Tag: Land rights

By Ayat S. Karokaro in Medan Indonesian ­ activists have deplored the recent jailing of two indigenous community members in Sumatra in a land conflict...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Lae landowners have given the papua New Guinean government seven days to review existing agreements or they will close the disputed tuna fish canneries....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...