He also asked Theys’ killing to not be called a “human rights violation” or be used political reasons. Legacy On 20 October 2020, the Governor of Papua Lukas Enembe, with the approval of the Ministry of Transportation and the Papua Regional People's Representative Council, renamed Sentani International Airport, the largest airport in Papua, into Dortheys Hiyo Eluay International Airport after him. This naming was in honour of his efforts of fighting for the rights of the Papuans, and also as one of the participants in the 1969 PEPERA. The airport was constructed on customary land of the Eluay family that was released to the Dutch by Nero Nihiwe Eluay. References Further reading S. Eben Kirksey and J. A. D. Roemajauw 2002 The Wild Terrorist Gang: The Semantics of Violence and Self-determination in West Papua, in: Oxford Development Studies, 30, 2 Giay, Benny 2002 Peristiwa penculikan dan pembunuhan Theys H Eluay 10 November 2001 (The Abduction and Assassination of Theys H Eluay on November 10, 2001)" . The book was banned by the local authorities in West Papua and the author initimidated. The book was considered dangerous to national unity. Giay, Benny 2006, Pembunuhan Theys: kematian HAM di tanah Papua (The Murder of Theys: The Death of Human Rights in the Land of the Papuans), Yogyakarta: Galang Press Memoria Passionis di Papua. Kondisi Sosial Politik dan Hak Asasi Manusia: Gambaran 2000. (Memoria Passionis. The social and political conditions and human rights: the picture in 2000), Sekretariat Keadilan dan Perdamaian (SKP) (Justice and Peace Organization), Keuskupan Jayapura (the Episcopal Secretariat Jayapura) and Lembaga Studi Pers dan Pembangunan (LSPP), Jakarta, (The Foundation for the Study of the Press and Development) Jakarta, 2001. Report Papua in the year 2000 Articles in the Cenderawasih Pos, daily, Jayapura (https://web.archive.org/web/20080409212432/http://www.cenderawasihpos.com/) External links 1937 births 2001 deaths People from Jayapura Regency West Papuan independence activists Indonesian murder victims People murdered in Indonesia Netherlands New Guinea people