THIS edition of Pacific Journalism Review began with a theme around ‘Endangered Journalists’. However, by the time it was into full editorial production it was clear that this was also about the global silence and injustice imposed on West Papua and the ‘endangered’ indigenous people in this mountainous land on the cusp of Asia and the Pacific. While the edition layout was being prepared, remarkable events were happening in West Papua and elsewhere in Indonesia this year around the historically significant anniversary date of 1 May 2016 – fifty-three years after a United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) handed power over the former Dutch colony in West New Guinea to Jakarta with a mandate to rule until such time as the Papuan people decided on their future in a free vote.

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社论：无情的浪潮

本期《太平洋新闻评论》以“濒危记者”为主题。然而，当它进入完整的编辑制作阶段时，很明显这也是全球对西巴布亚和这片位于亚洲和太平洋边缘的多山土地上的“濒危”土著人民的沉默和不公正的影响。在准备版本布局的同时，今年在 2016 年 5 月 1 日这一具有历史意义的周年纪念日前后，西巴布亚和印度尼西亚的其他地方发生了重大事件——在联合国临时执行机构 (UNTEA) 将权力移交给了 2016 年 53 周年之后。西新几内亚的前荷兰殖民地到雅加达，并受命统治，直到巴布亚人民通过自由投票决定他们的未来。