 Jayapura Onews, Papua ask Parliament of the Republic of Indonesia guarantees the safety of activists separatist Free Papua Movement or the governments of different ideologies.... Read more » |
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The National Human Rights Commission, this weekend, joined Rwandans in honouring the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
The chairperson of the commission, Madeleine Nirere, said that 19 years after the Genocide, most Rwandans are aware of their rights, adding that it is the commission's mandate to ensure that all are acquainted. Several speakers talked about the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Antoine Mugesera, a historian and former Senator, gave a detailed presentation on discrimination cases in Rwanda from the early 1950s through the Genocide in 1994. "I advise survivors to try and live with some of the perpetrators in our communities; be ready that some will come with a negative attitude. Be accommodative but also vigilant," said Mugesera. According to one of the genocide survivors, Dative Nzamugulisuka, the Genocide was no doubt organised by people in the highest offices in the country. "It is m ... Read more » |
 Jayapura Onews - At least 61 people died in a row in the last two months in the District Samenage, Yahukimo, Papua. The mass death
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UK Onews,-- I should say at the outset that I was turned down by the Equality and
Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for a post they advertised. I'd never
have dared apply had it not been for Trevor Phillips, who headed it at
the time. "Why don't you have a Christian on board?" I had asked him.
"Why don't you apply?" he'd graciously replied. Alas, he was leaving the
Commission when he said it. But when I saw his replacement – |
Onews,-- Uncle Kevin (Kev) Buzzacott, a Peacemaker from Arabunna Nation at Lake Eyre in South Australia and Jacob Rumbiak (exiled Foreign Affairs Minister from the Federated Republic of Occupied West Papua) have announced a new action of creative resistance against the apartheid of colonisation and destruction caused by multinational mining companies on Indigenous land in Australia and West Papua. The Lake Eyre to West Papua Freedom Flotilla is a journey that hopes to reunite the history and peoples of a land that was once geographically and culturally connected. "We were one people, we still are one people, we must uphold our cultural connection, the old land is calling us,” proclaimed Uncle Kev, Arabunna Elder. "We have a responsibility to care for our brothers and sisters from across the water. We must bring the water and the fire, the love and the music to heal the country and move in solidarity.” This action has be ... Read more » |
