West Papua / Papua

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2020-04-24 Indonesia: On the brink of a coal boom, Papuans ask who will benefit
2019-11-12 When "dumping" has a dubious double meaning
2019-01-18 With its $3.85b mine takeover, Indonesia inherits a $13b pollution problem
2018-04-14 When an April shower starts turning into a perfect storm
2018-04-01 Freeport protesters call for Grasberg closure, and Papua self-determination
2015-03-20 Freeport McMoRan halts output at Indonesia mine
2015-01-04 Three Killed at Freeport's West Papuan Mine
2014-04-23 Mining receives unusual attention in Indonesia
2014-04-17 Rio Tinto face a broad front of protestors
2013-10-20 Swedish Pension Funds Divest Freeport McMoRan Holdings
2013-07-09 Indonesia allows Freeport to restart underground mining after accident
2013-06-24 Indonesian government clears Grasberg mine to reopen
2013-06-03 New accident jeopardizes Freeport-Rio Tinto's Papuan mine
2013-05-21 London Calling on a Tale of Two Disasters
2013-01-28 More deaths around Freeport's notorious Grasberg mine
2012-10-23 From Bougainville to Ok Tedi via Grasberg
2012-10-02 New Zealand public fund bids "Goodbye to Freeport"
2012-06-19 Riots follow activist killing on Indonesia's Papua island
2012-05-01 Amnesty calls for end to Indonesian police violence
2012-03-06 Freeport-Rio Tinto halts operations once again at Papuan mine
2012-01-16 Papua: Further killings at world's biggest gold-copper mine
2012-01-10 Australian mining company accused of assisting Papua human rights abuses
2011-12-20 Papuan Miners End Strike against Freeport-Rio Tinto
2011-11-08 Papua: Freeport-Rio Tinto labour battles have no end in sight
2011-10-25 Papuans struggle - and die - as mining conflict intensifies
2011-10-18 Striking Freeport miners shot dead in Indonesian strike
2011-10-05 Freeport, Rio Tinto battle with workers
2011-09-19 Papua: Freeport-Rio Tinto workers are on strike - again
2011-08-23 HudBay gets out of Guatemala - but won't escape
2011-07-11 Freeport Indonesia Mine Workers Start Strike
2011-05-17 Canadian Ecumenical Conference on Mining: Report
2011-02-07 London Calling deplores the Human Rights Watch 2010 Report
2011-01-10 Wikileaks stories on Freeport & Mrs Mugabe
2010-12-13 Rio Tinto battles for new copper, gold and coal
2010-04-24 Rio Tinto confronts critics from across the world
2010-04-24 Squeaky - but far from clean
2010-04-18 Norwegian government reviews "responsible investment" guidelines
2010-03-18 Papua Tribe Files $32bn Lawsuit Against Freeport
2010-03-10 Indonesia Allows Mining, Other Projects In Forests
2010-02-07 Conflicts over mining: the illusory boundary between "legal" and "illegal"
2010-01-31 Six wounded in ambush near US mine in Indonesia
2010-01-11 West Papua: Police slay Tribal Activist at world's biggest copper-gold minesite
2010-01-11 BHP Billiton isn't putting another nickel in
2009-09-22 Indonesia's military "invades" Papua mine, atrocities continue
2009-07-27 Dragons in the Indonesian mists
2009-07-07 Mine murders in West Papua: new evidence points to cover-up
2009-06-08 Exposing Freeport's shame
2009-05-18 Freeport rejects modest environmental motion
2009-04-27 Indonesia opens more protected forest areas to mining
2009-04-14 British mining companies face challenge on unjust practices
2009-04-06 Rio Tinto goes naked into the shareholders’ chamber
2009-01-19 West Papua: Police shooting over New Year, major concern for upcoming Indonesian general election
2009-01-07 MAC HIGHLIGHTS OF THE YEAR
2008-11-24 JATAM welcomes Gag withdrawal
2008-11-17 Indonesia: BHP writes off Gag Island laterite resource
2008-10-07 Protected? Not in Indonesia!
