Tag Archives: Criminalisation

ANJ Agri case: prosecution demands prison sentences for indigenous protesters Obet Korie and Odi Aitago

By admin | Published: August 16, 2015

Speaking in front of the Judges’ bench in the Sorong District Court, state prosecutor Katrina Dimara accused Obet and Obi of having violated article 170 of the Indonesian Criminal Code, and asked the council of judges to hand down prison sentences – one year for Obet Korie and eight months for Odi Aitago, less the […]

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Trial starts for two people arrested on demonstration at PT Permata Putera Mandiri’s offfice.

By admin | Published: July 24, 2015

On 15th May this year, dozens of students and others from the Iwaro ethnic group from Metamani and Inanwatan in South Sorong Regency, staged a protest action with banners and speeches, blocking the offices of oil palm company PT Permata Putera Mandiri (PPM), on Jalan Ahmad Yani, Sorong City, West Papua Province. According to Simon […]

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