For Human Rights, Democracy and Environment
in Indonesia and East Timor
URGENT ACTION: Indonesian Security Forces use treason laws to restrict rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in West Papua
TAPOL, Franciscans International, International Coalition for Papua, Watch Indonesia!, West Papua Netzwerk and Geneva for Human Rights Global Training would like to draw your attention to the cases of the violation of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression as well as the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association of the members of West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat – KNPB) in Mimika Regency, Papua Province, (1) Indonesia. We ... read more
Posted in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Position Papers, Publications, Regional Conflicts
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 in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
»Ich will nur, dass du am Leben bist«
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German version
Posted in democracy, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Indigenous community Sedulur Sikep honored with Human Rights Award for their fight against environmental destruction and standing up against multinational companies like HeidelbergCement
Press release, 17 December 2018
Indonesia: The community of the “Friendly Minded” receives the prestigious Yap Thiam Hien Award for their efforts to protect the environment. The Sedulur Sikep fight against the impending land grab and environmental destruction by the cement industry, i.a. the German HeidelbergCement AG.
Gunarti, a mother of three, farmer and environmental activist, had inspired many people in Germany last year with her authenticity and her energetic commitment towards the environment. Her home region, the Kendeng Mountains in ... read more
Posted in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Publications, Environment & Climate
R.I.P. Bung Soenarto
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German version
Posted in democracy, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia
Life, interrupted: Documents from Berlin
Jakarta Post, 10 December 2018
www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/10/life-interrupted-documents-from-berlin.html
by Katrin Figge
When Pipit Rochijat Kartawidjaja came to West Berlin to study electrical engineering in the early 1970s, he found a city isolated by the Cold War and divided by a wall. It was home to all sorts of creative minds: musicians, artists and student activists.
Foreigners seemed to be strangely attracted to West Berlin, as its isolated status reflected their own state of mind of feeling like an outsider.
Pipit, however, quickly took ... read more
Posted in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Lola Amaria Keliling Jerman dengan Film ‘Lima’
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Indonesian version
Posted in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Watch! Indonesia – indonesische Filmreihe im BABYLON, Berlin-Mitte
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German version
Posted in Agro Fuels, Activities, Visitor Programmes, democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate
Antara Optimisme dan Kerinduan yang Menggugat
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Indonesian version
Posted in Activities, Visitor Programmes, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Mining, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector
November 12, 2018. Open Statement
read as PDF: www.watchindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/Declaracion-con-firmas-ENG.pdf
During its 14 years of existence, RSPO – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil – has failed to live up to its claim of „transforming” the industrial palm oil production sector into a so-called „sustainable” one. In reality, the RSPO has been used by the palm oil industry to greenwash corporate destruction and human rights abuses, while it continues to expand business, forest destruction and profits.
RSPO presents itself to the public ... read more
Posted in Agro Fuels, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Position Papers, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
