Wadas Warriors
Some villagers in Wadas have been fighting against the plan to mine andesite in the village for years. These protestors and the activists assisting them have been subject to various efforts to intimidate.
Raymundus Rikang
February 28, 2022
WHILE surrounded by hundreds of police officers, Khamidah continued to pray on the yard of the Nurul Huda Mosque, Wadas village Purworejo Regency, Central Java, on Tuesday, February 8. That afternoon, she and other Wadas residents held a mujahadah, a tradition to declare the villagers’ determination to fight. Wadas villagers have been rejecting the mining project to collect andesite for the development of the Bener Dam.
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