? REPORTAGE: The ongoing conflict in West Papua has not ceased due to the global Covid-19 pandemic. Indonesia, on the contrary, increases its presence in their easternmost region – since 1969 integrated in the Indonesian archipelago after a heavily criticized UN-backed referendum, called “Act of Free Choice.” Battles rage between the Indonesian army and the West Papuan liberation movement, O.P.M. (Organisasi Papua Merdeka), while peaceful manifestations are crushed by police, and thousands of civilians remain internally displaced in the central highlands – far away from any media attention, or humanitarian assistance.