2008-09-16 World's second biggest pension fund dumps Rio Tinto
2008-09-02 Papuan tribal chief to sue mining giant Freeport
2008-08-25 Indonesia and West Papua: community concerns and coal conflicts
2008-08-19 BHP Billiton's West Papua play hits NGO rocks
2008-04-20 AGM season opens with a few bangs
2008-03-07 Indonesia update
2008-01-04 Indonesia update
2007-09-10 Indonesia update
2007-05-19 Saved in the time of Nik?
2007-05-19 Source Information
2007-04-26 A Victory in West Papua
2007-04-20 Massive strike halts production at giant copper mine in Indonesia
2007-02-13 Asia-Pacific update
2006-12-06 Papua Update
2006-12-06 Ny City Comptroller Wants Freeport Environmental Study
2006-12-06 Papua Update
2006-09-18 Indonesia Update
2006-09-01 Titanium mining suspended after protests on Vietnam island
2006-09-01 Titanium mining suspended after protests on Vietnam island
2006-08-23 Locals protest as titanium mining takes toll on Vietnam island
2006-08-03 Central province maps out titanium mining master plan
2006-07-05 Indonesia Update
2006-07-05 Indonesia Update
2006-06-30 Indonesian Update
2006-06-30 Indonesian Update
2006-06-29 What's wrong in West Papua? Rio Tinto must be held accountable, says leading Australian journalist
2006-06-29 What's wrong in West Papua? Rio Tinto must be held accountable, says leading Australian journalist
2006-06-29 What's wrong in Papua
2006-06-22 Indonesia Update
2006-06-22 China Update
2006-06-19 Indon Military To Secure Us Gold Mine
2006-06-18 Sepang sand mining threatens locals' livelihood in Bengkulu, Sumatra
2006-06-12 Urgent Alert- Civil Rights Of Abepura 16 March 2006 Suspects Threatened
2006-06-08 Indonesia Update
2006-06-08 Indonesian Update
2006-06-08 Tribes reject Freeport talks in U.S.
2006-06-07 Norway throws out Freeport
2006-06-01 Rio Tinto - revisiting the principles
2006-05-24 New reports: "May the force NOT be with you!"
2006-05-24 New Reports: "may The Force Not Be With You"
2006-05-22 Behind The World's Biggest Pension Fund
2006-05-18 The Scariest Predators In The Corporate Jungle
2006-05-17 Indonesia/West Papua Update
2006-05-17 Indonesia/west Papua Update
2006-05-11 Lawmakers Confirm Report Of Pollution At Freeport
2006-05-06 Team checks Freeport pollution claims
2006-05-06 West Papua Update
2006-05-06 West Papua Update
2006-05-04 Freeport and Rio Tito indicted
2006-05-04 Freeport and Rio Tito indicted
2006-05-04 The Envronmental imacts of Freeport-Rio Tinto's copper and gold mining operation in Indonesia
2006-05-04 Freeport, Rio breaching environmental laws: Indonesian watchdog
2006-05-04 MEDIA ALERT: Mineral Policy Institute
2006-05-02 Eliza Kissya: Preserving the 'sasi' tradition against the odds
2006-04-15 Papuans confront Freeport
2006-04-11 Protests Grow Over Group's Grasberg Revenues
2006-04-01 Ethics test miners' mettle
2006-04-01 Submitted to the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald: Re "Ethics test miner's mettle" [not publishe
2006-03-20 Indonesian Update
2006-03-20 Indonesia Update
2006-03-19 Elang Dodo Exploration: Proof of Newmont''s Destructive Power
2006-03-19 Newmont Mining's exploration camp burnt on Sumbawa Island
2006-03-18 More detentions in West Papua
2006-03-17 Indonesia: Investigate Escalating Violence in Papua
2006-03-17 Eyewitness: 'They feel oppressed'
2006-03-17 quot;Stop using the 'security approach' in the Freeport case!"
