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Bert Ernste • NL | BR

West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration

Asia Pacific Report

On Papuan Independence Day, the focus is on discussing protests against Indonesia’s transmigration programme, environmental destruction, militarisation, and the struggle for self-determination. Te Ao Māori News reports.

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Tamariki raising the West Papuan independence flag Morning Star - banned by Indonesian authorities - at St Marys Bay, Auckland Tāmaki Makaurau, today. Image: David Robie/Asia Pacific Report.

On 1 December 1961, West Papua’s national flag, known as the Morning Star, was raised for the first time as a declaration of West Papua’s independence from the Netherlands.

Sixty-three years later, West Papua is claimed by and occupied by Indonesia, which has banned the flag, which still carries aspirations for self-determination and liberation.

The flag continues to be raised globally on December 1 each year on what is still called “Papuan Independence Day”.

Protests have been building in West Papua since the new Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto announced the revival of the Transmigration Programme to West Papua. (...)

The transmigration programme began before Indonesia gained independence from the Dutch colonial government, intended to reduce “overcrowding” in Java and to provide a workforce for plantations in Sumatra.

After independence ended and under Indonesian rule, the programme expanded and in 1969 transmigration to West Papua was started. (...)

Papuans believe this was to dilute the Indigenous Melanesian population, and to secure the control of their natural resources, to conduct mining, oil and gas extraction and deforestation. (...)

The ecology in West Papua was being damaged by mining, deforestation, and oil and gas extraction, he said. Mote said Indonesia wanted to “wipe them from the land and control their natural resources”. (...)

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Tags: #indonesia #papua #west_papua #human_rights #discrimination #racism #independence #act_of_free_choice #decolonisation #self-determination #Pacific #melanesia #transmigration

West Papua: Once was Papuan Independence Day, now facing ‘ecocide’, transmigration | Asia Pacific Report

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Bert Ernste • NL | BR

“If It’s Not Racism, What Is It?”

Discrimination and Other Abuses Against Papuans in Indonesia.

Human Rights Watch

(...) The Indigenous Papuan population of Indonesia has long encountered racial discrimination based on their ethnic origin, including from government agencies and institutions, as well as in laws and regulations. Ever since the Netherlands turned over West Papua to the newly independent government of Indonesia following a deeply flawed United Nations resolution in 1969, many Papuans have sought independence – primarily peacefully but also through the force of arms – from Indonesian rule.

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A member of the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) holds a placard that reads “End racism against Papuan people” in Indonesian during a demonstration to commemorate the 62nd anniversary of the New York Agreement between the Netherlands and Indonesia in Bandung, West Java, August 16, 2024. © 2024 Dimas Rachmatsyah/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock.

The Indonesian government has responded with numerous grave abuses by the government security forces, the isolation of West Papua from the rest of the world, and the arrest, prosecution, and long prison terms for Papuan activists who have peacefully called for independence or other forms of self-determination. The Indonesian authorities have encouraged tens of thousands of non-Papuan families to work and to settle in West Papua, which has driven many Indigenous Papuans from their land.

The resistance of Papuans and many non-Papuans in Indonesia to discrimination took on a new dimension following an August 17, 2019 attack by security forces on a Papuan student dormitory in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second largest city, in which the students were subjected to racial insults. (...)

Human Rights Watch takes no position on claims for independence in Indonesia or in any other country. We support the right of everyone to peacefully express their political views, including for independence, without fear of arrest or other forms of reprisal. The Indonesian government has legitimate security concerns in West Papua stemming from Papuan militant attacks. But these provide no justification for the government’s failure to uphold international human rights and humanitarian law prohibitions against arbitrary arrest and detention, torture and ill-treatment of persons in custody, and unlawful killings.

This report profiles cases of Papuan activists convicted after the Papuan Lives Matter protests, and also describes ongoing human rights violations rooted in racial discrimination, in particular, the right to education and to the highest attainable standard of health. We also documented recent abuses by security forces and Papuan militants during the ongoing conflict. (...)

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Tags: #indonesia #papua #west_papua #human_rights #discrimination #racism #independence #act_of_free_choice #decolonisation #self-determination #Pacific #melanesia

“If It’s Not Racism, What Is It?”

The 80-page report, “‘If It’s Not Racism, What Is It?’: Discrimination and Other Abuses Against Papuans in Indonesia,” finds that the protests, built around the Papuan Lives Matter social media campaign, were centered on human rights violations...

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anonymiss

#Pacific islands submit #court proposal for recognition of #ecocide as a #crime

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/law/article/2024/sep/09/pacific-islands-ecocide-crime-icc-proposal

In a submission to the international criminal court on Monday, they propose a change in the rules to recognise “ecocide” as a crime alongside #genocide and war crimes.

If successful, the change could allow for the prosecution of individuals who have brought about environmental destruction, such as the heads of large #polluting companies, or heads of state.

