West Papua: More TNI goon squads to guard Freeport
Around 600 Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers have arrived in Timika, Papua, to help local police guarding areas near PT Freeport Indonesia, where deadly shootings occurred in recent months. ...
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Indonesian Corruption Watch to Report Freeport to US Dept of Justice
Anti-graft organization Indonesian Corruption Watch will report the subsidiary of US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan to the US Department of Justice next month for involvement in a bribery case. ...
Workers Still Underpaid, Freeport Resumes its Plunder of West Papua
“Freeport has long been the source of conflict… A majority of Papuans, who have different ethnic and religious roots to their political leaders in Jakarta, want independence.†In the U.S., Occupy P ...
Resist State and Corporate Aggression in Papua
The conflict in West Papua has intensified greatly in the last half-year. Violence and aggression towards Papua’s indigenous people and natural environment takes the form of abuses by the state and corporation ...
Calls for neutral probe into West Papua mine deaths
A series of unsolved murders on the private property of one of the world's biggest gold and copper mines has left nine people dead since September. ...
Freeport Miners’ Strike – by traverser11
Video from the three month long strike at Freeport Mine in West Papua, police repression and actions in solidarity with the miners. ...
West Papua – Behind the Batik Curtain
As December 1st, West Papua's Independence Day, approaches, many are becoming concerned about the possibility of serious violence. ...
Rio Tinto: juggernaut of cultural fascism and participant in slow-motion genocide
A rough translation of Rio Tinto from Spanish into English is Red River. Spain’s Rio Tinto is characterized by deep red water that is highly acidic (pH 1.7—2.5) and rich in heavy metals. Over 5000 years ...
HRW: Obama should address West Papua abuses
Human rights organisations want US President Barack Obama to address abuses in Papua during his visit to Indonesia. ...
EngageMedia: The Freeport Dispute
A snippet of footage and chatters around the Freeport strike in West Papua. The Freeport workers' union says it is a matter of simple "revenue transparency", the international trade union says the dispute "has nothin ...
West Papua – Freeport Workers and Tribesmen Defend Road Blockades
Police failed to lift road blockades stopping fuel and food reaching Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold's mining operations in West Papua, after clashes with striking miners and local tribesmen on Friday ...
West Papua Independence Teach-In at #OccupyWallStreet
Near the corner of Liberty & Broadway, Zuccotti Park. Saturday, November 5th, 2011 3:00 – 3:30 pm ...
OccupyPhoenix and ETAN Demonstrate Against Freeport McMoRan
Occupy Phoenix and East Timor Action Network demonstration against Indonesian police killings at the Freeport McMoRan Grasberg mine in Papua, Indonesia. October 28th, 2011. ...
Jayapura’s Call to London and the World – 11 October 2011 Rally
The National Committee for West Papua (KNPB) held a rally to support the continuation of the International Lawyer for West Papua (ILWP) talk organised in London... ...
Freeport Halts Gold Production in West Papua
U.S. mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold Inc. halted production at its gold and copper mine in Indonesia's restive province of Papua on Monday over security concerns. ...
What’s Behind Violence At World’s Largest Goldmine?
“This latest incident shows that Indonesian police have not learned how to deal with protesters without resorting to excessive, and even lethal, force,†said Amnesty International’s Sam Zarifi ...
Melanesians under Indonesian Authority in West Papua
Make it more Indonesian. Transmigrants to alter the demographic balance in West Papua. ...
Footage of Striking Freeport McMoran Workers
Employees of PT. Freeport Indonesia (Freeport McMoran) leave the job site to protest for their basic rights, such as employee welfare, health and education of children... ...
Freeport is emblematic of much that is wrong in West Papua.
Indigenous Papuans are waging a four-decade long nonviolent struggle for independence from Indonesia. At the heart of Papuan grievances lies Freeport, the world’s largest gold and copper mine... ...
Freeport McMoRan: Crushing Hope and Killing Freedom in West Papua
The US mining firm Freeport McMoRan has been accused of everything from polluting the environment to funding repression in its four decades working in the Indonesian province of Papua. Freeport is a symbol of everyth ...
