Julie Wark on #WestPapua
Currently a critical situation in Paniai Region where the #Indonesian military have displaced large numbers of refugees.
"Indigenous peoples have been displaced from more than a million hectares of cleared rainforest to make way for transmigrants. Forest dwellers have been expelled to malaria-infested lower altitudes. Their rights are annulled by law."
#Indigenous #Indigenousrights
counterpunch.org/2024/07/05/pa…
As in Palestine, much of the displacement in West Papua is caused by settlers, but this time funded by the World Bank.
Julie Wark (CounterPunch.org)