Press Releases: GREENS LAUNCH EU BID TO ‘FREE WEST PAPUA’

Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 07:47 PM

WRITTEN DECLARATION CALLS FOR INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM

EURO-MPs are to call for the EU to intervene in forcing Indonesia to respect human rights in West Papua – and grant the province a free and fair referendum on independence – in a Written Declaration launched this Friday (December 1st) to coincide with West Papua Independence Day.

The Written Declaration – the European Parliament’s equivalent of an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons – has been co-sponsored by Green MEPs Caroline Lucas and Jean Lambert, Plaid Cymru Euro-MP Jill Evans and Italian liberal MEP Luigi Cocilovo.

Reports: TRANSCULTURAL TAPEWORM TRAFFICKING

Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 08:17 AM

INDONESIA'S INTRODUCTION OF BIOLOGICAL WARFARE IN WEST PAPUA

ED. Lost to broad public attention is an insidious epidemic of pig tapeworms contracted by humans sweeping across West Papua and Papua New Guinea. A horribly pathological infection known as cysticercosis in humans has been running rampant for over 15 years in West Papua. Cysticercosis in humans comes from eating worm infested pigs. Although pigs have been a part of Papuan culture for thousands of years, the disease has never previously been anywhere on the island of New Guinea before 1970.

Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:55 AM

An Akha woman who was trafficked into Singapore, returns to marry and is jailed for one year. Escaping her agent and getting her life together, hope for the future, crushed.

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Press Releases: UN system and NGOs call for an early adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 10:33 AM

by the General Assembly

Chairperson of UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and Special Rapporteur appeal to Members States

New York, 17 October - Indigenous peoples´ representatives from all over the world are attending events this week at UN Headquarters to celebrate the recent adoption by the Human Rights Council of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Press Releases: Organizations from eight countries demand the FSC to withdraw its “green label” to several plantation companies

Wednesday, September 20, 2006 - 01:46 PM

Organizations from eight different countries are requesting the Forest Stewardship Council –a labelling scheme that certifies good forest management practices- to withdraw the FSC certificate awarded to a number of companies in Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Ireland, South Africa, Spain and Uruguay. The challenged certifications in all cases involve large-scale tree plantations which the organizations point out violate the FSC’s mandate of promoting “environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable management of the world's forests.”

Thursday, August 24, 2006 - 12:13 PM

Ranchi - Jharkhand tribal leaders and priests want immediate stripping of reservation facilities of past members of their community who are now converted Christians.

The tribal group, known as Sarna, has demanded that the reservation facilities provided to tribal Christians be stopped immediately.