2006-03-16 Four killed in anti-Freeport protests in Indonesia
2006-03-14 Papua New Guinea update
2006-03-12 Indonesian forest to disappear in 15 years
2006-03-10 Mines, money, and partnerships
2006-03-10 Mines, Money, And Partnerships
2006-03-10 Following The Money - How Our Pounds Support The Mining Industry
2006-03-05 quot;Enough is enough!" - cries from West Papua and Nigeria
2006-03-05 "Enough is enough!" - cries from West Papua and Nigeria
2006-03-01 Protesters Want Freeport's Indonesia Mine Closed
2006-02-27 Thirty nine years of Freeport-Rio Tinto is enough
2006-02-25 Shell told to pay Nigerians $1.5bn pollution damages
2006-02-14 Freeport told to clean up copper mine
2006-01-26 Freeport's damage in West Papua is "serious"
2006-01-26 Freeport's damage in West Papua is "serious"
2006-01-26 Damage Caused by Freeport to Environment is Serious: Minister Says
2006-01-25 Amien Critizes Freeport for Environmental Destruction
2006-01-13 THE FAILURE OF INDONESIA'S MINING INDUSTRY
2006-01-06 Freeport not licensed to dispose of tailings
2006-01-06 Freeport not licensed to dispose of tailings
2006-01-03 Freeport denies pollution reports, vows to comply with government rules
2005-12-29 Mountain of gold leaves a river of waste
2005-12-29 Indonesian military admits accepting cash from Freeport-McMoRan
2005-12-28 Freeport-Rio Tinto: Gold's other price
2005-12-28 Freeport-Rio Tinto: Gold's other price
2005-11-29 Masters Mind
2005-11-29 Masters Mind
2005-11-29 Masters Mind
2005-10-22 The Lorentz National Park In West Papua Under New Threat
2005-10-22 The Lorentz National Park in West Papua under new threat
2005-10-22 Buried Treasure
2005-10-19 Reply from Emma Delaney,
2005-10-14 Major disaster kills workers at Lihir mine
2005-10-14 After the Lihir landslide
2005-10-14 Major disaster kills workers at Lihir mine
2005-10-11 Landslide In Lihir: Setback Or Symptomatic?
2005-09-23 Written in Stone - Freeport-McMoRan in Indonesia
2005-07-30 Reply from Emma Delaney,
2005-07-30 Letter to BP on the Tangguh project in West Papua
2005-07-30 After a silence of two and a half months, BP has replied (or rather not replied) to a passionate let
2005-07-30 Letter from Revd Socratez Sofyan Yoman to Lord Browne, Group Chief Executive BP p.l.c. (Bahasa versi
2005-05-27 London Calling - May 29 2005
2005-02-23 The world's top three mining companies have just registered record gains
2005-02-23 Mines Dig Deep To Leave A Decent Legacy
2005-02-17 New Facts Link Indonesian Military to "Terror Attack" on U.S. Citizens
2005-01-10 Rights Groups Slam BP's Tangguh Project
2005-01-10 Rights Groups Slam BP's Tangguh Project
2004-12-08 BP's Human Rights Commitment and Practices in West Papua Slammed in World-wide Protest
2004-12-08 The following letter was sent to Lord Browne of BP, and copied to Senator George Mitchell of TIAP,
2004-10-10 London Calling - October 10 2004
2004-10-10 London Calling! October 10 2004
2004-08-15 Letter no.1
2004-08-15 Green Corporate Partnerships? An exchange from the Ecologist
2004-08-15 Letter No. 7.
2004-08-15 Letter no. 2
2004-08-15 Letter No 8.
2004-08-15 Letter No. 3.
2004-08-15 Letter No. 4.
2004-08-15 Letter No 5.
2004-08-15 Green Corporate Partnerships?
2004-08-15 Letter No. 6.
