Refugees

The Coconut Revolution (2001 - 52min)

Submitted by rains on Sun, 06/01/2008 - 11:34
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Bougainville, with a populations of only 160,000 has managed to close and keep closed one of the biggest mines in the world. They have held their ground for a decade with antique weapons and homemade guns. These people have taken on the biggest mining company in the world and won.


Ogiek killed like rabbits by rampant militia in Kenya

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:46
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Mon, 02/04/2008 - Realizing that the Ogiek had fled the area around Chepyuk and took refuge at Teldet and Chepkitale, the Sabaot Land Defense Force (SLDF), Kenya's most dangerous and notorious, at least 1000 men strong armed militia, has now taken advantage of the lawlessness and the commitments of the police elsewhere to hunt and kill the Ogiek like rabbits.

West Papua: Trouble in the Highlands - AGAIN!!

Submitted by Alezev on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:39
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A humanitarian crisis is emerging in the Punjak Jaya region of West Papua. Local human rights workers report that thousands of people fled the regions of Tingginabbut, Yamu, Illu and Mulia Ambat in mid-December and have gone into the jungle. No figures are available at this stage, but it is believed thousands of people have been displaced.

RFK West Papua Report - September 2006

Submitted by Alezev on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:33
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This is the 31st in a series of monthly reports that focuses on developments affecting Papuans. This reporting series is produced by the West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT) drawing on media accounts, other NGO assessments and analysis and reporting from sources within West Papua. The West Papua Advocacy Team is a non-profit organization. Questions regarding this report can be addressed to Edmund McWilliams at edmcw@msn.com

SUMMARY/CONTENTS
Growing International Concern over Failed Development in West Papua
Journalist Details Difficulties of Reporting From West Papua

Letter from Benny Wenda, Chair of DeMMaK (The Koteka Tribal Assembly) and International Lobbyist in the UK for a Free W

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:20
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Mr. António Guterres
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Case Postale 2500
CH-1211
Genève 2 Dépôt
Switzerland

1st June 2006

Dear High Commissioner

I am a tribal leader from West Papua, and an international lobbyist on behalf of my country. Further to my letter of April 06, I am writing to you to express my continuing concern about the plight of my people, and to urge you to do all you can to help them.

Ghosts of indonesia won't lie*

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 19:05
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East Timor's history is repeating itself as Jakarta colludes with the west to crush another resource-rich land: West Papua. The world is watching as Australia decides the fate of 43 West Papuans seeking asylum.

Conservation Refugees

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:59
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A LOW FOG ENVELOPES the steep and remote valleys of southwestern Uganda most mornings, as birds found only in this small corner of the continent rise in chorus and the great apes drink from clear streams. Days in the dense montane forest are quiet and steamy. Nights are an exaltation of insects and primate howling. For thousands of years the Batwa people thrived in this soundscape, in such close harmony with the forest that early-twentieth-century wildlife biologists who studied the flora and fauna of the region barely noticed their existence.

West Papua independence protest at Pacific Islands Forum

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:45
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Hundreds of people have rallied in Port Moresby to urge Pacific leaders meeting there to take West Papua's case for independence from Indonesia to the United Nations.

Activists for the cause of Melanesians in the Indonesian province on Papua New Guinea's western border, also wanted the Pacific Islands Forum to admit West Papuan delegates as observers.

But they have been barred from this week's meeting.
As forum leaders met in a hotel, West Papuan independence supporters rallied peacefully on the beach below to hear speeches and display West Papuan flags.

OGIEK PEOPLE DISPLACED FROM THE MAU FOREST

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 15:53
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Hundreds of Ogiek of Enoosupukia (near Narok / Kenya), who had been camping at the catholic mission Enoosupukia following the 28th February 2005 evictions have been left completely stranded after the camp was reduced to ashes. More than 200 Armed Police officers have been deployed in the area. Children and women are left homeless after the camp they sought refuge was demolished by the police. The exercise has been dubbed as "saving the forests and the environment". The people affected are mainly the Ogiek who have resided and lived there since time immemorial.

Very recent report from the DeMMaK team in Puncak Jaya

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:36
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To Our friends in UK.

Thanks for all the moral and material supports for your people in West Papua.

We from Demmak, Mulia, Puncak Jaya, would like to report that there are things that have not been taken seriously by the Provincial Government of Papua, Indonesia. Since the incident in Tingginambut on 17th August 2004 that caused the loss of many lives and people's materials until the time this report is sent, there has not been any attention from human rights groups and from the government (who should have done something).