Papuans should speak out for themselves

I have just recently found out that Papua (the western part of the island which belongs to the Indonesian sovereignty) is one of the six regions on earth where foreign reporters are not allowed to enter.

Why should there be such a ban? This is the 21^st century, for God’s sake!

Papuans, if you want your plights to be heard, you should speak out for yourselves. It is useless to put up high hopes on those people. They won’t hear you, because the reporters aren’t allowed to cover your stories at all….