Legislation to implement CAVR and CTF recommendations

Watch Indonesia! – For Democracy, Human Rights and Environment in Indonesia and East Timor

Your Excellency
Fernando Lasama de Araujo
President
National Parliament
Timor-Leste

Berlin, 24. January 2012

Your Excellency

Over twenty years ago, it was human rights abuses in Timor-Leste that led to the establishment of Watch Indonesia! in Germany in reaction to the Santa Cruz massacre. Since then, we have actively followed the human rights situation in the country, campaigned together with our friends in Timor-Leste ... read more

Posted on 02:04 AM in Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, East Timor, parliament, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Unilever schert sich nicht um Palmöl-Opfer

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German version

Posted on 12:32 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, plantations, Sumatra, environment and climate, forced eviction, economy and business

(Deutsch) Der lange Schatten des langen Kampfes

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German version

Posted on 02:09 PM in Elections & Political Parties, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Fretilin, José Ramos-Horta, East Timor, political parties, elections, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) Buchbesprechung:
«Die Freiheit, für die wir kämpfen…» Osttimor in der Unabhängigkeit

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German version

Posted on 03:26 AM in History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: gender, violence, East Timor, independence, dealing with the past, civil society

(Bahasa Indonesia) Kontak senjata di Paniai, Papua

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Indonesian version

Posted on 12:26 AM in "In the Spotlight", democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Press Freedom, Publications, security sector
Tags: Indonesia, military, Papua, press freedom

(Deutsch) Indonesier protestieren in Hamburg gegen Landraub für Palmöl

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German version

Posted on 12:09 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, protest action, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Occupy Unilever – Palmöl Demo in Hamburg

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German version

Posted on 11:06 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, NGO, palm oil, plantations, protest action, Sumatra, environment and climate, economy and business

International Human Rights Day:

Churches and Human Rights Organisations express concern about human rights in Papua

(Find a layoutet version of this letter here)

 

His Excellency
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
The President of Indonesia
Jl. Veteran No. 16
Jakarta Pusat
INDONESIA

Wuppertal, 10 December 2011

Dear President Yudhoyono,

In light of the International Human Rights Day, we, the undersigned organizations from Europe, Asia and Australia with partnership relations to church and development organizations in Papua and West Papua, would like to express our concern about the human rights situation in the Indonesian Provinces of Papua and ... read more

Posted on 07:36 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, security sector
Tags: Indonesia, justice, human rights, Papua, security sector

(Deutsch) Die Regenwaldkämpfer kommen

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German version

Posted on 01:32 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate

Indonesia to go nuclear

Watch Indonesia!, 30 November 2011

by Alex Flor

Probably Indonesia’s minister for state enterprises is right, if he supposes a dramatic growth of energy consumption. However, in Germany we have our own experiences with forecasts on energy consumption in the 1970s which never realized. However, these forecasts were instrumental in promoting nuclear energy.

Why should there be no other choice for Indonesia than nuclear power? Why is the minister not promoting “green” energies? The contribution of solar and wind power ... read more

Posted on 02:51 AM in "In the Spotlight", Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, disasters, environment and climate, economy and business