Sunday, 13 November 2011
Papua New Guinea Blogs: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES HITS PNG!
Papua New Guinea Blogs: CONSTITUTIONAL CRISES HITS PNG!: WARRANTS OF ARREST ISSUED FOR Deputy PM AND Attorney General by Supreme Courts A bench warrant has been issued for the arrest of acting...
Tuesday, 11 October 2011
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
Blogio Oddio: West Papua
Blogio Oddio: West Papua: "Papua New Guinea in Indonesia is one of the most heterogeneous nations in the world. In a population of less than seven million, there are ..." read more http://oddiooverplay.blogspot.com/2011/07/west-papua.html
Saturday, 23 July 2011
Saturday, 16 July 2011
Wednesday, 13 July 2011
One of Australia’s richest men destroying Coral sea paradise in West Papua
Threat to Raja Ampat, the amazon of the oceans?
An article in the weekend edition of the Sydney Morning Herald 2-3 July by investigative journalist Tom Allard exposes the threat to a Coral sea paradise. Do you know about Raja Ampat, the amazon of the oceans? It is a place of unparalleled beauty in West Papua.
Perhaps you have seen this: The Beauty of Raja Ampat– Sidney Morning Herald slide show
But it is also threatened.
One of Australia’s richest men destroying Coral sea paradise in West PapuaThese two articles show how Clive Palmer one of Australia’s richest men is tearing the place apart: “Coral Sea Paradise Faces Ruin From Mining” & “Chipping away at paradise”
Thursday, 7 July 2011
Monday, 4 July 2011
South Sudan: Tumultuous Birth of a New State
South Sudan’s stormy birthday
After a long, always troubled and often bloody journey, South Sudan’s independence is just days away.
For many it understandably seemed that this moment would never come. After all, January’s decisive referendum to divide Africa’s largest state, whilst one of the final pieces in the 2005 treaty that formally ended two decades of civil war, did nothing to halt the fighting.
Various warlords, armed and sponsored by the North’s despotic president Omar Al-Bashir, wrecked havoc throughout the state-to-be. By April over 1000 were dead, the World Food Programme had pulled out leaving 240 000 more facing starvation and Northern rhetoric over the disputed region of Abyei threatened further conflict.
Shortly after tension boiled over, with Al-Bashir’s troops illegally moving into Abyei and later clashing with Southern forces. Fighting spread to South Kordofan, which falls North of the border line but has a high population of ethnic Nubans loyal to the South:
They are still being targeted in what has already been described as ethnic cleansing.
Thursday, 30 June 2011
Wednesday, 29 June 2011
South East Asia’s Phantom Menace: Rio Tinto & Freeport-Mcmoran
Did Rio Tinto Manufacture a Civil War in Papua New Guinea?
An official statement from Papua New Guinea’s Prime Minister, Sir Michael Somare, as part of a class action suit against Australian mining giant Rio Tinto in 2001, was made public this week.
Somare accuses the Australian mining giant and its subsidiary Bougainville Copper Limited (BCL) of being instrumental players in the PNG military’s deadly war against Bougainville rebels who opposed Rio Tinto’s Panguna copper mining operation. The PNG PM’s statement reads, in part:
South East Asia’s Phantom Menace: Rio Tinto & Freeport-Mcmoran“Rio Tinto played an active role in military operations that ultimately led to a civil war in which 15,000
people died.”
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Saturday, 18 June 2011
We aren’t refugees | Inside Story
For people on Kiribati and Tuvalu facing increasing climate pressures, the description “refugee” has too many negative connotations, write Jane McAdam and Maryanne Loughry
OVER THE PAST DECADE a new term has entered the lexicon of policy makers and the media: climate change refugees. Human movement caused by environmental factors – drought, land degradation or significant climatic events (like cyclones) – is not new; what is new is the number of people now thought to be susceptible to such pressures. In a recent report, The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis, Kofi Annan describes millions of people suffering – and ultimately being uprooted or permanently on the move – because of climate change. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, it is becoming difficult to categorise displaced people because of the combined impacts of conflict, the environment and economic pressures...
We aren’t refugees | Inside Story
OVER THE PAST DECADE a new term has entered the lexicon of policy makers and the media: climate change refugees. Human movement caused by environmental factors – drought, land degradation or significant climatic events (like cyclones) – is not new; what is new is the number of people now thought to be susceptible to such pressures. In a recent report, The Anatomy of a Silent Crisis, Kofi Annan describes millions of people suffering – and ultimately being uprooted or permanently on the move – because of climate change. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, it is becoming difficult to categorise displaced people because of the combined impacts of conflict, the environment and economic pressures...
