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May 29, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald - May 29, 2009

Tom Allard, Jakarta – As he approached Merauke's airport from the sky that fateful Friday, William Scott-Bloxam began to realise there could be consequences for his quickly planned week

March 24, 2009

Agence France Presse - March 24, 2009

Jakarta – Indonesia's military denied Tuesday a disclosure by US mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

March 23, 2009

Jakarta Globe - March 23, 2009

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Agencies – The military on Monday denied a report that it had received illegal protection payments from US mining giant Freeport McMoran in Papua Province

Agence France Presse - March 23, 2009

Jakarta – US-based mining giant Freeport McMoRan (FCX) is paying Indonesian troops to protect a large gold and copper mine in Papua, despite regulations requiring the military to hand o

February 4, 2009

Jakarta Post - February 4, 2009

Jakarta – The Papua regional police said Wednesday they have yet to identify who was behind two mortar bombs set off in a concession area run by PT Freeport Indonesia in September last

January 20, 2009

Jakarta Post - January 20, 2009

Markus Makur, Timika – PT Freeport Indonesia (FI), a gold and copper mining company operating in Mimika regency, Papua, is cutting costs despite a workers union protest in response to t

September 24, 2008

West Papua Advocacy Team and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network - September 24, 2008

[The following statement was submitted by the West Papua Advocacy Team and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network for the hearing on Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Respons

West Papua Advocacy Team and ETAN - September 24, 2008

[Submitted by the West Papua Advocacy Team and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network for the hearing on Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of L

September 19, 2008

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2008

Markus Makur, Timika – In a bid to prevent further bombings at copper and gold miner PT Freeport Indonesia, Papua Police on Wednesday disposed of bags suspected to contain explosives ne

September 15, 2008

Reuters - September 15, 2008

Jakarta – A separatist group in Indonesia's Papua province claimed responsibility on Monday for a series of bomb attacks in the area and called for the closure of a controversial huge c

September 12, 2008

Jakarta Post - September 12, 2008

Repeated gunshots were heard seven hours before the blasts on Thursday night at a road in Timika, Papua, leading to a massive mine operated by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., t

Associated Press - September 12, 2008

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Two small bombs exploded early Friday on a road leading to a massive copper and gold mine in eastern Indonesia and a third unexploded mortar was found nearby,

September 1, 2008

Radio New Zealand International - September 1, 2008

Analysts say a US federal court ruling involving energy giant Exxonmobil and Indonesia's military has major implications for international companies working in regions like Papua.

August 17, 2008

Melbourne Age - August 17, 2008

Tom Hyland – New evidence has emerged linking the Indonesian military to the 2002 murder of two American teachers and an Indonesian colleague in a remote region of Papua, according to r

October 25, 2007

United Front of Struggle of the West Papuan People (Front PEPERA) Statement - October 25, 2007

Jakarta – The horizontal tribal conflict in Banti, District of Tembagapura, Mile 68, Freeport has not yet been resolved by either of the warring parties.

July 27, 2007

Jakarta Post - July 27, 2007

Jakarta – The Supreme Court refused the appeal of a man convicted in a December 2006 shooting near the operational area of Freeport McMoran in Timika, Papua, that left three employees d

April 20, 2007

Agence France Presse - April 20, 2007

Jakarta – Thousands of mine workers in Indonesia's remote Papua province protested for a third day Friday as marathon talks with US firm Freeport McMoRan over pay and benefits showed si

April 19, 2007

Agence France Presse - April 19, 2007

Jakarta – Production at a giant US-run mine in Indonesia's remote Papua province has been slashed to 20 percent due to a protest by thousands of workers, a government minister said Thur

April 9, 2007

Press Release - April 9, 2007

Evidence of Indonesian military involvement in the deaths of two American citizens has been suppressed, according to a report released today by Joyo Indonesian News Service and Pantau F

January 1, 2007

Joyo News/Pantau Exclusive Report - January 2007

By S. Eben Kirksey and Andreas Harsono

December 13, 2006

Antara News - December 13, 2006

Jakarta – Tens of youths from Papua demonstrated in front of the Gedung Plaza 89 in Kuningan, South Jakarta, where PT Freeport Indonesia's Jakarta office is located on Wednesday to dema

November 29, 2006

Jakarta Post - November 29, 2006

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of Amungme and Kamoro tribespeople in Mimika, Papua, held a protest Tuesday to demand giant gold mining company PT Freeport Indonesia give them its old m

November 8, 2006

Radio Australia - November 8, 2006

The wife of an American man murdered in Indonesia's troubled Papua province four years ago says she's satisfied justice has been done in the trial which ended this week.

