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Surat Cinta Kepada Sang Prada (Love Letter to the Soldier)
Posted: Feb 02, 2012 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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A letter from a Papuan woman to an Indonesian soldier who was once based in her village on the PNG-Indonesian border. Theirs was a controversial relationship but she begs him to return to meet their three-year-old daughter: "I will continue to wait for you, Samsul. I don't care what people say." Read more…
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Lips Stitching Against Land Grabbing
Posted: Jan 11, 2012 by rahung with 0 comments
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Since December 11, 2011, more than 100 activists and villagers from Jambi and Riau camped in front of the Indonesian Parliament in Jakarta. They said the government has allowed private companies evicting villagers for the expansion of their explorations. Many of the campers also stitched their lips in protest. Seasoned activist Fay talked with the protesters and even taxi drivers around the camp site. Read more…
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Penan at Home in Miri
Posted: Jan 10, 2012 by toysatellite with 0 comments
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Miri, the nearest city, provides the closest hospital to all the indigenous communities of the Ulu Baram, Sarawak. The Penan of Long Kerong, upper Ulu Baram, have squatted in two rundown timber cottages for over 20 years. Read more…
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Indigenous Peoples Festival - Thailand 2011
Posted: Jan 09, 2012 by emnews with 0 comments
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This video features the celebration of the United Nations' International Day of the World's Indigenous People in Chiang Mai, Thailand in 2011. The International Day of the World's Indigenous People is observed on August 9 each year to promote and protect the rights of the world's indigenous population. Read more…
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The Hope of the Cendrawasih Children (English Subtitle)
Posted: Dec 21, 2011 by papuanvoicesjayapura with 0 comments
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Primary school children in Arso on the Indonesia-PNG border are keen to study – but teachers rarely come to the local school. The one teacher who does come is only on a short-term contract and gets paid once every six months. When school is out, the kids end up doing hard labour for the local palm plantation to earn money and kill time. Read more…
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What Mama Kasmira Wants (English Subtitle)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 by papuanvoicesjayapura with 0 comments
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A Papuan cocoa farmer from the Indonesia-PNG border region had to leave her farm to work for a palm plantation when the village elders made a deal with a Rajawali Group company to sell her land. Every day Kasmira works hard under the boiling hot sun, clearing bushes for the plantation. However, she has great hopes for her three children. Read more…
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Coconut Trees that Bear Jerry Cans (English Subtitle)
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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The Malind tribe in Merauke is proud of its ecological traditions - each clan in the tribe is responsible for protecting a natural element. The Moiwend clan is responsible for the coconut trees and fruit. However, in recent times Malind youth have started using coconuts to make alcohol. The home-made drinks – which are much cheaper to buy than beer and spirits - have added to the town's problems. Now, some Malind elders are calling for the reinstatement of customary laws that would punish those who make use of coconuts in this way in order to save their tradition and their community. Read more…
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Reclaim APUSE: Gorby in Papuan Voices on Human Rights Day
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 by lococonut with 0 comments
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In 2009, Indonesian band Netral used the tunes of Papuan song 'Apuse' for their hit song 'Garuda di Dadaku'. The song was used to motivate the Indonesian national soccer team and its supporters. Many Papuans though were not to happy with the idea. On December 10, 2011, Papuan Voices and Gorby Comen Rasta took back the song and return it to its rightful owner, the people of Papua. Read more…
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HUT Kemerdekaan Bangsa Papua Ke-50
Posted: Dec 14, 2011 by Frengky.M with 0 comments
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Perayaan HUT Kemerdekaan Papua di Lapangan Makam (Alm) Theys Hiyo Eluay (Sentani), 1 Desember, 2011. Kegiatan di mulai Pukul 11:00 WIT - 16:00 WIT. Kegiatan diisi dengan ibadah syukur. Perayaan ini sendiri berdasar pada hasil keputusan Kongres Rakyat Papua Ke-3. Read more…
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Watch Papuan Voices on Human Rights Day!
