Porgera in Flames

Good lord: “Barrick-recommended military force burns down hundreds of homes in PNG”:http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/30/18592070.php

And this from the Post Courier: “Porgera locals to sue government”:http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20090501/news01.htm

Update 1 May 09 17:30:
Here’s a roundup of some more links. Some of these pages are being edited while live so sometimes the content changes.

Radio New Zealand: “PNG Denies Paper Report About Porgera Fires”:http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=46298

ABC: “PNG Villagers Allege Police Destroyed Homes”:http://www.radioaustralianews.net.au/stories/200904/2557368.htm?desktop

Dominion: “Indigenous Community Leaders Confront Barrick Gold In Toronto”:http://www.dominionpaper.ca/weblogs/%5Buser%5D/2632 (note how Ipili are now ‘indigenous’)

You can also listen to about 8 minutes into this broadcast of today’s As It Happens to hear an interview with Jethro Tulin: “As It Happens 1 May 2009″:http://www.cbc.ca/mrl3/8752/asithappens/20090501-aih-3.wmv — I have a (hand-typed) transcript if anyone wants it.

From the post: “Porgera up in flames”:http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20090430/news01.htm

I haven’t seen anything from Barrick yet, and have no news ‘from the ground’. I’ll try to comment more tomorrow.

p.s. in other news, “Joe Gabut has been assaulted by people from the Tari-Hides area”:http://www.postcourier.com.pg/20090430/news02.htm.