Category Archives: Political Opinion

Bougainville and Belden Namah: Who profits from Panguna?

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Here, I am reproducing an article that was published earlier this year.  What has happened since?  Does anyone know? Original by Susan Merrell and Chris Baria As this article goes to print [last May] there is a constitutional crisis being faced by Autonomous Bougainville Government after it has allegedly been entertaining a proposal from a small mining developer from Western Australia – ‘Caballus’. According to my information: Caballus, believed to be headed by Western Australian businessman, Jeffrey McGlinn, arrived in Buka with pre-written amendments to the Bougainville Mining Act that apparently will do away with landowners’ rights to their mineral Continue reading Bougainville and Belden Namah: Who profits from Panguna?→

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West Papua and PNG – Does no one see the hypocrisy?

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Let me first state categorically that what is happening in West Papua is wrong. It is a gross violation of human rights and I believe that the world should be intervening to bring an end to the atrocities – and the world includes PNG. As such, I am completely on board with the protests Governor Powes Parkop and Gary Juffa have been leading. But that’s just me. I believe that to some extent we are our brother’s/sister’s keeper and that national boundaries and nations themselves are artificial constructs and that we all are of the family of man. I don’t Continue reading West Papua and PNG – Does no one see the hypocrisy?→

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