Congratulations must be forthcoming to Al-Jazeera English for finally standing up to the Indonesian military censorship machine.
Last night at 7:30pm AEST Al Jazeera English finally broadcast director Jono van Hest's long postponed documentary on West Papua, Pride of Warriors. A further live screening across AJE and online will occur on Thursday morning Australian time at 10:30am.

Background to the furore:
With strictly limited international media access to West Papua, Australian filmmaker Jono van Hest decided that he wanted to help West Papuans tell their own stories. The four remarkable stories that ensued provide unparalleled access and a strikingly personal insight into the West Papuan resistance filmed by the West Papuans themselves.

Pride of Warriors was originally scheduled to be screened in July 2, 2009, but Al-Jazeera English bowed to pressure the Indonesian military and government to pull the screening, just hour before it was due to go to air.

Bouganville Copper Ltd, subsidiary of Rio Tinto plans to reopen the worlds largest open cut mine at Panguna, against the wishes of local landholders and the majority of Bouganvillians. The exploitation of Bouganvilles resources by BCL, which caused a war of independence from PNG, must not recommence.