Lost in translation Joe Studwell's blog

joestudwell

ue, 17 Nov 2009 21:05:13 GM

This has . brutalised. large swathes of a naturally very beautiful place. Still, driving into the central mountain range of Honshu island, I eventually reach hills too steep for development. This is where the forest land that covers so much of ... As the plane descends, you can already see multiple fires where farmers are burning off the residue in fields where sugar . cane. has been cut. There is sugar everywhere, even around the airport. November is part of the cutting season ...

Stabroek News - Enterprise woman beaten to death by son

Alva Solomon

ue, 21 Jul 2009 09:27:17 GM

She said he tore her clothes off her body in the process, while slamming her head on whatever surface he could find, screaming several expletives as he . brutalised. her. She said that after about an hour, he left the house, leaving his motionless mother on the floor. ... He said his brother, who lived with their parents all his life, would physically abuse his mother whenever he went home from the . cane. fields, where he works as a . cane cutter. , and found no food on the table. ...

What does Indonesian society look like almost three years after ...

Jorge Jorquera

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 01:53:55 GM

In the sugar industry, which employs 9 million people, mills are closing and . cane cutters. , warehouse workers and others have also been striking. Politically everything is also uncertain and restless. . ... They are murdering, torturing and . brutalising. even now in Aceh, West Papua and the refugee camps of West Timor. They are calling for all out war in Aceh and West Papua. They are the ones organising the thugs and bullies to attack protesting workers. ...