Shoot ’em all!

In the spotlight, 10 August 2017

by Yvonne Kunz

Indonesia is a country known to be quite rigorous when it comes to particular contraventions. Drug trafficking for example can be sanctioned with the death penalty legitimized by law. A new dimension has been reached with President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) encouragement to shoot drug traffickers on the spot see also Watch Indonesia!, Information und Analyse, 08 August 2017. Extra-judicial killings to tackle environmental issues again, seem to be a ... read more

Posted on 04:44 PM in "In the Spotlight", Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, military, plantations, law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

In Indonesia, the peasant struggle of Kendeng

open Democracy, 11 July 2017

www.opendemocracy.net/alice-sakasi/in-indonesia-peasant-struggle-of-kendeng

by Alice Sakasi

„We are ‘orang desa’ (country people), far from big cities. Maybe it’s hard for you to imagine that we work close to the earth, outside and sweating from morning until night.“

Mbak Gunarti, one of the women leaders of the peasant struggle of Kendeng came back last month to Indonesia, in the island of Java where she lives among her Samin people, after having spent several weeks in Germany. There she ... read more

Posted on 11:38 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kendeng, land rights, human rights, protest action, law, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) neue Publikation: Peacebuilding in Aceh – zwischen Tsunami und Scharia

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German version

Posted on 04:48 AM in Aceh, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Regional Conflicts, security sector, Studies, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Aceh, Germany, women's rights, Indonesia, conflict resolution, LGBT Rights, human rights, military, law, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, religion, security sector, special autonomy, environment and climate, dealing with the past, economy and business

(Deutsch) neue Publikation: Peacebuilding in Aceh – zwischen Tsunami und Scharia

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German version

Posted on 04:48 AM in Aceh, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Regional Conflicts, security sector, Studies, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Aceh, Germany, women's rights, Indonesia, conflict resolution, LGBT Rights, human rights, military, law, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, religion, security sector, special autonomy, environment and climate, dealing with the past, economy and business

(Deutsch) Arbeitslose Intellektuelle stören Indonesiens Wirtschaft

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Posted on 09:29 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, European Union (EU), Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, NGO, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business, certification

(Deutsch) „Dafür sorgen, dass etwas wächst“

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Posted on 09:44 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, Gerechtigkeit, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, Justiz, land rights, human rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, economy and business

(Deutsch) Protest gegen deutsche Zementherstellung in Indonesien

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Posted on 06:27 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, economy and business

(Bahasa Indonesia) Komentar Basilisa Dengen tentang Aksi Pasung Semen di Jerman

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Indonesian version

Posted on 06:27 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, economy and business

(Deutsch) Fehde in Fernost

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Posted on 06:27 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, economy and business

(Deutsch) Demonstranten bei der Hauptversammlung in Heidelberg (plus Fotogalerie)

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Posted on 06:27 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, economy and business