… a perfect timing for this human rights issue to be brought to the U.N, just as Malaysia is being given a seat in the UN Security Council.
NGOs and human rights groups have roundly condemned the move to kick out indigenous peoples from the Baram dam area.
A joint statement issued by Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (Joas), Suaram and International Rivers said, “Malaysian and international human rights organizations have united to publicly condemn the attempt to intimidate Indigenous Peoples in Sarawak at the proposed Baram Dam site.
It added, “On 21 October, coercive action was taken by police from the General Operation Force (GOF), Forest Department officers and personnel representing logging interests from the company MM Golden, to pressure residents of Long Kesseh to abandon their customary lands and disperse from the site.”
This is the area where people had set up a barricade.
“As a result…
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New Zealand also won a seat on the Security Council. A lot of us hope this might pressure the current government to change their posture on Maori rights.
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I am concerned that these institutional reforms (more representation, more members, more reforms, and more beautiful, ethical, peaceful rhetoric) has the effect to instill false beliefs that personal sovereignty and “Rightness” is being nurtured.
Ending the wars (war on Terror), ending the war funding with the abolishment of fractional reserve banking & central bank private funding, respecting personal sovereignty, removing institutional “Authority” are institutional governance issues not being addressed in the meme of institutional Control and Authority.
How many indigenous nations and tribes are members of the security council, or the United Nations for that matter…
The solutions are not within the halls of institutions.
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I share your reservations about institutions solving problems. However NZ’s Security Council seat gives us grassroots social justice activists a great opportunity to highlight our current government’s racism – for example their refusal to sign the UN Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People.
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Amplifying and sharing awareness is great; wishing you success!
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