New NGO Report Criticizes Export Credit Agencies on Corruption in Indonesia

13. November 2000

see also in annex: The OECD, Export Credit Agencies and Corruption, NGO letter to OECD PUBLICLY GUARANTEED CORRUPTION, article by Peter Bosshard

Berne Declaration press release for the media in South-East Asia

A new report published by the Berne Declaration documents that export credit agencies are heavily involved in corrupt power projects in Indonesia. Instead of supporting efforts to investigate the corrupt legacy, the agencies pressurize Indonesia’s government to honour the ... read more

Posted on 02:10 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Germany, dictator Suharto, export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, corruption, protest action, economy and business

(Deutsch) George Aditjondro:
“Die Molukken sind das Schlachtfeld der Eliten”

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German version

Posted on 03:10 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, dictator Suharto, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, corruption, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, military, Moluccas, reformasi, religion, security sector, students, Wiranto, economy and business

Unnecessary Electricity – Siemens Deal Causes Political Tensions

06 June 2000

As the No. 1 German news magazine, ‘Der Spiegel’, in its issue of last week reports, the German government is to face trouble over a deal signed in 1995 between Siemens and the Indonesian power supply company PLN, to build the 1200 Megawatt ‘Paiton II’ power plant in East Java.

The $ 1,6 billion deal, which was brokered between the governments of ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl and ex-President and dictator Suharto of Indonesia, might now prove to ... read more

Posted on 08:25 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, corruption, economy and business

(Deutsch) Korupsi und Bank Bali

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Posted on 08:26 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Asian crisis, dictator Suharto, Habibie, Indonesia, corruption, economy and business

(Deutsch) Vierzig Prozent Timors gehören den Suhartos

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Posted on 05:55 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: dictator Suharto, Habibie, Indonesia, corruption, military, East Timor, transitional justice, economy and business

(Deutsch) “Keine Weltbankkredite vor den indonesischen Wahlen!”

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Posted on 02:22 PM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: poverty, development, GOLKAR, Indonesia, corruption, elections, economy and business, World Bank

(Deutsch) Der Traum vom Fliegen

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Posted on 02:14 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, East Timor, Papua, Publications, security sector, SUARA magazine
Tags: Aceh, Chinese, democracy, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, women's rights, Habibie, Indonesia, corruption, human rights, military, East Timor, Papua, political prisoners, Prabowo, reformasi, Wiranto, economy and business

(Deutsch) Auch Habibie geht über Leichen

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Posted on 01:29 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, security sector, SUARA magazine
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, Bishop Belo, democracy, dictator Suharto, Habibie, Indonesia, Indonesien-Information (renamed SUARA), corruption, Megawati Sukarnoputri, military, militias, parliament, political parties, reformasi, students, crimes against humanity, electoral system, Wiranto, economy and business

(Deutsch) Der Traum vom Fliegen – 100 Tage Habibie

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Posted on 12:11 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, democracy, dictator Suharto, Habibie, Indonesia, corruption, human rights, military, East Timor, Papua, political parties, Prabowo, reformasi, debt, Wiranto, economy and business

The industrial and agricultural project in the Mamberamo river catchment area in the Indonesian province of Irian Jaya/West Papua

Berlin, May 1998

The information was compiled with kind support from Down to Earth, London

The watershed and project area covers a staggering 7,711,602 hectares almost the same size as Java. Almost 100% of the area is covered by primary tropical rainforests. Currently it is classified as production forests (31.6%), conversion forest (29.6%) and protected forest (29.6%) and other categories (1.4%). Wildlife found in the area includes, crocodiles, tree kangaroos, cassowary birds, parrots and birds of paradise. The catchment area ... read more

Posted on 04:44 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: mining, Germany, Habibie, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, Papua, rain forest destruction, government, environment and climate, economy and business