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WORA 2008
Anti-GE International Activists in Indonesia Freed
11 April 2008 : Three harrowing days after they were hijacked by the police, and with their passports confiscated, the 15 international activists attending the WORA events in Jakarta, Indonesia to highlight the threats of...
WORA 2008
Anti-GE activists released, but passports confiscated
9 April 2008: After being hijacked yesterday by the Jakarta Police for attending a people's demonstration against GE (genetic engineered) rice outside the Ministry of Agriculture, and then being interrogated at the Immigration...
WORA 2008
Anti-GM Rice Activists Arrested in Jakarta!
8 April 2008 : Fifteen people from six countries were arrested today in Jakarta (Indonesia) by Polda Jaya (the Police Corps of Jakarta Raya Territory) for participating in a peaceful people’s gathering to voice their protest...
ANDONG MARCH: IN DEFENSE OF INDONESIA’S RICE CULTURE
By Norly Grace Mercado
5 April 2007, Yogyakarta, Indonesia – Today, more than 30 andongs, or horse-drawn carriages, marched from Mandungan I kampung (village) in Sleman in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, to Kapatihan (Governor’s Office) near the...
SAVE RICE CULTURE, SAVE OUR FUTURE
By Norly Grace Mercado
3 April 2007 - Yogyakarta, Indonesia – More than 50 elementary and high school students joined the Pekan Budaya Padi Indonesia 2007 or the Week of Rice Action 2007 (WORA Indonesia). These children are from Mandungan 1 village in...