KULON PROGO’S MEGAPROJECT, NYIA, AND PEASANTs/COMMUNITY RESISTANCE 1:
Banner-dropping action held yesterday during 5 in the morning on the train bridge Kewek, Yogyakarta, near Malioboro (A tourists area). Banner resisting airport construction in the Kulon Progo regions whereas for years the peasants have been resisting mining companies and the mega-project including Bandara Temon (Temon Airport) or what is well known as NYIA (NEW YOGYAKARTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. More detailed information soon in english and a call for international solidarity against New Yogyakarta International Airport!
The banner reads as: “Construction of Kulon Progo Airport equals environmental destruction and the eviction of peasants community.
#YOGYAKARTA IS SPECIAL!
Solidarity!
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