2004-05-25 London Calling - May 25 2004
2004-05-18 Indonesian NGOs to Bring Government Decree on mining to Constitutional Review Court
2004-04-29 Rio Tinto protest: 'Human rights, not mining sites'
2004-03-15 Indonesian Government Decree Doesn't Alter Ban on Open-Cut Mining in Protected Forests
2004-03-12 Government allows mining firms back into protected areas as investment lure
2004-03-04 Despite evidence that the Indonesian army killed three teachers working for Freeport-Rio Tinto at th
2004-03-04 Troops to Stay at Freeport's Papua Mine
2004-03-04 Troops to Stay at Freeport's Papua Mine
2004-03-03 Indonesian army ordered deadly ambush
2004-03-03 Behind the Freeport-Rio Tinto murders in 2000
2004-03-03 Behind the Freeport-Rio Tinto murders in 2000
2004-03-01 This linked article reports on Indonesian Government plans to maintain the militarization of foreign
2004-02-19 Smelter closure 'won't end power shortages'
2004-02-19 The following judgment was delivered on Comalco by the "Roger Award" panel selecting "
2004-02-19 Comalco defends power subsidy, while citizens protest
2004-02-19 Comalco defends power subsidy, while citizens protest
2004-02-07 Australian Government Looks away from Payments to Indonesian Forces
2004-01-26 December Landslide Forces Freeport-McMoRan Unit To Scale Back Production
2004-01-17 An industry dedicated to deception - presentation to World Social Forum
2003-12-22 Freeport-McMoRan Down 5%; Prudential Equity Group Cites Indonesia Risks
2003-12-22 Yet another pit fall at Grasberg mine, as global investor downgrades the company
2003-12-22 Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Announces Conversions and Redemptions of its Step-Up Convert
2003-12-22 Yet another pit fall at Freeport-Rio Tinto mine, as global investor downgrades the company
2003-12-18 Freeport-McMoRan declares force majeure
2003-12-10 West Papua: Gag Island under threat
2003-12-09 Government Mulls Freeport Resumption
2003-12-09 Government Mulls Freeport Resumption / FBI Freeport probe
2003-12-07 FBI Resumes Freeport Probe
2003-12-07 London Calling! December 7 2003
2003-12-07 London Calling - December 7 2003
2003-12-04 Yosepha Alomang: "PT Freeport must be shutdown immediately"
2003-11-30 London Calling - November 30 2003
2003-11-30 London Calling! November 30 2003
2003-11-26 Freeport-McMoRan resumes Grasberg operations after deaths
2003-11-17 Searchers find one more body at Grasberg
2003-11-11 Freeport revises third quarter figure
2003-11-10 While Freeport-Rio Tinto continues to claim the October 9th disaster at Grasberg was a "natural
2003-11-06 The man who pioneered the huge - and disastrous - expansion at the Freeport-Rio Tinto Grasberg mine
2003-11-04 Further information on the landslide at Freeport's Grasberg Mine
2003-11-01 Corporate Killings at Indonesian Mine? Freeport-Rio Tinto knew that October 9th Pit Wall Collapse wa
2003-11-01 Fatal error left miners at mercy of landslide
2003-11-01 Corporate Killings at Freeport's Indonesian Mine?
2003-10-31 Freeport-Rio Tinto Exposed!
2003-10-18 Freeport mine's business as usual after landslip deaths
2003-10-15 Government seeks to extend Freeport mine closure
2003-10-11 Major Disaster Strikes Freeport-Rio Tinto Indonesian Mine
2003-10-11 Major Disaster Strikes Freeport-Rio Tinto Indonesian Mine
2003-10-11 WALHI Demands a Halt to Freeport Mine Operations
2003-10-10 Indonesia's Freeport mine will shut for 2 weeks
2003-10-10 Background:
2003-10-10 Freeport-part of Indonesia landslide mine is open
2003-10-09 Freeport-McMoRan Indonesia landslide kills two
2003-06-28 Book Review - The Politics of Power: Freeport in Soeharto's Indonesia
2003-06-11 Freeport-Rio Tinto: between the devil and the deep blue sea
2003-06-11 Minister: Freeport to improve tailings management or face legal action
2003-06-11 Freeport-Rio Tinto: between the devil and the deep blue sea
2003-05-14 Freeport-McMoRan receives subpoena in price-fixing probe
