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(Deutsch) HeidelbergCement muss Menschenrechte und Umwelt achten! Zivilgesellschaftliches Fazit zur Aktionärsversammlung 2023
Posted on 05:08 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Environment & Climate
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#TalkAboutPapua: Indonesia’s new Criminal Code – Impacts on Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Papua
Monday, 11th of September 2023, 6:30 p.m., Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin
On 6th December 2022 the Indonesian Parliament passed a new Criminal Code. It contains a number of provisions that put civil liberties at considerable risk and seriously violate international human rights law and standards. In today’s event of the series #TalkAboutPapua our guest Andreas Harsono, seasoned researcher at Human Rights Watch Indonesia and long-time observer of Papuan affairs, will shed light on the anticipated implications regarding the ... read more
Posted on 07:58 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua
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Talk and Discussion with Andreas Harsono: The Rise of Intolerant Islam in Indonesia
Wednesday, 13th of September 2023, 18:30 p.m., Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin
Indonesia is very often portrayed to be a moderate Muslim country with impressive economic growth. It is also seen to be the largest nickel producing country in the world. At the same time there are worrying signs of increasing Islamic radicalism. Over the last two decades, Indonesia has been prosecuting and jailing hundreds of people under the toxic blasphemy law. It also has more than 60 mandatory ... read more
Posted on 07:47 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Society & Religion, Society & Religion
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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
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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
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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 117Lian 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
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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