Rosa Moiwend speaking on the struggle of West Papuan's indigenous rights

6 October 2010, 19.00pm

Housmans Bookshop

5 Caledonian Road

London N1 9DX

Organised by War Resisters' International

Rosa is from the Malind tribe of West Papua. She is an activist working with the Office for Justice and Peace in Jayapura, which works on promoting justice and peace building. Rosa has worked with the community at the grassroots level, and with partner organisations at the national and international level, to organise people to document the human rights situation in Papua every year and to advocate for the rights of indigenous Papuans. She is also a member of SORPATOM (Solidarity of People Against MIFEE).

Rosa will be speaking about indigenous people's rights in West Papua related to the Food Estate Project, which is known as MIFEE (Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate). The presentation will focus on the threats of MIFEE to the existence of the Indigenous Papuan (Malind tribe) in Merauke Regency, West Papua and how indigenous people protect their rights against this project, which was established by Indonesian Government, allegedly in order to save the world and Indonesia from the food and energy crisis. Some big investors from China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia and Indonesia itself are investing their money in this project.

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