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Posted: April 17, 2020

IPAC Report Short Briefing No: 2

COVID-19 and Conflict in Papua

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The virus arrived in Papua as tensions left over from deadly communal violence in August-September
2019 remained high, and pro-independence guerrillas from the Free Papua Organisation (Organisasi
Papua Merdeka, OPM) were intensifying attacks in the central highlands.”