Hundreds of people have rallied in West Papua, calling on the United Nations to pressure Jakarta into overturning a 1969 referendum that joined the territory to Indonesia.
The demonstrators, rallying during a visit by UN envoy Hina Jilani, claim the referendum was a sham.
Rally organiser, Jek Wanggai, says the UN must accept the Papuan people's aspiration to review the Act of Free Choice, as the referendum was known.
"The United Nations must register Papuan areas as colonised zones and organise an immediate referendum vote," he said.
Papuans have long accused Indonesia's military of violating human rights in the province and complain that the bulk of earnings from its rich natural resources flow to Jakarta.
Radio Australia
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