DID YOU KNOW? West Papua has the world's largest goldmine operated by US mining giant Freeport McMoRan. This mine pumps over 238,000 TONNES of toxic waste in
- 6 years ago
DID YOU KNOW? West Papua has the world's largest goldmine operated by US mining giant Freeport McMoRan.
This mine pumps over 238,000 TONNES of toxic waste into the local river system EVERY DAY and pays the Indonesian military millions of dollars a year in "protection money".
In this video, filmed by Izzy Brown and Mia Wally, interview West Papuan Environmental Academic Korenus Watori and Mama Yosepha, who has been imprisoned more than 18 times by the Indonesian military and police for her activism in standing up to the illegal Indonesian occupation and environmental destruction of West Papua.
In 2001, she won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her resistance to the Freeport Mine, the largest goldmine on Earth which effectively funds the Indonesian state colonialism and genocide of the West Papuan people.
In this interview, Mama Yosepha and Korenus Watori explain the terrible effects which Freeport and the Indonesian military have on the land and people of West Papua.
TAKE ACTION FOR WEST PAPUA HERE:
This mine pumps over 238,000 TONNES of toxic waste into the local river system EVERY DAY and pays the Indonesian military millions of dollars a year in "protection money".
In this video, filmed by Izzy Brown and Mia Wally, interview West Papuan Environmental Academic Korenus Watori and Mama Yosepha, who has been imprisoned more than 18 times by the Indonesian military and police for her activism in standing up to the illegal Indonesian occupation and environmental destruction of West Papua.
In 2001, she won the Goldman Environmental Prize for her resistance to the Freeport Mine, the largest goldmine on Earth which effectively funds the Indonesian state colonialism and genocide of the West Papuan people.
In this interview, Mama Yosepha and Korenus Watori explain the terrible effects which Freeport and the Indonesian military have on the land and people of West Papua.
TAKE ACTION FOR WEST PAPUA HERE: