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Poumako incident: lethal military violence against indigenous fisherfolk defending their livelihood

By admin | Published: September 2, 2017

On 9th August 2017, a member of the Indonesian armed forces shot dead Theo Kamtar in Poumako Port, Timika. This incident was part of a dispute where indigenous fisherfolk felt their livelihood threatened by better equipped migrants from other islands in Indonesia, who were dominating the catch. Elements of the state appear to have sided […]

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Fifteen cases of Brimob violence in four years in Nabire oil palm plantation.

By admin | Published: December 2, 2015

Jubi 15/111/2015 The presence of a regional Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) unit in an oil palm plantation managed by PT Nabire Baru (NB) in Yaro sub-district, Nabire Regency, Papua, is proving to be a threat to the Yerisiam Gua indigenous community’s rights. That was the message conveyed by the secretary of the Yerisiam Gua indigenous […]

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Marine working for PT Dongin Prabhawa shoots local man in Mappi

By admin | Published: February 10, 2015

Talema Waitipo, a 19-year old resident of the Maam area, Bade District, Mappi Regency, is currently in a weak condition as he lies in a bed at the Naval hospital in Merauke. He is believed to be the victim of shooting by a naval marine officer, who was providing security for PT Dongin Prabhawa’s oil […]

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Artha Graha’s Sinister Logging Business in Wondama Bay

By admin | Published: November 30, 2014

Indigenous communities in villages in the forested interior of Wondiboi, Naikere and Kuriwamesa Districts in Wondama Bay Regency, still feel traumatised by the ‘Bloody Wasior’ events which took place in 2001. Even now they are unable to forget the murders, the tortures, the freedom usurped, the rapes, the forced disappearances, being forced to flee, the […]

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Report of a Visit to PT Dongin Prabhawa’s Plantation at Mam.

By admin | Published: February 19, 2014

A recent visit to Mam to monitor the latest developments around PT Dongin Prabhawa’s oil palm plantation near the south bank of the Digoel River in Merauke has revealed several concerns, from irregularities in the logging plan and ill-treatment of workers to human rights abuses. PT Dongin Prabhawa is a subsidiary of the Korindo Group, […]

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