November 7, 2006

Reuters - November 7, 2006

Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – A Papuan separatist received a life sentence on Tuesday and six others were handed shorter jail terms for the murder of two Americans and an Indonesian four

November 1, 2006

Jakarta Post - November 1, 2006

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Seven Papuans arrested over the 2002 killings of two Americans and their Indonesian colleague in Papua declined to enter a plea of not guilty Tuesday, saying the

October 31, 2006

Jakarta Post - October 31, 2006

Markus Makur, Timika – Hundreds of people rallied in Timika, Papua, on Monday in opposition to the trial in Jakarta of seven Papuans charged with the 2002 murders of two American teache

October 14, 2006

Jakarta Post - October 14, 2006

Jakarta/Timika – Relatives of seven Papuans on trial for the 2002 killings of two Americans and one Indonesian demanded a fair trial in Papua on Friday as the defendants continued to bo

October 7, 2006

Jakarta Post - October 7, 2006

Markus Makur, Timika – Papua Police apprehended 47 traditional gold miners Friday for their alleged involvement in a blockade against work at the Freeport gold mine in Timika.

September 8, 2006

Asia Times - September 8, 2006

John McBeth, Timika – For centuries, Papua's warlike mountain tribesmen have used bows and arrows, spears and knives to settle their differences over women and pigs – and not necessaril

September 4, 2006

Melbourne Age - September 4, 2006

Timika – An unidentified group of people shot Sunday a security car of PT Freeport Indonesia, the giant gold and copper mine, in the country's easternmost province, a police officer sai

August 9, 2006

Jakarta Post - August 9, 2006

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – Lawyers for seven men charged with the 2002 killings of two Americans and one Indonesian in Papua province entered a not guilty plea for their clients Tuesday, s

July 26, 2006

Agence France Presse - July 26, 2006

Jakarta – A court in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua on Wednesday jailed two people for five and six years each for taking part in violent protests against a US-run mine, a la

July 19, 2006

Jakarta Post - July 19, 2006

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court opened the trial Tuesday of seven Papuans charged with the 2002 murders of two American teachers and an Indonesian who worked

July 14, 2006

XFN-ASIA - July 14, 2006

Jakarta – A comprehensive audit on the operation of PT Freeport Indonesia, which was initially expected to be completed last month, is not finished yet, Energy and Mineral Resources Min

July 12, 2006

Jakarta Post - July 12, 2006

Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court told prosecutors Tuesday to use force to get seven suspects in the 2002 killing of two US nationals and an Indonesian in Papua

July 11, 2006

Sydney Morning Herald - July 11, 2006

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Six of the seven Papuans charged with the premeditated murder of three teachers at the Freeport mine in 2002 are facing the death penalty merely for supplyin

June 26, 2006

Jakarta Post - June 26, 2006

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – The National Police will take over security at US-owned mining company PT Freeport Indonesia from the military beginning in July, an officer says.

June 19, 2006

Jakarta Post - June 19, 2006

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June 8, 2006

June 2, 2006

May 11, 2006

Jakarta Post - May 11, 2006

M. Taufiqurrahman and T.B.

May 4, 2006

May 3, 2006

Agence France Presse - May 3, 2006

Jakarta – Environmental damage caused by Freeport's huge gold and copper mine in Indonesia's remote Papua province is much worse than previously thought, an environmental watchdog said

May 1, 2006

Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) - May 2006

Executive Summary

April 12, 2006

Green Left Weekly - April 12, 2006

Max Lane – On April 5, the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) issued a resolution calling for the closure of the huge Freeport mine, a demand that had been raised by student protesters at a

Jakarta Post - April 12, 2006

Markus Makur, Timika – The National Commission on Human Rights urged Mimika regency administration and mining company PT Freeport Indonesia to pay more attention to tribal communities i

April 11, 2006

Financial Times (UK) - April 11, 2006

Rebecca Bream and Shawn Donnan – Freeport-McMoRan has faced a litany of criticism in recent months over the operation of its Grasberg copper and gold mine in Indonesia's remote and conf

March 29, 2006

Green Left Weekly - March 29, 2006

Kerryn Williams – After police attacked a protest outside the Cendrawasih University in the West Papuan capital Jayapura on March 16, several police officers and an Indonesian military

March 23, 2006

Asia Times - March 23, 2006

John McBeth, Jakarta – The pretext may have been demands for the closure of Freeport Indonesia's Grasberg copper and gold mine, 500 kilometers away across Papua's rugged central highlan

Associated Press - March 23, 2006

Jakarta – Indonesia's government Thursday threatened legal action against US mining giant Freeport unless the company improved the environmental record of its massive gold mine in Papua