Notice
- Jokowi's meeting with Freeport
has been CANCELLED. There will
be no demonstration at the
Willard Hotel, Monday.
See also
Demand
President Jokowi Support
Justice for All protest in
Mountain View, CA, October 28
Protest Freeport and
Indonesia's Theft of West Papuan
Resources
Monday, October
26, 2015, 8:45 - 9:45 am
Willard Hotel, 1401 Pennsylvania
Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004
(14th St. between E and F Sts.
NW)
Map and directions:
http://washington.intercontinental.com/discover-the-willard/maps-directions
Contact: Michael Beer, ETAN,
703-655-5655;
info@nonviolenceinternational.net
John M. Miller, East Timor and
Indonesia Action Network (ETAN),
917-690-4391 john@etan.org
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Facebook
On
Monday, Oct. 26, Indonesia's
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo
will meet with officials of the
Freeport McMoRan mining company.
Freeport, which runs what at
among the world's largest copper
and gold mine in West Papua. The
mine is Indonesia's largest
revenue generator. Monday's
meeting is part of negotiations
about the renewal of Freeport's
license, including a new split
of the mine's revenue. Revenue
that rightfully belongs to the
West Papuan people.
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| Freeport's
Grasberg mine. Credit: Panos Pictures/Rob
Huibers. |
In a rigged process,
Indonesia with U.S. support
seized West Papua in the 1960s.
After the the bloodbath that
brought the U.S.-backed
Indonesian dictator Suharto to
power, Freeport moved in to
start mining in West Papua. The
mining is devastating to the
peoples of the territory,
poisoning land and water. It has
also been highly disruptive to
their way of life. Indonesia's
police and military have
competed to provide security for
the mine, with the local people
caught in the middle.
While Indonesia's Jokowi has
promised a new deal for West
Papua, many of those promises
remains unfulfilled. Political
prisoners remain in jail and the
rules governing media access
remain unclear. West Papuans
advocating for freedom face
harassment, arrest or worse.
Expanded "development" projects
threaten indigenous rights and
livelihoods. Indonesia continues
to rebuff appeals for direct
dialogue with the independence
movement.
More
information on Freeport in
Indonesia here:
http://etan.org/issues/wpapua/freeport.htm
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