Monthly Archives: March 2010

Indonesia’s genocide in West Papua now targets the sacred culture that has existed for thousands of years there

Posted on March 29, 2010 by

Not content with killing over 400,000 indigenous Papuans since colonising the country in the late 1960s, Indonesia has now shown its intent to wipe out the remnents of sacred culture that have existed in West Papua since the Stone Age. … Continue reading →

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a citizen’s response to the International Crisis Group report on West Papua

Posted on March 25, 2010 by

The following is a response forwarded to this blog to publish. It is a response to Jim Della-Giacoma highly controversial report on West Papua that has been published for International Crisis Group. I personally find it very distressing that International … Continue reading →

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Indonesia arrests dozens of peaceful protestors after demonstration held calling on Barack Obama to intervene in ongoing conflict

Posted on March 24, 2010 by

Indonesian police have arrested dozens of peaceful protestors in Jayapura after a peaceful demonstration was held to link in with the visit of Barack Obama to Indonesia (a visit that has now been postponed till later this year). Despite having … Continue reading →

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