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 by emnews with 1 comments
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Join us for the public screening of the latest work by our Papuan Voices videomakers. Papuan Voices project is a combination of empowerment and production. We collaborate with Papuan video activists to tell their own stories to the world. Tell us if you want to organise your own Papuan Voices screening! Read more…
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Kelapa Berbuah Jerigen (Coconut Trees that Bear Jerry Cans)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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The Malind tribe in Merauke is proud of its ecological traditions - each clan in the tribe is responsible for protecting a natural element. The Moiwend clan is responsible for the coconut trees and fruit. However, in recent times Malind youth have started using coconuts to make alcohol. The home-made drinks – which are much cheaper to buy than beer and spirits - have added to the town's problems. Now, some Malind elders are calling for the reinstatement of customary laws that would punish those who make use of coconuts in this way in order to save their tradition and their community. Read more…
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Harapan Anak Cendrawasih (The Hope of the Cendrawasih Children)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 by papuanvoicesjayapura with 0 comments
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Primary school children in Arso on the Indonesia-PNG border are keen to study – but teachers rarely come to the local school. The one teacher who does come is only on a short-term contract and gets paid once every six months. When school is out, the kids end up doing hard labour for the local palm plantation to earn money and kill time. Read more…
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Awin Meke (My Mother)
Posted: Dec 09, 2011 by papuanvoicesjayapura with 0 comments
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Indigenous Papuan women traders struggle to sell their goods in modern Jayapura. In their first fight, the women won themselves a space to set up shop. However, local city administrators backed out of their promise to support them by opening a competing market, run by non-Papuans, which sells the same goods. Read more…
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Mama Kasmira Pu Mau (What Mama Kasmira Wants)
Posted: Dec 08, 2011 by papuanvoicesjayapura with 0 comments
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A Papuan cocoa farmer from the Indonesia-PNG border region had to leave her farm to work for a palm plantation when the village elders made a deal with a Rajawali Group company to sell her land. Every day Kasmira works hard under the boiling hot sun, clearing bushes for the plantation. However, she has great hopes for her three children. Read more…
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Mama Punya Cerita (Mama's Story)
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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Papuan women market traders in Merauke find it tough to sell their goods. Their trading space is small, dusty and often they have to share with minibus parking. The Papuan women, or often called 'mama-mama', also have work hard to reach the market place as there are only limited public transportation system that pass by their home. Read more…
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The Third Papuan People's Congress
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 by westpapumedia with 1 comments
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A documentary roundup of the Third Papuan People's Congress, and the police and military violence and repression against its participants Read more…
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Declaration of the Third Papuan People's Congress
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 by westpapumedia with 0 comments
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The full declaration of the Third Papuan People's Congress, read by Fokurus Yaboisembut on the 19th of October 2011, declaring the Independent Nation of West Papua. With English subtitles by traverser11. Read more…
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Mama Yosepha on Papuan Women's Struggle
Posted: Nov 30, 2011 by numbaymedia with 0 comments
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Yosepha Alomang, or more popularly called Mama Yosepha, spoke of her past ordeals dealing with the Indonesian military and of her husband, the deceased former freedom fighter leader Kelly Kwalik. Mama Yosepha She was awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2001, for her efforts on organizing her community to resist Freeport-McMoRan's mining practices. Read more…
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Damom Patura
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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Video activist and multi-dimensional artist Leo Moiwend sings the traditional Malind song "Damom Patura" which chronicles the deaths of thousands of the Malind tribesmen in 1800s due to plaques. The song reminds the young generation to follow the customary values in order to survive. Read more…
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Indonesia Pressured Us: PEPERA 1969 Testimony
Posted: Nov 29, 2011 by papuanvoicesmerauke with 0 comments
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Witnesses talk about what really happened during West Papua's (supposed) Act of Free Choice (or in Indonesian Penentuan Pendapat Rakyat, PEPERA), in July 1969. The testimonies reject the Indonesian government's claim that the people of Papua willingly voted to be integrated with Indonesia. They say people were intimidated, tricked and even killed during the process. Mama Rosa Tambaib was the woman who read out the PEPERA statement of integration, and Elias Yos Moiwend helped the Indonesian Armed Forces to socialise PEPERA to villagers. Read more…
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