Deep sea mining companies are not just exploiting the oceans, they’re harming the low-income nations surrounding the proposed mine sites.
Scraping the Bottom of the Sea
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Papua New Guinea
During Genocide, Trump Intervenes for Himself and Friends
In Papua New Guinea, the Trump administration is combining its fondness for extractive industries with its disregard for human rights.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Fragments
The U.S. military, “witch burning,” negotiations with Iran, among other affairs.
Getting Into Bed With the Devil in Indonesia
The Obama administration’s rationale for lifting a ban on U.S. contact with Indonesia’s special forces is that it will serve to improve Unit 81’s human rights record.
Music Builds Trust
In the middle of the jungle in Papua New Guinea in August 2008, a drunk staggered down the path, slashing at the foliage with a machete. The man stopped at the sight of three strangers and shouted in pidgin: “White man! You have come to take away our culture! I am going to come back and kill you!”
Papua: Another East Timor?
Violence in Papua: The Role of Military Elements in Perpetuating Violence
Two Americans and one Indonesian were killed on August 31 at the hands of an unknown assailant near the Freeport mining operation in Timika, Papua. Initially the Indonesian army blamed a radical wing of the Free Papua Movement. However, according to a report by FBI officers investigating the case, the army fabricated evidence. Also, the Indonesian police have stated that they believe soldiers were very likely involved in this attack. This incident has occurred against a backdrop that raises serious questions about the nature of Indonesia’s rule over the province, and the role of the military in particular, since Indonesia took effective control in 1962.
Indonesia’s Hard Line Strengthens Secessionists in West Papua
Increasing repression by government forces is strengthening independence sentiment in Indonesia’s easternmost province of West Papua, also known as Irian Jaya.