News page
News about events in the region, solidarity actions here etc. will be posted here as and when we get it. But to be the first to know, join the SSP Email List. And to get involved in future actions, keep an eye on the Forthcoming Actions page!
Feb 06 | Oct 05 | July 05 | April 05 | Feb 05 | Jan 05 | Dec
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Sept 04 | Aug 04 | July 04 | June 04 | May 04 | April 04 | March 04
Feb 06
| 24th February | Papuans shut down Freeport mine |
October 05
| 16th October | NTM Missionaries Kicked Out |
July 05
| 25th July | Bougainville rebel leader Ona dies |
| 3rd July | Bougainville - Francis Ona, NO to opening Panguna |
April 05
| 26th April | Freeport CEO home demo |
| 19th April | Summary and Update from Santa Cruz SSP |
| 18th April | West Papua Demonstration and Presentation |
| 17th April | Reclaim Shell Cove Aboriginal Embassy |
Feb 05
| 14th February | Mining Company tells Subanen Community to Cooperate or Face Immediate Eviction. |
Jan 05
| 24th January | Action: Call Freeport Execs to Stand Up for West Papua |
| 24th January | 8 people Arrested in Wamena West Papua |
| 22nd January | Freeport's involvement in West Papua - new research |
| 21st January | Brutal Indonesiam military oppression, Wurineri, West Papua |
| 12th January | Statement by the MDF regarding Development of the Panguna Mine |
| 1st January | Solidairity call from Indonesia |
Dec 04
| 22nd December | Help starving West Papuan refugees |
| 20th December | SSP New Orleans created |
| 19th December | Phone for Papuan Prisoners |
| 18th December | Santa Cruz updates |
| 15th December | Aus Police Deny Plans to Attack No-Go Zone |
| 8th December | West Papua: Military Execute Pastor in hunt for OPM |
| 7th December | Philippines: EF! Davao Pesticide Day |
| 7th December | West Papua: 15,000 Flee Military Assualt,
5,000 in Independence Demo, Hunger Strike |
| 7th December | West Papua: Government Convoy Attacked |
| 4th December | Logging suspended in Philippines |
| 29th November | Bougainville News - Aussie jet and Constitution |
Nov 04
| 24th November | Action call out - Rolls Royce, West Papua |
| 22nd November | Leeds SSP benefit dinner, Fri 3rd December |
| 22nd November | Philippines - Workers Strike in a Sugar plant, Brutally Dispersed |
| 18th November | Bad news for Bougainville |
| 16th November | Benefit to Phillipines and other SSP projects |
| 14th November | SSP Xmas Benefit Dinner - 17th Dec, Bradford |
| 10th November | Travel Restrictions on Bougainville |
Oct 04
| 24th October | Bank account |
| 24th October | Various West Papua updates |
| 24th October | Bougainville updates |
| 19th October | Arms for Ona - Bougainville leaders condemn Musingku, Ona's plan |
| 14th October | Fundraising in Leeds, Sat 6th Nov |
| 11th October | Beyond ESF SSP Talk, Saturday 16th October |
| 11th October | Mekamui statement on plane over PNG government |
| 11th October | Greens slam attacks on anti-loggers |
| 11th October | West Papuan Refugees Deported |
| 10th October | SSP Fundraising |
| 8th October | Mekamui invite two Austalian / British nationals to land on Bougainville |
| 8th October | Bougainville not ready to hold elections by end of 2004 |
| 7th October | Environmentalist Assassinated in the Philippines |
Sept 04
| 21st September | Mother Mekamui - from the MDF |
| 10th September | Mekamui Stand on deployment of Australian Police in Bougainville |
| 6th September | Australian police head to Bougainville |
| 2nd September | A new dawn for mining after a lost decade? |
August 04
| 19th August | Prisoners released from West Papuan jail |
| 17th August | "Like an abusive visitor who sues the host" |
| 13th August | Downer signs off on police mission to PNG |
| 13th August | Bougainville peace process needs to move on |
July 04
| 27th July | Protests against Canadian Mining company voiced at United Nations |
| 14th July | Sunkamap Times - Bougainville's new newspaper. |
The Manobo receiving their certificate of ancestral domain
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| 8th July | PNG Oil Palm Plantation Action | |
| 7th July | Manobo gain certificate of ancestral domain (photos) | |
| 6th July | Papuan boycott + London action |
June 04
| 14th June | West Papuan boycott of Indonesian elections - picket |
| 14th June | Norwich activists fined for Pacific Solidarity |
May 04
| 13th May | 17th May - Remembrance Day and Independence Day for the people of Bougainville |
| 6th May | West Papuan Prisoner Support Week |
April 04
| 14th April | Demonstration at Canadian Consulate in Barcelona. |
| 7th April | Papuan ballot boycott prevents election result. Global solidarity demonstrations in support. |
| 2nd April | Poll Boycott |
March 04
| 1st March | London Rising Tide pickets BP Tangguh Gas Greenwash Meeting |