Jeju Island Prisoners Set Free

Submitted by ecoterra on Sat, 11/26/2011 - 09:27
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EXCELLENT NEWS FROM JEJU ISLAND - SOUTH KOREA:

All 3 remaining detainees and all defendants were set free.

Mr. Kang Dong-Gyun, The Mayor of Gangjeong village (He only did his mayoral duties!!! www.freemayorkang.org)
Mr. Kim Jong-Hwan (Uncle Jong) - Age 57 | Villager, Peace Activist and Cook for the peace-camp
Mr. Kim Dong-Won - Age 25 | Photographer/videographer and Peace Activist (Both KIMs only assisted the mayor during the brutal arrest.)

We just received these good news from the ground:

GOOD NEWS FOR ONCE!

The Last Frontier - Illegal Logging in Papua and China's Massive Timber Theft

Submitted by rains on Wed, 05/28/2008 - 10:22
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Report by the Environmental Investigation Agency & Telepak

Extract: Official complicity

For the full report, see:
http://www.eia-international.org/files/reports93-1. pdf

Companies involved in timber theft from Papua are aided every step of the way by officials from the military, police and forestry department, as long as the requisite bribe is paid.

Two Reports from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)

Submitted by rains on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 15:13
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Two Reports from the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG)

on TORTURE by Indonesian Security Forces

1) UN Committee against Torture begins Review of Report of Indonesia (6 May 2008)

2) UN Committee against Torture hears Response of Indonesia (7 May 2008)

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Some extracts from the Review & from the Indonesian response (for the FULL REPORT see below) :

“During his recent visit to Indonesia, the Special Rapporteur on Torture had noted that torture is routine in Indonesian police stations.”

UPDATE ON LATEST SITUATION IN WEST PAPUA, POST MARCH 3 DEMONSTRATIONS

Submitted by Alezev on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:53
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Latest CONFIRMED information received on situation inside is as follows. This is a follow on to the previous media alerts on the demonstrations in West Papua to call for referendum.

*Abepura*

At 1000 AM East Indonesia time, MONDAY MARCH 3, West Papuan students and political figures were gathering in Abepura to demand a referendum and dialogue with Indonesian government.

STOP PRESS: WEST PAPUAN LEADERS RELEASED FROM PRISON

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:51
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AFTER INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE; VOW DEMONSTRATIONS UNTIL INDONESIA LISTENS TO WEST PAPUANS

*JAYAPURA, WEST PAPUA, MARCH 5 2008*

WEST PAPUAN leaders calling for a Referendum on the future of West Papua who were arrested by Indonesian Police for “spreading hatred against the government”, have been released without charge from Police Regional Headquarters this afternoon.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ VOICE SUPPRESSED AT UNITED NATIONS

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:47
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Rome, Feb. 14, 2008 - This morning Indigenous Peoples’ representatives formally withdrew from meeting of the Working Group on Protected Areas of the International Convention on Biological Diversity to protest their suppression of their effective participation at the meeting, being held at FAO headquarters in the Italian capital.

Human Rights Situation in West Papua since 1st December 2007

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 21:43
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From 1 December 2007 – 9 January 2008

Police arrest 36 people for flying the Morning Star Flag in Timika
On 1 December the police arrested at least 36 Papuans for flying the Morning Star flag in Kwamki Lama, district of Mimika Baru. Seven are due to be charged for the crime of makar (rebellion) at the district court.

Soldier tortures ELSHAM activist in Fakfak.
On 1 December a soldier named Ahmad Heremba, who is from the Babinsa command in Kramomonggo, 40 kms from Fakfak, is reported to have severely beaten Elias Kredenggo, 27 years old

The Quiet Death of the Bushmen

Submitted by rains on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:55
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Roy Sesana has seen a lot of the world. Last year the seventy-six year old Bushman travelled to the United States, in order to draw attention both to the ” First People of the Kalahari”, an organisation he had founded in 1991, and to his own tribe. On 9th December 2005 he was awarded the Alternative Nobel Prize in Stockholm.

He is sitting beside me in the East Side Hotel in Berlin, and patiently awaiting the questions I am about to ask him. He scrutinizes everything around him. "Here, in the northern hemisphere, the "White” people live at the expense of the people of the South."

Indigenous People as an Economic Obstacle

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:53
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One problem aboriginal people living in their traditional manner have, is that their life is not based on a monetary system, and so does not correspond to our conception of economy.

As hunters and gatherers, for example, they can exist independently of any economic system and state form. Since the majority of nations in the world have assumed state forms to rule their own economic interests, it is not possible for them to support, or better still: put up with, other forms of living.

West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation - Established

Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 18:53
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Twenty-seven leaders representing different Factions of the West Papuan Independence Movement have agreed in their meeting held in Yambi, Papua New Guinea on the formation of a national unity and reconciliation body, the West Papuan National Coalition for Liberation. The meeting was held between 28 November and 1st December 2005 and was attended by leaders from 18 resistance organizations including the TPN, the Military Arm of the OPM.