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Lani Singers interview on the BBC Radio - 3rd Sept 2008

Chilli — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 20:56:57 +0000

The Lani Singers interview and music that went out on BBC Radio 3, in September 2008

The Saami reendier Culture at the brink of extinction

FdN — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 09:15:35 +0000

The ongoing logging of the state forests in northern Finland for years has reached now the potential to wipe out very soon the Saami reindeer herding economy. The film describes the deforestation in Finland and the extinction of the Saami culture. Interviews with Pekka Aikio, former president of the Saami council and Kalevi Padaar, Saami activist.

UNREPENTANT: KEVIN ANNETT AND CANADA'S GENOCIDE

rains — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:49:28 +0000

This documentary reveals Canada's darkest secret - the deliberate extermination of indigenous (Native American) peoples and the theft of their land under the guise of religion. This never before told history as seen through the eyes of this former minister (Kevin Annett) who blew the whistle on his own church, after he learned of thousands of murders in its Indian Residential Schools

INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR WEST PAPUA - Launch in London

admin — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:34:19 +0000

ress Release: for immediate release & circulation
INTERNATIONAL PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR WEST PAPUA

At the Houses of Commons, London on 15th October 2008 at 3pm, will be the launch event for a historical international gathering of Parliamentarians, in support of self determination for the native people of West Papua.

Exiled West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda will be joined by Melanesians & Parliamentarians from across the world for the launch of 'International Parliamentarians for West Papua'.

Please assemble in Parliament Square for 2pm.

Malaysian Indigenous People Face Arrest at Logging Blockade

rains — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:48:02 +0000

A month-long blockade of logging roads by indigenous people in the state of Sarawak, Malaysia set to protest illegal logging on their communal lands is about to be broken up by police.

More than 100 indigenous Kenyah people gathered at the blockade site on the upper Moh River on the island of Borneo claim that the blockade is their only way of calling on representatives of the Samling Timber Company and government authorities to have a consultation and meet with them to listen to their problems and demands.

“Bio-militarism”. Report in English & Indoesian

rains — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:11:04 +0000

Indonesian Military & Police’s alcohol business kills Papuans

* Illegal alcohol business run by Indonesian Military & Police
* Alcohol smuggled in on Indonesian military transports
* Hundreds of Papuans are victims of alcohol poisoning
* Regent’s wife is one of main illegal alcohol traders

(Tanah Merah [red earth], Boven Digoel is in the south of West Papua, near the PNG border)

http://maroke.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/bisnis-miras-tni-polri-di-boven-d...

fPcN interCultural's MySpace

Dancing_Turtle — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:15:50 +0000

Our MySpace, created by members of the fPcN collective

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

admin — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:53:28 +0000

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.