Posts Tagged ‘papua’

New US Military Bases in Papua New Guinea and ASEAN

The US Army will have unfettered access to PNG’s territorial waters and airspace following a security cooperation agreement scheduled to be signed on about May 20, Radio New Zealand reported. According to the radio station, which has a draft document in its possession, under the agreement, which is expected to be signed soon by a […]

Honoring and Negating the Dead through Malangan in Papua New Guinea

The term “malangan” has a dual meaning. It can either represent the elaborate memorial festivals held in New Ireland (Papua New Guinea) in honor of deceased members of a clan Read more Section:  Artifacts Other Artifacts News Read Later  Source Views: 0

The West Papua independence movement is making itself heard

On February 8, 2023 a plane belonging to the Indonesian airline Susi Air landed in the mountainous province of Papua Pegunungan, which is located in the Indonesian part of the New Guinea island. Soon, the six passengers of the plane and its pilot, New Zealander Philip Mertens, were taken hostage by members of the militant […]

Sculpting The Geological, Archaeological And Cultural Landscape Of Papua New Guinea

The sculpturing of the geography of Papua New Guinea did not end with the eruption of the volcanos. In their wake basins and valleys formed, where people settled, thousands of years ago. A large inland sea on the north coast of New Guinea, the Sepik-Ramu basin, reached its maximum extent 7,500 to 4,000 years ago. […]

West Papua: Violence Continues; Calls To Release Political Prisoners Strengthen

Above photo: Recent protests across Papua and Indonesia come at a time of increased violence against the Papuan people. Here 800 police and soldiers evicted people from a state-owned student dormitory on the basis that it has been used for political activities. Veronica Koman. On May 21, protests were held in different parts of Indonesia […]

Papua New Guinea Witchcraft: Ancient Spirits and Deadly Modern Witch Hunts Live On

Papua New Guinea is one of the few places in the world where literal witch hunts still take place on a regular basis. Witch hunts continue to be practiced, even though engaging in a witch hunt was declared a capital offense by the government in 2013. This leads to the question of why these witch […]

Provisional Government Of West Papua Won’t Bow Down To Jakarta

Above photo: Papuan activists attend a protest in Surabaya December 1, 2020, to mark the Free Papua Organisation anniversary. AFP. Today, we announce the formation of our Provisional Government of West Papua. We are ready to take over our territory,  and we will no longer bow down to Jakarta’s illegal martial rule. From today, December 1, […]

“Slow Motion Genocide”: Indonesia Is Bombing West Papua — and Nobody’s Talking About It

May 23, 2018 By Darius Shahtahmasebi In May 2016, a fact-finding mission conducted by the Brisbane Archdiocese’s Catholic Justice and Peace Commission reported that West Papua was experiencing a “slow-motion genocide.” The report also warned that West Papua’s indigenous population is at risk of becoming “an anthropological museum exhibit of a bygone culture.” The […]

Powerful shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.6 hits off Papua New Guinea

     A shallow 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday (March 26), the US Geological Survey said, the latest in a series to hit the region in recent days, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck 180km west of the town of Rabaul, on New Britain […]

Huge earthquake strikes Ring of Fire: Papua New Guinea hit by shallow 7.5 magnitude quake – at least 55 dead (UPDATE)

     Papua New Guinea has been rocked by a huge 7.5magnitude earthquake just moments after a smaller seismic event struck Japan, increasing fears of a natural disaster impacting the dangerous region dubbed the ‘Ring of Fire’. The 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck the heart of the island near the near the Southern Highlands area, with tremors […]

Shallow magnitude 6.0 aftershock rattles Papua New Guinea

     Strong aftershocks have rocked Papua New Guinea’s remote and rugged highlands, as the death toll climbed to 55 from a 7.5-magnitude earthquake a week ago, and is expected to rise further. Three aftershocks of magnitude greater than 5 shook the mountainous Southern Highlands, about 600km northwest of the capital Port Moresby early on Monday, […]

Bosavi volcano in Papua New Guinea dormant for centuries shows recent signs of activity

     For centuries, Mt Bosavi in Nipa-Kutubu electorate in Southern Highlands Province has never shown signs of volcano existence. However, the recent earthquake which destroyed many of the villages including food gardens and an environment in both the Hela and SHP has strike Mt Bosavi to show shines of its volcano existence. Former PNG basketball […]

Indonesian Government Denies Human Rights Violations In Papua

Above photo: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/cline/papua/rights.htm Google is blocking our site. Please use the social media sharing buttons (upper left) to share this on your social media and help us breakthrough. The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) is very disappointed at the Indonesian government’s irresponsible denial of human rights violations in Papua and West Papua province. Far from taking […]

Prisoners Met With Legislators On Reform, Put In Solitary

Print Friendly Above Photo: Charles Dharapak/AP Three men incarcerated in Massachusetts who were working with a prison reform caucus of state legislators have been thrown in solitary confinement, in an apparent retaliation against their activism and an attempt to disrupt further communications. In the middle of the night on March 23, 52-year-old Timothy Muise, 44-year-old Shawn Fisher, […]

Are Super Typhoons Created By Secret Climate Weapons?

Investigator dutchsinse received significant media attention when he showed evidence that Super Typhoon Yolanda intensified following a screen anomaly that he calls a “microwave pulse”. Although Dutch presents strong evidence that an anomaly appeared on a graphic screen during Yolanda and several other storms, his evidence does not (yet) rise to the level of “proof beyond a reasonable doubt”. NO MICROWAVE BEAM NEEDED: Satellite images […]

Officer Will Not be Charged After Shooting Unarmed Black Man in the Head

Lorraine Bailey | Courthouse News Service Two officers will not face charges for the shooting of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis that sparked major protests, the Hennepin County Attorney announced Wednesday. Jamar Clark was killed with a gunshot to the head after a minute-long encounter with Minneapolis police […]

“Tall Man Crying” by David Lane

One day on this meaningless Journey through life I met a tall man crying. I asked him why a strong man wept. He said his race was dying. And a tear fell, ‘ though he told it well, For none would pause to consider his cause. He spoke of scorn and apathy From family […]

Jump Into Dump Dominion Day Of Action!

Print Friendly Above photo: We Are Cove Point and friends at the Bank of America close to Cove Point, November 2015. By Mackenzie McDonald Wilkins. On December 16, we are telling Bank of America to stop financing Dominion’s dangerous gas refinery and export terminal in Cove Point with actions throughout the area. Join an action […]

Who owns Papua New Guinea’s resources boom?

Peter O’Neill’s first two months in office as Papua New Guinea‘s prime minister have seen him having to apply political damage control more often than he may have expected. There was the tidying up after members of his new-look cabinet moved to suspend certain provincial administrations – including that of East Sepik which, as the […]

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