Police fired water cannons at protesters, the majority of whom were students from the Papua Students Alliance. Some male protesters were dragged from the crowd into police vans by officers. The Indonesian government has been accused of genocide in the provinces of West Papua and Papua, New Guinea. Papuans have been campaigning for independence ever since the withdrawal of the Dutch administration and the implementation of the Indonesian government in 1963. <br /><br />COURTESY: RT's RUPTLY video agency, NO RE-UPLOAD, NO REUSE - FOR LICENSING, PLEASE, CONTACT http://ruptly.tv<br /><br />RT LIVE http://rt.com/on-air<br /><br />Subscribe to RT! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=RussiaToday<br /><br />Like us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/RTnews<br />Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/RT_com<br />Follow us on Instagram http://instagram.com/rt<br />Follow us on Google+ http://plus.google.com/+RT<br />Listen to us on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/rttv<br /><br />RT (Russia Today) is a global news network broadcasting from Moscow and Washington studios. RT is the first news channel to break the 1 billion YouTube views benchmark.