#politics #news #environment #nature #sealevel #future #economy #justice #climate

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harryhaller@diasp.eu
harry

US-Led Military Exercises in Pacific Wreak Havoc
Every two years, the Indo-Pacific Command Center of the United States convenes the largest maritime war exercises on the planet. With over 25,000 troops participating, 29 nations, 40 naval surface ships, three submarines, and a multitude of air and ground forces, the Rim of the Pacific 2024 military exercises, [running from June 27 to Aug. 1 ] or RIMPAC, is one of the most destructive training events globally. — https://consortiumnews.com/2024/07/16/us-led-military-exercises-in-pacific-wreak-havoc/ #tags#usa #hawaii #china #pacific #rimpac #war #environment #imperialism #worlddomination #history ">

US-Led Military Exercises in Pacific Wreak Havoc

Hawaiian activists call on nations that condemn the genocide in Gaza to withdraw from the massive U.S.-organized RIMPAC military training illegally hosted on Hawaiian land. By Kawena'ulaokalã Kapahua and Joy Lehuanani Enomoto Peoples...

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Horst

Pacific Sound mit dem Erotic Blues

Pacific Sound - Erotic Blues (1972.)

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#blues #krautrock #musik #pacific_sound

nfo:

Tripped out bluesy-krautrock band from Switzerland. Relatively unknown due to his short career, this quartet recorded one album called "Forget your dream" (1971) for stoned-propulsive-sulfurous compositions, including heavy-psych guitars, crazy Hammond organs. This obscurity has been recently published with bonus tracks on "Long Hair".

Chris Meyer (vocals)

Mark Treuthardt (guitar, bass)

Diego Lecci (drums)

Roger Page (organ, piano)

Pacific Sound - Erotic Blues (1972.)

Info: Tripped out bluesy-krautrock band from Switzerland. Relatively unknown due to his short career, this quartet recorded one album called "Forget your dream" (1971) for stoned-propulsive-sulfurous compositions, including heavy-psych guitars,...

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d3@diaspora.psyco.fr
Enjomineur D3

Carte

« Une carte n’est pas le territoire », a dit Alfred Korzybski
Les civilisations inventent leur propre représentation du Monde. Support d’apprentissage de la navigation, les cartes à bâtonnets polynésiennes permettaient aux piroguiers de mémoriser les courants marins et les îles (représentées par les coquillages). Celle que j’ai dessiné s’en inspire, même si elle est totalement fantaisiste. Une navigateur océanien la trouverait probablement absurde, si tant est qu’il y ait encore de nos jours des gens qui sachent lire ce type de carte.
Et pourtant, en la dessinant, j’eus l’impression un moment de me perdre doucement dans le clapotement paisible des vagues, le chant envoûtant des piroguiers…

« Ho-e a-na… Ho-e a-na... »

#carte #carteàbâtonnets #map #stickmap #stickchart #polynésie #polynesia #Oceania #Pacific #géographie #geography #cartographie #cartography #geografia #cartographia #géo #carto #inktober #inktober2023 #dessin #drawing #gribouillage #art #amateur #mywork #d3 #enjomineur

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digit@iviv.hu
Digit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4PE_gOnCDA

Pacific - Break Your Social System

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pjx4BrA7rI (with lyrics)
#music #socialsystem #followtherules #obey #beyou #attachment #wish #notalone #change #breakyoursocialsystem #changeitall #goldenyears #ahead #if #youunderstood #wishyouunderstood #goodtune #goodlyrics #uplifting #inspiring #encouraging #wecanstillmendthis #thanks #thanksthomyorke #thomyorke #goodupload #hearditwhile #or #founditwhile #listeningto #boc #beautifulplace #hearditon #an #album #called #reveries #by #pacific

When you really are yourself,
nothing can go wrong.
No matter what you take,
you will never be you,
if you follow the rules.
Can't you see that you are not the only one
(Break it, break your social system)
Got you give it up to change it all
(Break it, break your social system)

See you at the club,
holding on to your old life,
as if it is was golden years of joy.
Wish you understood,
you are really free.
No matter what you take,
you never be you,
if you follow the rules.
Cant you see that you are not the only one.
+ (Break it, break your social system)
+ [Babe, you're not the only one]
Got to give it up to change it all.
+ (Break it, break your social system)
+ [Babe, you've got to change it all]
Cant you see that you are not the only one.
+ (Break it, break your social system)
+ [Babe, you're not the only one]
Got to give it up to change it all.
+ (Break it, break your social system)
+ [Babe, you got to change it all]

(Break it, break your social system)
+ [change it all]

[Babe, you got to change it all]

(Break it, break your social system)
+ [change it all]

[Babe, you got to change it all]

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

UN backs landmark #Pacific -led #resolution clearing way for International #Court of #Justice advisory opinion on #climate obligations

Source: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-30/vanuatu-closer-to-icj-advisory-opinion-on-climate-obligations/102157176

The International Court of Justice will now determine states' legal and financial obligations in preventing climate harm

#environment #nature #flood #politics #emissions #co2 #future #earth #Vanuatu #problem #humanity #icc #news

The highest international court has been asked to issue an advisory opinion on climate change, so what does it mean?

A landmark resolution by Vanuatu law students and its government to get climate change to the world's highest court has been adopted by the United Nations, in a bid to clarify if states are responsible for preventing climate harm.

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