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Again, families question TNI legal processes after November shooting of...
SuaraPapua.com by Oktovianus Pogau January 7, 2013 Merauke, Papua: Anis Jambormase, a family member of female pastor Frederika Metalmeti (38 years old), is questioning the legal process against the...
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Mayora’s Latest Trick: Threatened with OPM stigma, Village Leaders...
by AwasMIFEE August 7, 2013 Kampung Yowid, like other villages in Tubang and Ilwayab districts, has taken a determined and united stance against plantation companies, which have recently been moving in...
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MIFEE: People of Woboyu Traumatised by Gunshots / Continuing Opposition to...
August 30, 2013 Tabloid Jubi On 29th August, Romanus Mbaraka, the Bupati or Regency Leader of Merauke, travelled to Kampung Wambi in Okaba District, to try to convince local people that plantation...
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Three years of MIFEE (part 1): A Growing Movement Against Plantations in West...
Part 1: A Growing Movement Against Plantations in West Papua First Published: October 23, 2013 by our friends at awasMIFEE “We, the indigenous people of Yowied Village reject corporations coming on to...
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Three Years of MIFEE (part 2): First Villages Feel the Impact as the...
First Published October 23, 2013 by our friends at awasMIFEE The forest villages of Merauke are as remote as it is possible to imagine in the twenty-first century. Nowhere in Indonesia is further from...
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Three Years of MIFEE (part 3): As the forest is felled where’s the rice?
Special Investigation First Published: October 23, 2013 by our friends at awasMifee Three years ago, on August 11 2010, Agriculture Minister Suswono travelled to remote Kampung Serapu, inland from...
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Blasius Sumaghai beaten by Indonesian Navy Officers in Bade, Mappi
February 20, 2014 from our partners AwasMifee, Majalah Selangkah,plus trusted sources in Mappi interviewed by both AwasMifee and West Papua Media Mappi, Majalah Selangah – Blasius Sumaghai (23 years...
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Photo Essay: JPIC reveals abuses at Mam plantations of PT Dongin Prabhawa
A Report of a Visit to PT Dongin Prabhawa’s Plantation at Mam from our partners at AwasMifee and JPIC. February 19, 2014 A recent visit to Mam to monitor the latest developments around PT Dongin...
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Landowner clan shows PT Agriprima Cipta Persada in Muting the limit for land...
By Pusaka, translated via awasMifee First Published: June 1, 2014 In Muting, near Merauke, oil palm company PT Agriprima Cipta Persada (ACP) is expanding its plantation area by clearing forest on...
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Thanks to MIFEE, 3.6% of Indonesia’s Emissions produced in Merauke
From Bintang Papua via awasMifee Published: September 13, 2014 The Merauke Regency is experiencing a rapid rate of forest degradation and loss. This is illustrated by Merauke Regency’s contribution to...
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Papua-Wide meeting calls for 10 year Moratorium on Plantation and Forestry...
From our partners at AwasMifee November 12, 2014 Between 4th-7th November 2014, representatives of indigenous communities, environmentalists and human rights defenders from every corner of West Papua...
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Government still looking to Merauke for industrial agriculture development
from our partners at AwasMIFEE First Published: April 17, 2015 Since the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate was launched in West Papua in August 2010, it has had the result of clearing the way...
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