#indonesia

berternste2@diasp.nl

West Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governance

Counterpunch

Budi Hernawan said it ten years ago: “torture in Papua … has become a mode of governance.” It hasn’t stopped. It’s got worse. It’s got worse precisely because it’s a mode of governance accepted and blessed by the international “community” whose neoliberal politics of extraction means extermination of anything and anyone getting in its way. (...)

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West Papuan man filmed being bound and tortured in water-filled barrel allegedly by Indonesian soldiers

The Guardian

Footage allegedly filmed during February military raid in Puncak regency renews calls for international intervention in contested region. (...)

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Photo from Counterpunch article:
Photo of men lying on the ground with Indonesian soldiers around them
Photo: Made available by Benny Wenda (President ULMWP)

Tags: #netherlands #papua #west_papua #indonesia #act_of_free_choice #Free_Papua_Movement #Organisasi_Papua_Merdeka #OPM #human_rights #liberation_movement #morning_star #West_Papua_National_Liberation_Army #torture

magdoz@diaspora.psyco.fr
ramnath@nerdpol.ch

#2024 will be the biggest #election year in the #history of the #world.

slaves voting to continue being slaves ?

Including:
#India - Indian general election, expected in April/May
#Indonesia - Indonesian general election, expected in April
#South-Africa - South African general election, expected in May
#Malawi - Malawian general election, expected in May
#Lithuania - Lithuanian parliamentary election
#Latvia - Latvian parliamentary election
#Greece - Greek legislative election, expected in October
#Portugal - Portuguese legislative election, expected in October
#United-States - United States presidential election on November 5
#Mozambique - Mozambican general election, date TBD
#Botswana - Botswanan parliamentary election, date TBD
#Comoros - Comorian parliamentary election, date TBD
(to name but, a few)

#UK , #Russia , #Germany As well