Monthly Archives: December 2017

Statement from Merauke Human Rights Day demonstration.

By admin | Published: December 17, 2017

Every year, across Papua, people mark Human Rights Day on December 10th with demonstrations. Although one of the major focus is always the arbitrary violence of the state security forces (in 2017, as every year, many Papuans have been shot dead by the police or military), economic, social and cultural rights are becoming a increasingly […]

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The debate over clans’ land in Bupul village as forest become an oil palm plantation

By admin | Published: December 13, 2017

Land conflict for oil palm is still an issue in Merauke Two children ran towards the forest. As they got closer to the trees that at first seemed to be a thick forest, a broad carpet of felled trees became visible. The two could witness exactly how the green bulldozers were working to clear away […]

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