2003-05-14 Freeport-McMoRan receives subpoena in price-fixing probe
2003-05-14 Last week several major copper concentrate producers based in London and the US were raided by Europ
2003-04-28 Extractive Industries Is Not The Answer For Decent And Sustainable Livelihood
2003-03-25 Walhi splits with USAID
2003-03-25 Walhi splits with USAID
2003-03-24 Text of the Walhi Statement
2003-03-19 Freeport-Rio Tinto Joint Statement on payments to the Indonesian military
2003-03-17 Unchecked thuggery could lead to organized crime'
2003-03-17 Indonesian military nothing more than mercenaries
2003-03-17 Unchecked thuggery could lead to organized crime'
2003-03-16 Freeport confirms allowances for military, police in Papua
2003-03-15 West Papua mine paid $18.5m to military
2003-03-14 nbsp;
2003-03-13 Freeport paid Indonesian military US$5.6m in 'protection money'
2003-03-13 Freeport paid Indonesian military US$5.6m in 'protection money'
2003-03-02 London Calling! March 2 2003
2003-03-02 London Calling - March 2 2003
2003-02-27 The exile who fights for the rights of all Papuans
2003-02-26 Major Drilling Unit/Pact at Grasberg Mine
2003-02-17 Murder at the Freeport Mine
2003-02-14 Freeport McMoran pushed to improve human-rights policy
2002-10-22 Chris Ballard is a researcher at The Australian National University's Research School of Pacific and
2002-10-22 References & further reading
2002-10-22 The denial of traditional land rights in West Papua
2002-10-22 The denial of traditional land rights in West Papua
2002-10-21 VI. RECOMMENDATIONS
2002-10-21 What's Wrong with Freeport's Security Policy?
2002-10-21 ELSHAM
2002-10-21 What's Wrong with Freeport's Security Policy
2002-09-26 West Papua: mine site killings, the accusations and the intimidation
2002-09-26 West Papua: after the mine site killings, the accusations fly and the intimidation mounts
2002-09-26 Statement by TAPOL, Indonesian Human Rights organisation (UK), September 26 2002
2002-09-26 Revengeful Indonesia military accuse ELSHAM of being 'extension' of PDP
2002-09-26 quot;Indonesian army is promoting violence"
2002-06-15 III. Freeport's Questionable Security Policy
2002-03-15 BHP Pursues Nickel Mining in Gag Island Protected Forest Area
2002-03-15 KEREBOK, Volume 3 Number 20 March 2002
2002-03-15 KEREBOK is the indigenous Dayak's term for gold pawning. KEREBOK is a monthly on-line bulletin publi
2001-12-15 Gag Island Nickel Project
2001-09-15 Should US Resume Military Ties with Indonesia? Reflections from a Papuan Perspective
2001-09-15 ELSHAM NEWS SERVICE provides regular reports and information on social and political development an
2001-09-15 Should US Resume Military Ties with Indonesia?
2001-05-03 West Papua Freedom leaders reject Freeport's blandishments - May 3 2001
2001-05-03 The Wall Street Journal - May 3, 2001
2001-05-03 West Papua Freedom leaders reject Freeport's blandishments
2001-05-01 Remarks by John Rumbiak on security & West Papua
2001-05-01 The following is an interesting, and rare, exchange between what is probably the world's major Marxi
2001-05-01 Freeport: On mining companies and colonialism
2001-05-01 Footnotes
2001-05-01 II. The Shootings at Mile 62-63
2001-05-01 On mining companies and colonialism
2001-05-01 'Globalization, Rights and Poverty' - speech by John Rumbiak
2001-05-01 Outline Case for the Prosecution Against Freeport McMoran
2001-05-01 nbsp;
2001-05-01 The Case Against Freeport McMoran in West Papua
2001-05-01 Background
2001-05-01 Indonesia's Minerals Generate Wealth, Discord
2001-05-01 Press Release: The Tribunal Accuses Freeport McMoran Rio Tinto et al
2001-05-01 IV. Vested Interests
2001-05-01 The Case against Freeport McMoran in West Papua - Documents to use in evidence
2001-05-01 Extractive Industries is not the Answer for Decent and Sustainable Livelihood
2001-05-01 V. CONCLUSION
2001-04-23 Mining a Sacred Land - Freeport in West Papua