We aren’t refugees | Inside Story
The Failing Food System
In the latest newsletter from www.Nyeleni.org covers the issues of food speculation and rising food prices. Please view the full newsletter here. A short excerpt describing the current food crisis:
Higher Food Prices but Poorer Farmers
Nowadays the whole food system – from production to processing and distribution – is mainly controlled by transnational corporations. Since 2007 these companies such as Monsanto, DuPont, Bayer, Cargill, Sinochem, Nestlé (to name just a few) have seen increases in their profits. On the contrary, small scale food producers that are not favoured by trade and agricultural policies and that do not have direct access to markets, but sell their products to distributing companies, haven’t seen any concrete benefits from the rising in price of foodstuffs. Often the difference between the price that consumers pay for a product is from four to nine times higher than the price received by producers for the same good.[1] The profit margin remains in the hands of big companies and other private distributors and “middlemen” in between.
It is interesting to note that of the 1.4 billion people who suffer from extreme poverty in the developing countries today, more than 70 per cent live and work in rural areas[2]. In addition to this, it was recorded that the present increases in staple food prices is most acute in rural areas[3]; this means that besides not getting a better price for their products, small scale food producers are the ones who mainly bear the brunt of rising prices.
La Vie Campesina has a solution to this crisis outlined in this article: An Answer to the Global Food Crisis: Peasants and small farmers can feed the world!
The Failing Food SystemFriday, 17 June 2011
The Activist: Deportations and double standards
The Activist: Deportations and double standards: "The Channel 4 documentary Sri Lanka's Killing Fields could not have been any more hard hitting - or any more condemning for Mahinda Raja..."
Tuesday, 14 June 2011
Monday, 13 June 2011
The Activist: Aid to India - the bigger picture
The Activist: Aid to India - the bigger picture: "After months of lobbying and negative press from elements of the political right, the UK government has announced its intention to cut or t..."
Sunday, 12 June 2011
Kyrgyzstan: Lessons for the Arab Spring?
It has been one year since bloody ethnic clashes in the Kyrgyz city of Osh shattered the optimism that followed the revolution deposing authoritarian dictator Kurmanbek Bakiyev.
In the uncertain power vacuum, longstanding tensions between Kyrgyz and Uzbek citizens were fueled by rumour and mistrust, boiling over in turmoil that cost hundreds of lives, caused thousands of injuries and displaced almost half a million.
At the anniversary of the violence Osh is at peace and progressive community projects are seeking to reconcile citizens, but the legacy of those terrible events remains as strong as ever.
Stories of people being set on fire, raped, shot by government troops or beaten to death by mobs have left inter-communal tensions beyond the surface that are fresher and more dangerous than ever before...
Saturday, 11 June 2011
The Hidden Side of Israel
The public face of Israel is its brash Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
His uncompromising and aggressive statements
are carried by all of the world’s media. Most of the other stories about Israel consist of rock- throwing Palestinians, expanding settlements
or brave Israeli soldiers shooting unarmed protestors.
are carried by all of the world’s media. Most of the other stories about Israel consist of rock- throwing Palestinians, expanding settlements
or brave Israeli soldiers shooting unarmed protestors.
Recently I have come across two different articles which show what I call the hidden side of Israel. What are the citizens of Israel thinking while their government kills off any chance of peace with the Palestinians?
The Hidden Side of IsraelThe Iranian Andy Warhol
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Challenging the Notion of African Primitivism
Chances are that when you think of the term “African art” what comes to mind are figures and face masks carved out of wood.
Right?
Well, you’re not wrong. Most sub-Saharan art fits that description. But an exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond reveals another tradition that puts the lie to this stereotype.
“Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria” [open until May 22nd] opens our eyes to the astonishingly realistic human figures cast in metal or terra cotta more than 500 years ago in the ancient West African city-state of Ife (pronounced EE-fay).
These elegant and captivating statues change the way we think of Africa and Africans, and for that reason
this might be the most important African art exhibition anywhere right now.
read the entire article at The Washington Post
The Iranian Andy Warhol
April 19th, 2011 / Blog, andy warhol, art, Iran, iron sheik, Khosrow Hassanzadeh, pop art, pro wrestling, wrestling / Edit
From The LA Times
Iranian Artists Inspired by Adversity
Despite restrictions in Iran, a new crop of artists creates works that blend ancient and modern history and ideas, winning acclaim at home and abroad …
Artist Khosrow Hassanzadeh says he was never more delighted than when a barely literate carpenter arrived at his dingy studio to make some repairs and stood, mouth agape, staring at one of his works.
