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Shocking Video: TNI Killing Indigenous Papuans In Puncak Jaya

Cellphone footage from March 2011 of Indonesian soldiers shooting at OPM members, then filming and photographing their corpses. OPM is an indigenous organization founded in 1965 to promote West Papuan self-determina ...

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West Papua – The Road To Freedom Conference

West Papua Road To Freedom Conference - Parts 1-3, Oxford UK, August 2nd, 2011. Featuring speeches by Benny Wenda, Viktor Yaimo, Andrew Smith and Charles Foster. ...

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Myanmar reforms do not apply to 40,000 unregistered Rohingya Children

An estimated 40,000 Rohingya children are believed to be unregistered in Myanmar, according to a new report. This is only part of an all-pervasive campaign of racism and ethnic cleansing directed against the Rohingya ...

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Jacob Rumbiak on Indigenous Resistance to Colonialism in West Papua & Australia

Jacob Rumbiak, from the West Papua independence movement, outlined the continuing importance of indigenous resistance to colonialism both in Australia and in west Papua. ...

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PNG Government Repeals Chinese Sponsored Amendments to Environment Act

When Justice Catherine Davani handed down the only dissenting judgment regarding the Ramu Nickel case, she suggested that the Environment be protected. She stated In Louis Medang v. China Metallurgical Group Corporat ...

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ASEAN: The Piss-Pot of Human Rights

ASEAN, the consortium of South East Asian nations was formed in 1967, and we are now living at the start of 2012. What pressing issues do they emphasize every year? Simple. Economic power and how to sustain it. ...

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West Papua – Breaking the Media Blackout

50 years ago on the 1/12/61 West Papuans flew their flag for the first time in preparation for their independence from the Dutch. In 2011, despite ongoing repression, the Morning Star flag was once again flown across ...

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West Papua – Suspected Mercury Contamination of Degeuwo River by Gold Miners

Elemental mercury which makes it easy to separate gold from other metal compounds was allegedly used by unscrupulous owners of the gold mine at the site Tayaga II in Paniai district, West Papua. ...

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Oso Perezoso – by Jason Saunders

The photos track the painting of the piece in progress, so they’re roughly in the order in which they were created. The last one is the finished piece (he adds little eyes from the 2nd to last one).

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recombiner Art Gallery

“I get old books, cut out the pictures, and make new pictures by carefully recombining the elements to surrealistic or amusing effect.”