Indonesia: Criminalization of social leader for the benefit of oil palm corporation

World Rainforest Movement (WRM) Bulletin, Issue 139 – February 2009

As exposed in previous WRM Bulletin issues, criminalization is part of a strategy aimed at silencing any protest generally against the extractive activities of transnational corporations (see WRM Bulletin Nº 125). It is happening all over Southern countries. And it is happening right now in Indonesia, where it has victimized another fighter of social resistance to land-grabbing by palm oil-companies in the country.

The powerful agribusiness transnational group PT ... read more

Posted on 10:58 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, economy and business

Protests erupt over growing number of land and human rights conflicts around biofuels in Indonesia

Environment Times online, 17th February 2009

http://www.environmenttimes.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?news_id=852

On Friday, 13th February, a consortium of environmental and human rights campaigners delivered a petition with over 10,000 signatures to the Indonesian embassy in London. On the same day, German campaigners also delivered the signatures to the Indonesian embassy in Berlin. They are demanding the release of Muhammad Rusdi a community leader and village head in Jambi province, Sumatra, and redress for a community whose land has been illegally taken ... read more

Posted on 11:56 AM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Sumatra

(Bahasa Indonesia) Harapan pada Partai Politik

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Posted on 12:45 PM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, discrimination, gender, Indonesia, political parties, elections

(Bahasa Indonesia) Parliamentary Threshold dinilai Banyak Kekurangan

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Posted on 05:18 PM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, political parties, administration, elections

(Bahasa Indonesia) Suara Rakyat Terancam Hilang

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Posted on 11:29 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, law, elections

(Bahasa Indonesia) Pemohon Tambah Pasal yang Diuji

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Posted on 10:29 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, law, elections

(Deutsch) Bleibt Mord an indonesischem Menschenrechtler Munir ungesühnt?

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Posted on 05:16 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, justice, human rights, Munir, impunity

Women and Poverty

POTRET, Media Perempuan Aceh (Edisi XXI, Tahun 2008), December 18, 2008

by Marianne Klute and Victoria Kumala, Watch Indonesia!

Amirah rushes home, her basket filled with vegetable leaves from the countryside. She is in a hurry, wondering how to feed her children and when to take care of her old father tonight. Amirah feels exhausted, not only because she is hungry, but also because she feels the burden of life. After a long day in the family’s garden, there ... read more

Posted on 06:02 PM in Aceh, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Development, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, labour, poverty, development, gender, Indonesia

(Deutsch) Nachhaltige Profitmaximierung. Der Palmöl-Industrielle Komplex und die Debatte um „nachhaltige Biotreibstoffe“

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Posted on 02:37 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), European Union (EU), Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, certification, civil society

(Deutsch) Der indonesische Staatsminister für Verwaltungsreform zu Gast

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Posted on 01:55 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, German-Indonesian relations, Indonesia, administration