It was a garish, gigantic diorama of a famous Iranian professional wrestler, decorated with cheap trinkets, fake flowers and esoteric memorabilia comprehensible only to locals in the south Tehran neighborhood.
“I do art for my neighbor,” says Hassanzadeh, whose larger-than-life works incorporate the Islamic Republic’s bombastic propaganda with street-level Iranian kitsch and the playful sensibilities of Andy Warhol.
Hassanzadeh, 46, is among the most successful of a new crop of artists in Iran who seamlessly meld East and West, even as they breezily blend Iran’s traditions, both hokey and classical, religious and secular, and its recent history, especially the traumas of the 1980s Iran-Iraq war [...]
West Papua: TNI Tribulation in Kurima
The Law Enforcement and Human Rights Advocacy Network of the Central Highlands of Papua asked for the Indonesian Military (TNI) leadership Infantry Battalion in Kurima Yahukimo to dismiss individual members who took unprofessional measures and acted to harm civilians.
Most recently, two rogue members of the Battalion had physically assaulted Yani Meage (18), a civilian, on May 31 at a motorcycle taxi base in the Yetni Kurima Yahukimo District.
West Papua: TNI Tribulation in Kurima
Underground Markets Popping Up Everywhere!
We finally had our first underground market meeting here in Vancouver. It went really well, we met in a lovely old house in a nice central location. I even–just barely–remembered to get a photo to document the event–too bad my camera sucks at indoor photos-this was the best I could do. We decided that we need to work on our mission statement to be clear about what our purpose and goals are, but we all seemed to agree that it should include both food and handmade crafts, be geared towards supporting the local economy, and that sharing and bartering should be included in our discussion. We also seemed to be determined to keep it open for all, and would like to have a way to help subsidize low income vendors and members, although we haven’t worked out any details.
We also seemed to like the idea of a floating market that would be able to move from neighborhood to neighborhood, and that we would need venues with a door, or some kind of a controllable entrance as we will have to make sure that everyone is a member or becomes a member, as this is a private club that is open to all. Since we still have a lot to figure out I will not try to go into too much detail about it here, and recommend that folks check out the post on Village Vancouver to get involved and find out where and when the next meeting is. We would also like for people who want to be vendors to start sharing what they are planning to sell, so that we can get an idea of what we are looking at, so please join us at Village Vancouver for now...
Underground Markets Popping Up Everywhere!Friday, 10 June 2011
More than half of Everglades water conservation areas have gone dry during drought - Sun Sentinel
More than half of the Everglades water conservation areas have gone dry during South Florida’s lingering drought, threatening wildlife habitat and straining a key back-up to community water supplies.
Sixty percent or more of the land in the Everglades water conservation areas, west of Broward, Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties, is dry, according to the South Florida Water Management District.
That dry out along with Lake Okeechobee’s continued decline are limiting water managers’ ability to meet the sometimes competing water needs of the environment, agriculture and community water supplies.
West Papua: Thousands March in Manokwari
Thousands Walk for Peace in Manokwari Without Hindrance
Manokwari, June 10, 2011:
Over 5000 people have gathered peacefully in Manokwari, West Papua, watched by about 200 security forces, to call for the release of political prisoners and detainees in Papua. At time of publication (15:30 West Papua Time), the gathering has paralysed Manokwari, according to organisers, but is unimpeded by security forces..
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Peaceful Public Demonstration In Papua – Transitional Government Region, Mnuwkar, June 10, 2011
Date : Friday June 10, 2011
Place : In Papua – Transitional Government Region– Mnuwkar
There will be a peaceful public demonstration to demand the liberation of Papuan political prisoners.
This demonstration will be coordinated by the transitional government of the West Papuan people, the West Papua National Authority (WPNA).
PAPUAN STUDENTS NATIONAL SOLIDARITY ORGANIZATION
Address: WP Struggle Street. phone: (+62) 967 575 9704.
Email: sonamapawp@yahoo.com
AKR Note: *** To coordinate with this protest in Papua, AKRockefeller.com has launched a new service whereby people can submit photos, video, or eye witness reports of what’s happening on the ground in West Papua at this critical juncture.
