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Bert Ernste

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 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

West Papua: The Torture Mode Of Governance

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...

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Bert Ernste

Stadskraan

Foto van replica van oude hijskraan

Utrecht 2023

Hierboven een replica van een middeleeuwse hijskraan, die aan de Utrechtse Oudegracht stond om schepen te laden en te lossen. Een artikel over en afbeeldingen van verschillende hijskranen die in de loop der tijd in Utrecht stonden, vindt u hier. Een daarvan:

Schilderij van de oude kraan

#crane #foto #fotografie #geschiedenis #hijskraan #history #netherlands #photo #photography #utrecht

Originally posted at: https://blog.ernste.net/2024/03/20/stadskraan/

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Hezbollah arrests Dutch special forces in Beirut

Yesterday a group of fully armed "foreign fighters" arrested by Hezbollah in a sensitive security area in southern Beirut; They were soon handed over to Lebanese military intelligence and admitted to being part of the Dutch military, whereupon the Netherlands demanded their extradition. They were handed over to the embassy

Dutch media confirm that a Dutch military team has been captured

The three-member team was part of an aid contingent supporting the Dutch Embassy's mission in #Beirut. The men were arrested by #Hezbollah during a reconnaissance mission in the city's southern suburbs, Dahye, to explore possible evacuation routes in the event of a possible escalation with #Israel - De Telegraaf

#Netherlands #Lebanon

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