NGOs present bleak RI report to European partners

The Jakarta Post, 11 November 2006

Evi Mariani, The Jakarta Post, Brussels, Belgium

Poverty and human rights abuses are still serious problems in Indonesia, with non-governmental organizations presenting a bleak report on both issues at a recent meeting in Brussels, Belgium.

The report, orchestrated by the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID), highlighted the worsening poverty in the country.

The latest government data show that at least 39 million Indonesians, 17.7 percent of the population, live ... read more

Posted on 11:11 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Development, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: labour, poverty, Indonesia, human rights, NGO, debt, economy and business

The Reflection of Proclamation on August 17, 1945

17 August 2004

Joint Press Release

“We, the victims of human rights violation, are taking a day off as Indonesian citizens, because our state hasn’t given the guarantee of the freedom and our rights as human”

Indonesia is still ailing from the crisis pain. Political elite are only worsening the situation. Corruption, insurmountable public and private debts and subsidy revocation, the development inequality between the capital and the rest of the country, a looming number of unemployment, forced eviction and ... read more

Posted on 09:31 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: labour, poverty, democracy, gender, Indonesia, justice, corruption, land rights, human rights, military, reformasi, impunity, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Singapurs Hausmädchen erhalten Unterricht gegen Hochhaus-Stürze

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Posted on 04:36 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: labour, gender, Indonesia, human rights

(Deutsch) Indonesien braucht mehr als symbolische Reformen!

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Posted on 11:16 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, security sector, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: 1965, labour, Government of Germany, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, judicial system, corruption, human rights, New Order, East Timor, political prisoners, reformasi, security sector, students, arms trade

(Deutsch) Internationaler Aufruf zur Solidaritätsaktion gegen die geplante Verschärfung der indonesischen Arbeitsgesetzgebung

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Posted on 11:17 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: labour, Indonesia, human rights, New Order, parliament, protest action, rule of law

(Deutsch) Die Generäle feiern ihre Souveränität

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Posted on 05:04 AM in Aceh, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Press Freedom, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, labour, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Habibie, Indonesia, human rights, military, New Order, East Timor, parliament, PKI, press freedom, Sri-Bintang Pamungkas, arms trade