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Six Years On and Still Fighting Lapindo

Posted on July 11, 2012 by NEGASI

Recently, 3000 victims of the mud volcano created by the Lapindo company’s drilling operations, whose homes were in the affected area, once again demonstrated their feelings outside the East Java Governor’s office in Surabaya. They were asking the provincial government … Continue reading →

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They Fight for the Forest

Posted on July 11, 2012 by NEGASI

The Iban Dayaks from Semunying had always lived simply alongside their natural environment. Then in 2005 an oil palm plantation company appeared, wanting to take over the ancestral forest that had been the backbone of people’s livelihoods for generations. One … Continue reading →

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Anti-Mine Awareness in East Nusa Tenggara

Posted on July 11, 2012 by NEGASI

In the last five years the East Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government has taken a very accomodating attitude to mining development. Many mining permissions have been issued by the provincial and regency governments, for minerals such as iron sand, gold, iron … Continue reading →

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How a New Law on Social Conflict Supports State Repression

Posted on July 11, 2012 by NEGASI

[a note from Hidup Biasa – Indonesia in recent years has hosted several intense and bloody conflicts, which can explode very quickly. Especially after the fall of Suharto’s regime in 1998, conflicts broke out between Christians and Muslims in Central … Continue reading →

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