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JOGJA HIP HOP FOUNDATION

A short film by Vincent Moon about how Jogja Hip Hop Foundation did live performance in a village that was wrecked by Mount Merapi eruption in Central Java, where they also became volunteers in the aftermath. Shot in Ploso Kerep Village.

A SLOW-MOTION GENOCIDE: INDONESIAN RULE IN WEST PAPUA

A SLOW-MOTION GENOCIDE: INDONESIAN RULE IN WEST PAPUA
DR JIM ELMSLIE AND DR CAMELLIA WEBB-GANNON∗

About West Papua

It is very clear that there have been egregious abuses of the human rights of Papuan people in Indonesia over an extended period. It is entirely appropriate that international pressure is brought to bear on the Indonesian government to address this situation.

One potential solution involves self-determination, of Papuan control over governance in areas historically associated with Papuan people and land. However, this could take a number of forms, and is not reducible simply to the creation of a new nation.

Free West Papua

Monday 28 April 2014 01.31 BST

This Anzac Day weekend, we opened the first ever Free West Papua campaign office in Australia.

For more than 50 years, my people have suffered what I considered to be a slow-moving genocide under the repressive military occupation of Indonesia. During the second world war, the “Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels” of West Papua came to the aid of Australian soldiers. Now it is the West Papuans that need Australia’s help in order to end human rights abuses so that my people can be free to live in peace.