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  • Mass arrests of Papuans follow genocide protests

    Mass arrests of Papuans follow genocide protests

    Independence protestors in Wamena West Papua
    Independence protestors in Wamena West Papua

    The Indonesian Government last week arrested more than 500 Papuans following mass protests across the nation opposing fifty fifth anniversary of Indonesian rule on Monday 19th December. Over half a million people are known to have been killed by the Indonesian government in those 55 years and thousands of activists remain in prison and enforced labour camps. Last week’s rallies called for full membership for West Papua of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), an international lobby group working on behalf of the island nations of the Pacific against colonial imperialism.

    Image from Free West Papua

    https://www.freewestpapua.org/2016/12/19/media-alert-over-528-people-arrested-for-calling-for-west-papuas-full-msg-membership-and-rejecting-indonesias-invasion/

    https://independentaustralia.net/politics/politics-display/the-west-papuan-nightmare-australias-inconvenient-truth,8105

    https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/west-papua-more-500-arrested-marching-independence

  • West Papuans in Jakarta arrested

    West Papuans in Jakarta arrested

    Papuan students across Indonesia protest the murder of half a million of their people
    Papuan students across Indonesia protest the murder of half a million of their people

    West Papuan protestors in Jakarta were arrested and beaten by police on Friday following Pupuan Independence Day protests in response the ongoing massacre of West Papuans to make way for Indonesian coastal settlements, palm oil plantations and vast forest clearing. West Papua is home to the world’s largest gold mine and significant oil reserves, owned by American interests. Over half a million people have been killed by the Indonesian Government since it took control of the region in 1969.

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  • Carp genocide plans worry locals

    Carp genocide plans worry locals

    Carp en masse
    Corrnered carp gasp for breath

    Scientists, environmentalists, anglers and the fishing industry have raised concerns about a fifteen million dollar plan by the Federal Government to kill Carp in the Murray Darling River system using a strain of the herpes virus.

    An invasive species and bottom feeder that stirs up mud, carp now make up eighty percent of the bio-mass in Australian rivers. The plan is to release the virus at the end of 2018 in the expectation that it will kill the vast bulk of the carp within weeks.

    Concerns range from the impact of the virus on native fish, to the impact on oxygen levels in the water of such a large volume of rotting fish. Adelaide University tests on the oxygen consumed by dead fish in 800litre tubs of water at 20 degrees Celsius have revealed that bacteria feeding on one dead carp can consume all the oxygen in the tank within 48 hours. The government hopes that community groups will volunteer to remove the dead fish from the river.

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-14/herpes-carp-kill-in-river-murray-ecosystem-may-sap-oxygen/7731892

    http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-05-01/herpes-to-eradicate-carp-in-murray-river-pyne-says/7373736