Tag: Land rights
Indonesian indigenous land defenders jailed in fight with pulpwood giant
By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan
Indonesian activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict...
Experts warn over Indonesian plan for fast track environmental deregulation
By Hans Nicholas Jong in Jakarta
Experts have warned that a slate of sweeping deregulation planned by the Indonesian government could prove disastrous for the...
Tongans bring ‘love and support’ to stand with Ihumātao
By Charlotte Muru-Lanning in Auckland
A Tongan group visited Ihumātao to show solidarity with the occupation of the land by mana whenua who greeted them with...
Gallery: Guardianship photo shoot with the Ihumātao ‘protectors’
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
The Pacific Media Centre's Del Abcede joined the Ihumātao "protectors" protest at the weekend to soak up the atmosphere of guardianship...
Iwi against Ihumātao occupation social media pages shut down
By Charlotte Muru-Lanning in Auckland
Controversial social media pages belonging to the New Zealand iwi opposing the occupation at Ihumātao were shut down this morning.
The...
Ihumātao: Powerful powhiri welcomes state ministers to protest site
By RNZ News
About 2000 people showed their support as New Zealand protests against a controversial proposed housing development at Ihumātao in South Auckland entered...
Films about 1965 anti-communist stigma dominate Indonesian festival
The trailer for Eka Saputri's film Melawan Arus. Video: Komunitas Kedung
By Joko Santoso in Purbalingga
A short film by a student whose family were victims...
‘Cheated’ PNG landowners threaten to close five fish processing plants
Lae landowners have given the papua New Guinean government seven days to review existing agreements or they will close the disputed tuna fish canneries....
Chris Overland: O’Neill’s ‘monstrous’ plan trashes traditional land legacies
OPINION: By Chris Overland in Adelaide
Recently, Keith Jackson's PNG Attitude has been publishing a discussion on some of the unhappy events that occurred as...
Yogyakarta airport developers warned not to ‘steal’ people’s land
By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has demanded that state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura I consider human...
Indigenous advocacy group calls on Jokowi to revoke forests decree
By Dames Alexander Sinaga in Jakarta
A civil society group has urged the Indonesian government to revoke a presidential decree on the indigenous resettlement schemes...
PNG customary landowners call for ‘fairness’ in defence base inquiry
Landowners make their case at a media conference in Port Moresby. Video: EM TV News
The customary landowners of Papua New Guinea's proposed military base...
Parkop calls on PNG to use state veto power to revoke...
By Cedric Patjole in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea's National Capital District Governor Powes Parkop is calling on the state to use its veto powers...
Carry on Fidel Castro’s global legacy, urges Cuban ambassador
By David Robie in Auckland
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro's contribution to global social justice and dignity, and to developing nations worldwide - including the...
Hides landowners sign MOU with PNG government to end blockade
By Peter S. Kinjap in Port Moresby
Papua New Guinea’s Hides gas landowners from PDL 1 and 7 have signed a memorandum of understanding with...
Marap indigenous group claims back 3 oil palm plantations in Papua
By Harun Rumbarar in Jayapura
Indigenous landowners from the Marap people in Arso in Papua's Keeron regency have this week invoked customary law to take...