(Bahasa Indonesia) Harapan pada Partai Politik

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.
Indonesian version

Posted on 12:45 PM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, discrimination, gender, Indonesia, political parties, elections

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Versagen bei der Bewältigung der Vergangenheit

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.

German version

Posted on 03:46 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, impunity, criminal prosecution, Tanjung Priok, transitional justice

(Deutsch) Freispruch im Mordfall Munir:
Straflosigkeit in Indonesien geht weiter

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.

German version

Posted on 02:29 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: intelligence service, Indonesia, justice, Munir, impunity, criminal prosecution

(Deutsch) Keine Sühne für Giftmord an Menschenrechtler

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.

German version

Posted on 02:11 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: intelligence service, Indonesia, justice, Munir, impunity

(Deutsch) Bleibt Mord an indonesischem Menschenrechtler Munir ungesühnt?

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.

German version

Posted on 05:16 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, justice, human rights, Munir, impunity

Acquittal in the Murder of Indonesian Rights Activist Strengthens Impunity

01 January 2009

On 31 December 2008, the South Jakarta District Court acquitted Muchdi Purwopranjono, former Deputy Director of Indonesia’s national intelligence agency (BIN), for want of evidence. He has been charged with the murder of well-known human rights lawyer Munir. Watch Indonesia! criticizes the flawed conduct of judges and prosecutors: due to the implausible motive of the indictment, the weak evidence presented and the lack of witness protection, a conviction of Muchdi in accordance with rule of law-standards would have ... read more

Posted on 04:50 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: intelligence service, