The Indonesian province of West Papua has entered a state of unrest following the arrest of student activists, resulting in a swelling independence movement and the Indonesian government imposing an internet blackout. West Papua is located on the island of New Guinea, and specifically the western peninsulas, separating it from the other Indonesian province simply called Papua and from the independent nation Papua New Guinea in the east. The province has been part of Indonesia since the Dutch withdrew from their colonial ambitions in the region, with a referendum in…