On September 15, 2011, 8000 of the 22,000 Freeport workers went on strike, demanding a wage increase from US$3.50 to US$7.50 per hour. It was the longest and biggest strike since Freeport began operations in West Papua in 1967. Unidentified gunmen opened fire and three people were killed and one was wounded

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The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) is an advisory body to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), with a mandate to discuss indigenous issues related to economic and social development, culture, the environment, education, health and human rights. 

The Twelfth Session of the Permanent Forum will take place from 20 - 31 May 2013.


More info at: http://social.un.org/index/IndigenousPeoples/UNPFIISessions/Twelfth.aspx

You can watch it live at: http://webtv.un.org/#

Picture: An orang asal (indigenous people) elder in Malaysia carrying out a cultural ceremony.