ShareThisAgain this year our partner NGO 'UWIP' will be holding a 2 day indigenous and tribal film festival in Brul, Czech Republic
for more info see: www.naiff.eu/fest/
fPcN's partner NGO 'UWIP' Presents The Native & Indigenous Film Festival (NAIFF) 2010
Submitted by UWIP on Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:24
G.R.A.C.E. Releases Report on New Tribes Mission Sexual Abuse of Children at Mission School in Senegal
Submitted by Akha on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 06:26
New Tribe Missions was just the subject of a report on child abuse in the mission by a third party investigation done by GRACE.
www.netgrace.org/
This report details how mission staff physically and sexually abused the children of other missionaries. The mission school is in Senegal. But the situation repeats itself around the world.
These are the children of western educated missionaries. Now let me ask you this, if this kind of blatant abuse was going on in the mission schools and the parents of the children were aware of it and fought the mission about it, what would be the case of Akha children in mission residential schools in Thailand where they have not one at all to tell their story to?
Thousands of Akha children are right now in mission residential schools in Thailand. Thailand is one of the top countries for child trafficking. And these mission schools have no oversight, no one to report to, and the Akha themselves have no rights of any kind in Thailand. This is well known to mission staff.
Conservation Refugees - Expelled from Paradise - trailer
Submitted by FdN on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 17:44
At the NAIFF film festival, to be held in Brno, Czech Republic on September 24th - 25th, the new fPcN film "Conservation Refugees – Expelled from Paradise" will be screened. Special thanks to all BaTwa and Ogiek, Ecoterra Itl., UEFA and RMZ Leuphana University without whom this film would never be created.
Open Letter to President of Indonesia on Papuan Political Prisoners
Submitted by FdN on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 19:43
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
President
Republic of Indonesia
Istana Merdeka
Jakarta Pusat 10110 Indonesia
Via Fax, E-mail
Dear President Yudhoyono:
As Indonesia's National Day on 17 August approaches, we the undersigned non-governmental organizations engaged in the defense of human rights in Indonesia are deeply concerned that dozens of Papuans are incarcerated in prisons in Papua and West Papua simply for having been involved in non-violent demonstrations or expressions of opinion.
In most cases, these prisoners have been sentenced under Criminal Code Articles 106 and 110 regarding "rebellion." These articles are a legacy from the Dutch colonial era and are in violation of the Indonesian Constitution, Articles 28(e) and 28(f) which respectively afford "the right to the freedom of association and expression of opinion," and "the right to communicate and obtain information for the development of his/her personal life and his/her social environment, and shall have the right to seek, acquire, possess, keep, process and convey information by using all available channels."
Brazil: Violence against indigenous peoples alarming
Submitted by FdN on Tue, 08/10/2010 - 13:17
Cimi Launches Report on Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil (Data are for 2009).
Sixty murders, nineteen suicides, sixteen cases of attempted murder, and the list goes on. These are just some of the critical data that will be published by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI) through the Report on Violence Against Indigenous Peoples in Brazil - 2009. Much of the information is similar to the 2008 report. This, however, does not diminish the seriousness of the issue, because the repetition of numbers only confirms the daily violence experienced by indigenous peoples in all regions of the country. On July 9, Cimi presents one more alarming report on the violence suffered by indigenous peoples in Brazil. The launch of the publication will be at the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), at 15.00 hrs in the presence of the general secretary of the CNBB, Dom Dimas Lara, the coordinator of the research Lucia Helena Rangel - Ph.D. in anthropology from the PUC, São Paulo -, Cimi president Bishop Erwin Kräutler, Cimi´s vice-president, Roberto Antonio Liebgott, and the national board of the entity.
Open Letter From Indonesia Human Rights Committee: 41st Pacific Island Forum
Submitted by TAKUGAMO on Tue, 07/27/2010 - 10:20
Indonesia Human Rights Committee,
25 July, 2010
The Secretary General
Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat
Private Mail Bag
Suva, Fiji
2010 Pacific Island Forum
Dear Heads of States,
The Indonesia Human Rights Committee would like to wish you well for your forthcoming deliberations at the 41st Pacific Island Forum in Port Vila, Vanuatu.