There, you will find instructions on how to upload files anonymously, and we will do our part to broadcast your eye-witness reports, photos & videos.
You will be able to submit written stories or reports, upload audio or video via our form, or with SendSpace for larger files, or send an SMS message to our dedicated email.
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
West Papua: 5 Students Charged with Subversion for Raising 14-Star Flag
The students are: Jhon Wenda, George Rawiay, Benha Supanga, Alex Duwen, and Iyance. They are between the ages of 18-21. They are charged with having raised the “14-star flag” together with Dance Yenu and Melkianus Bleskadit to mark the anniversary of the independence of the Republic of West Melanesia on 14 December 2010.
West Papua: 5 Students Charged with Subversion for Raising 14-Star Flag
West Papua: 5 Students Charged with Subversion for Raising 14-Star Flag
Monday, 6 June 2011
The Path Ahead
Authorities in every Nation are now deathly afraid of those who know the difference between Right and Wrong. So they are trying to outlaw such Persons.
They are afraid of a new social order centered around the Individual. The Corporate advantage now enjoyed has evaporated in the belief systems and mental constructs of those they currently pretend they can still rule.
Individuals have awakened and are awakening. No longer are the Fictions of the baggage of legacy social infrastructure believable.
Bandwidth Caps and surcharges are a meter on Your Mouth, which costs next to nothing to provide. The internet and telecommunications, globally, is properly a Public Utility, and Common Carrier.
The emerging economy will not be one of Nation States, or Central Banks. It will use a system of Custom in which Individuals capitalise their transactions without reference to the dinosaur legacy technology of “money.”
The mountain of fictitious debt will not be paid by the US Taxpayer. It will be taken out of the hides of the existing major corporate plutocrats and their holdings, who have ridden the populations of their captive markets like a domestic animal. Thus will the lie of WTO defined “Free Trade” as codeword for slavery by gradation by nation-state be dismantled.
Thus will censorship by Copyright holdings of corporate fictitious “Persons” by country subdivision and region through the unratified ACTA be dismantled.
With Our Bare Hands. With our Open Code. And with Free Strong Encryption.
The Path Ahead
via presstorm.com
Amnesty International: Continuing Violations of Human Rights in Indonesia
In its annual report for 2011 Amnesty International issued a broad condemnation of performance for Indonesian security forces and of the Indonesian judicial system, singling out for particular criticism their role in West Papua and Maluku:
“The security forces tortured and otherwise ill-treated detainees, and used excessive force against protesters, sometimes leading to death.”
“No adequate accountability mechanisms were in place to ensure justice or act as an effective deterrent against police abuses. The criminal justice system remained unable to address ongoing impunity for current and past human rights violations. Restrictions on freedom of expression were severe in areas such as Papua and Maluku.”
“Security forces tortured and otherwise ill-treated detainees, particularly criminal suspects from poor and marginalized communities, and those suspected of pro-independence activities in Papua and Maluku provinces.”
Amnesty International: Continuing Violations of Human Rights in Indonesia
Sunday, 5 June 2011
The Activist: Israel's gift to Assad
The Activist: Israel's gift to Assad: "Since the Arab Spring reached Syria in March, the security forces of dictator Bashar Al-Assad have killed some 1200 people . Those attending..."
Somalia: UN Mission on the Rocks
The UN-mandated African Union peacekeeping force in Somalia has long seemed inadequate considering the enormous significance of the situation for the region, the continent and the wider
international community...
Somalia: UN Mission on the Rocks
Saturday, 4 June 2011
Vanuatu Becomes 5th Country to Recognize Georgia’s Rebel Abkhazia Region
Vanuatu Becomes 5th Country to Recognize Georgia’s Rebel Abkhazia Region
The far-flung Pacific island nation of Vanuatu has become the fifth country to recognise Georgia’s rebel region of Abkhazia as independent, an Abkhaz official said on Wednesday.
Russia has lobbied its allies to follow its lead in recognising Abkhazia and another Georgian breakaway region, South Ossetia, since waging war with its former Soviet neighbour over the provinces in August 2008.
But so far only Venezuela, Nicaragua and the tiny South Pacific state, Nauru, have established formal diplomatic ties with Abkhazia.
Abkhaz Foreign Minister Maxim Gvindzhia told Reuters:
“Vanuatu has taken a very brave step and we are very grateful… It is very meaningful. They were not afraid of provoking a negative reaction from western Europe and the United States.”
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