STRATEGY AND IMPACT OF FREE PAPUA MOVEMENT TRANSNATIONAL ACTIVISM IN AUSTRALIA (2014 – 2021)

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This study discusses transnational activism mobilized by the activists of global Free West Papua campaign in Australia. The global campaign organized in the efforts of the Papuans to demand national sovereignty and establish an independent State based on the debate over the decolonization process regarding the “United Nations Temporary Executive Authority” and claims for human rights violations by the Government of Indonesia. Much is not yet known that the use of social media as a tool for campaigning by transnational activists can have a significant impact on real politics. Using qualitative methods and utilizing findings from secondary data, this study discusses the strategies and impacts of transnational activism for the    by using the concept of the Transnational Advocacy Network which is applied to the actions of transnational activists in Australia. The authors found new findings that the use of the Free Papua Movement in Australia using conventional and non-conventional strategies such as demonstrations, the use of media as the main mobilization tool, digital art, music and film as campaign tools can have an impact on the Australian government's insistence on the Indonesian government and provide opportunities new for transnational activists in advocating for issues by using social media platforms.