We understand that the issue of West Papua will be on your agenda this year, and we know that you are all aware of the ongoing problems facing our Papuan neighbours.
WE SAY: Capturing the pan Melanesian spirit
Submitted by TAKUGAMO on Mon, 07/12/2010 - 13:12
‘…Vanuatu people and their elected representatives must be applauded for this unanimous and forceful stand that they have taken in support of people with whom they share their mythology and culture but have been unlucky enough to be caught in an unending whirlpool in the course of history’
Last month’s motion that was passed in the Vanuatu Parliament detailing Vanuatu’s position on West Papua is perhaps the most significant development in recent times as regards regional support for the long suffering territory’s cause and for openly and officially espousing its independence from Indonesia.
New West Papua Report: Get up, stand up: West Papua stands up for its rights
Submitted by papua-emergency on Sun, 07/11/2010 - 01:24
The latest report from the West Papua Project at the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Sydney University, entitled Get up, stand up: West Papuans stand up for their rights. The report is a rebuttal of the International Crisis Group Report No. 188, Radicalisation and Dialogue in Papua, and an analysis of the recent events through which West Papuans have united against Special Autonomy and for a referendum on independence.Get up, stand up written by Dr. Jim Elmslie and Camellia Webb Gannon with Prof. Peter King and was launched on Wednesday July 6 at the University of Sydney.
Executive summary
This report begins with a response to ICG Report No. 188, Radicalisation and Dialogue in Papua, released in March 2010. It finds that the ICG report is flawed in declaring the KNPB (Komite Nasional Papua Barat –the West Papua National Committee) responsible
for several recent acts of violence in West Papua. These include: an attack on the police station in Abepura in April 2009; arson at the Cenderawasih University in Abepura in April 2009, and killings around the Freeport mine since June 2009 through to January 2010. The ICG’s evidence supporting these assertions is examined in detail and found to be insufficient.
The evidence the ICG relies upon includes selective quoting from Indonesian tabloid press reports, hearsay and discredited interrogation testimonies. A major omission of the ICG’s report is that its authors did not interview the person they identified as the main actor in these events, Victor Yeimo, to give him a chance to respond to the allegations made against him.
Thousands Of Papuans Rally Again For Referendum
Submitted by FdN on Fri, 07/09/2010 - 11:48
At least 20,000 Papuans have reportedly marched towards from the MRP (Majelis Rakyat Papua – Papua People's Assembly) to the DPRP (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat Papua – Papuan Provincial Legislature), rejecting the Special Autonomy granted by Indonesia in 2001 and demanding a referendum on West Papuan independence and an internationally-mediated dialogue with Jakarta. The rally, led by the Papua Democracy Forum, followed a rallyon June 17, when demonstrators and the Papua People’s Council (MRP) demanded the revocation of Papua’s special autonomy status, which was previously granted by the central government.
Reports from Jayapura say that the area is now being surrounded by Brimob troops and other security forces... Police giving warning by megaphone to all gathered to disperse at 6pm Jayapura time or full force will be used. Troops are fully armed. Imam Setiawan, Jayapura's police chief, told the BBC police are ready to disperse the protesters with force. He admits his officers could even use live ammunition but only as a last resort.
Jayapura: Indon police guarantee temporary safety for protest camp; Dispersal Fears easing
OTSUS GAGAL REFERENDUM ADALAH SOLUSI UNTUK PENYELESAIAN STATUS POLITIK PAPUA
Jayapura 08/7/2010, 11000 masa aksi yang diakomodir oleh mrp dalam aksi ini telah bergabung dari semua berbagai
elemen organ pergerakan di papua, turun jalan dari abepura jalan kaki hingga ke DPRP sambil berteriak otsus gagal referendum yes.
Demikian sebentara ketu DPRP Jhon Ibo tidak ada di tempat maka, 11000 masa akan duduk bermalam di kantor DPRP sampai sekarang ini juga masih duduk di DPRP dan hasil sidang paripurna DPRP belum menyaksikan kepada masyarakat papua saat ini. oleh karena itu, masa aksi tetap solit dan tidak akan pulang sebelum ketua DPRP menandatangani atau menyaksikan hasil sidang paripurna DPRP.
by media KNPB
Jayapura Papau.
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