By Kevin Rennie:
Kevin Rennie interviews Clive Porabou — representative of the people of Bougainville — about the Mekamui people’s continued opposition to the giant Panguna copper mine.
From Kevin’s report Mekamui Message: No More Mining, No More Bloodshed for the European Journalism Centre’s Th!nk3 blogging project for the Developing World.
Clive Porabou is taking a strong message to London. When he attends the Rio Tinto Annual General Meeting on 15 April, he’ll be telling them ‘no more mining‘ on Mekanui (Bougainville Island).
Bougainville Copper Limited’s Panguna mine closed in 1989 after an armed struggle against the company and the government of Papua New Guinea. BCL is controlled by mining giant Rio Tinto.
Clive was a fighter for the Bougainville Revolutionary Army. Locals claim that up to 20,000 people died during the secessionist struggle, many from health related problems. He is an independence activist, documentary maker, singer and writer. He blogs at Mekamui.
Mekamui Message: No More Mining, No More Bloodshed from Kevin Rennie on Vimeo.
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