMcafé vertoont woensdag 8 oktober een documentaire over de koloniale geschiedenis van West-Papua en de gevolgen daarvan tot nu toe.

West Papua. Once Dutch New Guinea. Then swallowed by another colonizer—Indonesia. A film that cuts through the colonial lies and shows the wreckage left behind.

Movie, documentary in Lux movie theater.
October 8, 2025

#Nederland #NederlandsNieuwGuinea #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua #Nijmegen

The Promise: docu over vergeten strijd West-Papua in première
#Nederland #Netherlands #NieuwGuinea #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua #decolonize #DenHaag #TheHague

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Het vergeten onrecht in West-Papoea | Historiek De documentaire The Promise toont het vergeten onrecht in West-Papoea en laat zien hoe een belofte aan de Papoea’s plaatsmaakte voor verwaarlozing en repressie.

Het vergeten onrecht in West-Papoea
#Nederland #NieuwGuinea #WestPapua
#NederlandsNieuwGuinea #DutchNewGuinea #decolonize

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The #Netherlands claimed west of 141 East longitude on Aug 24, 1828 by proclamation. #DutchNewGuinea. The rest is blood, and more blood, false hope, broken promises #genocide #ecocide #deforestation #palmoil & #resourceplunder

Hoe Nederland de belofte van onafhankelijkheid voor West-Papoea verbrak De woelige strijd van West-Papoea voor onafhankelijkheid wordt in de documentaire The Promise tot leven gewekt. ‘West-Papoea is vergeten door de wereld.’

Recensie van The Promise, documentaire over West-Papoea. Het is de openingsfilm van het Movies that Matter festival. De film is vanaf 22 mei ook in de bioscoop te zien.
#Netherlands #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua

The Promise (2025)

A Journey Through West Papua's Story Arrives in Dutch Cinemas This Year | Teaser VFX Breakdown | Daan Veldhuizen #DutchNewGuinea #WestPapua #Netherlands

The #Netherlands claimed west of 141 East longitude on Aug 24, 1828 by proclamation. #DutchNewGuinea. The rest is blood, blood, and more blood, false hope, broken promises #genocide #deforestation #palmoil & #resourceplunder

The Netherlands claimed west of 141 East longitude on Aug 24, 1828 by proclamation. #DutchNewGuinea. The rest is blood, blood, and more blood, false hope, broken promises #genocide #deforestation #palmoil & #resourceplunder #WestPapua

The #Netherlands claimed west of 141 East longitude on Aug 24, 1828 by proclamation. #DutchNewGuinea. The rest is blood, blood, and more blood, false hope, broken promises #genocide #deforestation #palmoil & #resourceplunder #WestPapua