(Deutsch) Das Omnibusgesetz zur Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen: Wirtschaftswachstum zuerst! – Menschenrechte, Umwelt und Demokratie später?

 Christine Holike & Kartika Manurung*

Wirtschaftswachstum zuerst! – Menschenrechte, Umwelt und Demokratie später?

Im Oktober 2019 begann die indonesische Regierung mit der Propagierung des sogenannten Omnibusgesetzes. Es zielt darauf ab, eine Vielzahl von Bestimmungen in bestehenden Gesetzen zu ändern. Erfasst wird ein breites Spektrum von Themen: Von der Wirtschaft, der Umweltverträglichkeitsprüfung, dem Arbeitsrecht und der Bildung bis hin zur Halal-Zertifizierung und den Befugnissen der Regionalregierungen. Aufgeteilt in die Pakete “Schaffung von Arbeitsplätzen”, “Staatskapital”, “Steuern” (bereits im Januar verabschiedet) und “Arzneimittel”, ... read more

Posted on 12:07 PM in Activities, democracy, Justice, Human Development, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate
Tags: labour, Arbeitsrechte, Autokratisierung Indonesien, democracy, Demokratie Indonesien, Gewerkschaften, Indigenenrechte, Indigenenrechte Indonesien, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Jokowi, Menschenrechte Indonesien, Omnibus Law, Omnibus Law Indonesien, Omnibusgesetz, Omnibusgesetz Indonesien, Umweltschutz, Umweltschutz Indonesien

Film Screening “Sexy Killers” and Discussion with Siti Maimunah

 

Wednesday, 11 September 2019 from 18:30-21:30
at the office of Watch Indonesia!
Urbanstr. 114, 10967 Berlin

 

‘Sexy Killers’ is a controversial independent documentary film showing the links between Indonesian coal and energy companies and the country’s political elite. The film was released online the day before the 2019 Indonesian presidential election and was screened at more than 470 locations throughout Indonesia. This 86 minute film offers a different way of looking at coal extraction, bringing together politics, ecology, capitalism, colonialism and ... read more

Posted on 02:29 PM in Activities, Indonesia, Environment & Climate

Klimakiller Zement und der Widerstand am Kendeng Gebirge

„Save Kendeng – HeidelbergCement raus aus Kendeng!“ war auch bei der Aktionärsversammlung von HeidelbergCement 2019 in Wiesloch wieder unsere Forderung an die Aktionär*innen und Chefetage des Unternehmens.

Gemeinsam mit Aktivist*innen von RobinWood, dem Dachverband der Kritischen Aktionäre und Unterstützer*innen aus Stuttgart und Heidelberg haben wir auf den Klimakiller Zement aufmerksam gemacht und gegen die Machenschaften von HeidelbergCement in Indonesien, der Westsahara und im Westjordanland protestiert.

Hintergrundinformationen zu den Konsequenzen der Zementproduktion mit Fokus auf den Widerstand am Kendeng Gebirge in Indonesien findet ... read more

Posted on 10:07 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kendeng, land rights, human rights, Zement, Zentraljava

(Deutsch) HeidelbergCement – Negative Folgen des Baubooms

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German version

Posted on 12:01 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) HeidelbergCement vernachlässigt Menschenrechte bei Projekten in Indonesien und der Westsahara

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Posted on 12:01 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Wenn Orang Utans wählen dürften

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Posted on 12:05 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Orang Utan, palm oil, Prabowo, rain forest destruction, Umwelt, elections

(Deutsch) „Palmölkraftstoffe schnellstens verbieten“

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Posted on 11:15 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Mehr zertifiziertes Palmöl in den Tanks

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Posted on 11:15 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Germany, Indonesia, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business

Fighting for the Next Generations

Heinrich Böll Stiftung – Southeast Asia, 28 January 2019

th.boell.org/en/2019/01/28/fighting-next-generations?fbclid=IwAR2VfYklz61oKQtHvFv6Ybqc8kGDDQtdS6dG6CgZWBAJe14iN_xM-a2I3kA

For years, a citizens’ initiative in the Indonesian Kendeng Karst-Mountain has been fighting against the destruction of their livelihoods by cement factories, among others from a subsidiary of the German HeidelbergCement. The transnational solidarity network Save Kendeng supports the farmers from the Kendeng Mountains.

The plain between the volcano Muria and the Kendeng Karst in Central Java is a fertile agricultural area. As far as the eye can see, there are fields ... read more

Posted on 01:58 AM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kendeng, land rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, economy and business, Zement, Zentraljava

Kendeng Movement: Speak Up for Mother Earth!

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 19 December 2018

https://th.boell.org/en/2018/12/19/kendeng-movement-speak-mother-earth

“What is called pest for farmers is not only plant hoppers, but also adverse policies”. This sentence was written on the shirt that Guno was wearing that night. Together with dozens of other people, he walked down the road in the North Kendeng Mountains. Passing through villages in Districts of Kayen and Tambakromo, Regency of Pati, Central Java. Black clothes wrapped around the bodies of village residents who marched carrying torches that night. They were doing ... read more

Posted on 04:07 AM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, decentralization, HeidelbergCement, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, Kendeng, land rights, protest action, solidarity, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate, Zentraljava