Discussion with Akbar Yumni about Daerah Hilang by Bachtiar Siagian – The Forbidden Scenes and the Forgotten Filmmaker

Monday, 21 August 2023, 18:00 Uhr, Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

Bakhtiar Siagian was probably one of Indonesia’s most important left-wing film directors and thinkers. During his career from 1955 to 1965, which was marked by political censorship and persecution, he wrote and directed 13 feature films. This made him one of the most prolific Indonesian directors of his time. His socially critical films addressed poverty, injustice and powerlessness. Already under Sukarno’s presidency, provoking scenes were cut out. After ... read more

Posted on 12:18 PM in Activities, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia

(Deutsch) Pressemitteilung vom 10.05.2023 zur Hauptversammlung der HeidelbergCement AG am 11.05.2023

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Posted on 05:08 PM in Activities, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aktionärsversammlung, end cemend, HeidelbergZement, HeidelbergZement AG, Indonesia, Kendeng, Save Kendeng, Zement

Book launch and discussion with Soe Tjen Marching about her two new books, “Yang Tak Kunjung Padam” and “Tiga Kitab”

  Monday, 15 May 2023, 7 pm, Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

 

Since the mid-1950s, the American government had already been worried about the growth of the Communist party in Indonesia. Later, the CIA started funding a section of the Indonesian army with weapons and money to eradicate the communists and left-wing sympathisers. From 1965 to 1967, approximately one to two million people were murdered by Soeharto’s army in the name of suppression of the Communist Party, while million ... read more

Posted on 04:29 PM in Activities, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Transitional Justice

Talk & Discussion with Lian Gogali: Women as Peacemakers – Strengthening Indonesia’s Democracy

 

Tuesday, 9 May 2023, 6:30 pm
Institute of Asian & African Studies, Invalidenstr. 118, 10115 Berlin
Room 117

Lian Gogali founded Institut Mosintuwu in 2008 after violent sectarian conflicts in Poso since 1998 had claimed hundreds of lives and created a climate of distrust among the different religious groups. Gogali, a Poso native, began her interreligious initiatives by organizing women of different faiths to learn how to live trustingly and harmoniously with one ... read more

Posted on 08:45 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice

(Deutsch) Diskussionspapier zum Parlamentarischen Frühstück zu Feministischer Entwicklungspolitik

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Posted on 05:39 PM in Activities, joint position papers, Human Rights, Publications
Tags: Government of Germany, Diskussionspapier feministische Entwicklungspolitik, feministische Außenpolitik, feministische Entwicklungspolitik, IAN, Indonesia, Internationale Advocacy Netzwerke

(Deutsch) Antikommunismus und Massenmord: Indonesien 1965/66 als Blaupause

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Posted on 12:32 PM in Activities, democracy, Justice, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia

New Publication on Urban Transformation in Jakarta und Berlin 2022

Watch Indonesia! Für Menschenrechte, Demokratie und Umwelt in Indonesien und Osttimor e.V. (Hg.) /

© Watch Indonesia! e.V. 2022 

Articles available in English and Bahasa Indonesia:

• Joint Centre Urban Systems: Facilitating Co-Governance and International Collaboration for Sustainability in Jakarta by Urban Transition Management 
• Sarinah: Dari Alienasi ke Partisipasi bagi transformasi perkotaan yang berkeadilan sosial 
• Eka Kusuma and Seruni F. Lestari: Going Sustainable – Behind the Effort Towards a more  Eco-friendly Online Food Culture in Jakarta 
• Frans A. ... read more

Posted on 02:48 PM in Activities, Disasters, Feature, Human Development, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Project Urban Transformation, Publications, Studies, Environment & Climate
Tags: Berlin, democracy, Energiewende, Entfremdung, Jakarta, Kampung, Kiez, Klimaadaption, Klimakrise, Klimanotstand, Müll, Ökologie, Partizipation, Räumungen, Resilienz, Stadtentwicklung, Teilhabe, Transition Management, Urbane Transformation, Urbanisierung, Verkehrswende, Wasserkrise, Wohnen

(Deutsch) Leerstand – Verfall – Abriss – Neubau – Profit: Was setzen wir dem entgegen?!”

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Posted on 09:36 PM in Activities, Human Development, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Project Urban Transformation, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate
Tags: Bauwende, Karst, Kendeng, Urbane Transformation, Zement

Henry Mathews Award 2022 to Watch Indonesia! and the JM-PPK

Cologne. On 10 September 2022, together with the citizens’ initiative JM-PPK (Jaringan Masyarakat Peduli Pegunungan Kendeng, “Network of People Who Care About the Kendeng Mountains”), we received the Henry Mathews Award for Corporate Criticism 2022 from the Dachverband der Kritischen Aktionärinnen und Aktionäre.

As Watch Indonesia! e.V., we are grateful to the office of the Dachverband der Kritischen Aktionärinnen und Aktionäre as well as its board members. Its director Markus Dufner held the laudatio and Basilisa Dengen, former co-director ... read more

Posted on 10:03 AM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Mining, Environment & Climate

Artistic Perspectives on Human Rights and Impunity in Indonesia

Event on 14th September 2022, 6:30 pm at Berlin Global Village

How can art be a part of addressing human rights violations of the past? Activist and engaged art can help remembering and processing human rights violations. The role art can play in overcoming impunity is little discussed.

In Indonesia, many severe human rights violations of the past remain unpunished to this day. 30 September marks the anniversary of the alleged coup attempt that took place in Indonesia in 1965 and for which ... read more

Posted on 06:44 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia