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JANUARY'S VIDEOS


Surat Cinta Kepada Sang Prada (Love Letter To A Soldier)
by Papuan Voices [Merauke]
A letter from a Papuan woman to an Indonesian soldier who was once  
based in her village on the PNG-Indonesian border. Theirs was a  
controversial relationship but she begs him to return to meet their  
three-year-old daughter: "I will continue to wait for you, Samsul. I  
don't care what people say."


Coconut Trees That Bear Jerry Cans (English Subtitle)
by Papuan Voices [Merauke]
The Malind tribe in Merauke is proud of its ecological traditions -  
each clan in the tribe is responsible for protecting a natural  
element. The Moiwend clan is responsible for the coconut trees and  
fruit. However, in recent times Malind youth have started using  
coconuts to make alcohol. The home-made drinks – which are much  
cheaper to buy than beer and spirits - have added to the town's  
problems. Now, some Malind elders are calling for the reinstatement of  
customary laws that would punish those who make use of coconuts in  
this way in order to save their tradition and their community.


What Mama Kasmira Wants (English Subtitle)
by Papuan Voices [Jayapura]
A Papuan cocoa farmer from the Indonesia-PNG border region had to  
leave her farm to work for a palm plantation when the village elders  
made a deal with a Rajawali Group company to sell her land. Every day  
Kasmira works hard under the boiling hot sun, clearing bushes for the  
plantation. However, she has great hopes for her three children.


The Hope of the Cendrawasih Children (English Subtitle)
by Papuan Voices [Jayapura]
Primary school children in Arso on the Indonesia-PNG border are keen  
to study – but teachers rarely come to the local school. The one  
teacher who does come is only on a short-term contract and gets paid  
once every six months. When school is out, the kids end up doing hard  
labour for the local palm plantation to earn money and kill time.


Awin Meke (My Mother)
by Papuan Voices [Jayapura]
Indigenous Papuan women traders struggle to sell their goods in modern  
Jayapura. In their first fight, the women won themselves a space to  
set up shop. However, local city administrators backed out of their  
promise to support them by opening a competing market, run by non- 
Papuans, which sells the same goods.

Kamisan 222
by ferry putra
On Thursday 7 December 2011, Sondang Hutagalung, a university student  
from Jakarta, set himself alight in front of the Indonesian State  
Palace. He died of his injuries on Human Rights Day 2011. Sondang was  
regarded an anti corruption and human rights martyr by members of the  
public, but many also questioned his real motive. Fortunately on old  
video published on EngageMedia in August 2011 showed Sondang in  
action, at the same spot. 'Kamisan 222', is about the 'Thursday  
movement', a weekly peaceful action in front of the Palace. This video  
was the 222nd clip. The Thursday movement calls on the Indonesian  
government to resolve all past human rights violations.  In the video  
Sondang acts as the Indonesian president in a street drama.


Solidarity Movement for Aceh Punks
by Punk Anonymous
On Human Rights Day, December 10 2011, 64 music lovers came from as  
far as Jakarta and West Java to a charity concert in Banda Aceh's  
Taman Budaya Park. They were detained for being "punks" and  
"disturbing the peace". This video highlights a solidarity march held  
for them.
NEWS
Many of us know that West Papua is fighting for independence – but  
what else goes on there? How often do we hear directly from the  
Papuans themselves about life in Indonesia’s most secretive province?
EngageMedia’s Papuan Voices project is a combination of empowerment  
and production. We collaborate with Catholic Church groups in Jayapura  
and Merauke to teach Papuan activists new video production and  
distribution skills so that they have the means to tell their own  
stories to the world. The Papuan Voices project has produced five  
videos so far. Most have been subtitled in either Indonesian or  
English. The project waslaunched on December 10, 2011. The videos can  
be found in our Papuan Voices page.

Global Information Society Watch Report 2011 is out now and two  
country reports are by EngageMedia! GISWatch is a collaborative  
community committed to building an open, inclusive and sustainable  
information society ... more

In our blog, Yerry reflects on the recent Festival Film Dokumenter  
(FFD) in Yogyakarta. FFD is an alternative film festival that attracts  
hundreds of students, videomakers, and artists from across  
Indonesia ... more

In time for 2012, we made some big updates to EngageMedia.org: going  
live with Universal Subtitles and html5 video support ... more

This month we welcomeSeelan Palay to the team. As the Video Lingua  
Coordinator, Seelan is working to broaden public access and  
communication on critical human rights and environmental stories from  
Southeast Asia by developing a regional network of volunteer  
translators and subtitlers.
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