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#IdleNoMore – Transnational Indigenous Solidarity

#IdleNoMore – Transnational Indigenous Solidarity

#IdleNoMore is a growing movement of indigenous activism that started with Canada's First Nations taking a stand against a long history of systematic, institutionalized abuse by the Canadian authorities. ...

West Papuan Refugees Hope for PNG Citizenship

West Papuan Refugees Hope for PNG Citizenship

Between 1984 and 1986, more than 11,000 West Papuans fled east into PNG from the western, Indonesian half of New Guinea Island to escape political turmoil and economic discontent; the area’s longstanding seces ...

Benny Wenda & Jennifer Robinson on Rising Tensions in West Papua
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Benny Wenda & Jennifer Robinson on Rising Tensions in West Papua

RECENT violence in West Papua has highlighted the ongoing conflict between Indonesia's rulers and native Papuans struggling for independence. ...

AUSAID’s neo-colonization agenda extends to “Sustainable Mining”

AUSAID’s neo-colonization agenda extends to “Sustainable Mining”

Those of us in Papua New Guinea who aren’t colonized by AUSAID Mining Consultants keep looking at the Watut disaster, the Fly River disaster, the Panguna disaster and laugh at the AUSAID’s bullshit abou ...

EngageMedia: The Freeport Dispute
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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 ...

PAPUA MERDEKA – West Papua Documentary
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PAPUA MERDEKA – West Papua Documentary

This film shows; the extremely brutal history the native population of West Papua have endured for many decades under the oppressive Indonesian Military. How, to this day they continue to struggle for independence ...

International Mining Companies Undermine Human Rights, Destroy Environment in Indonesia

International Mining Companies Undermine Human Rights, Destroy Environment in Indonesia

These mining operations cause untold environmental destruction and largely help to fund Indonesian security force atrocities against local indigenous people. ...

Eco-Nightmare: The Grasberg Mine, West Papua
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Eco-Nightmare: The Grasberg Mine, West Papua

Andrew Hickman, from Down to Earth, reporting outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Center, London, England. ...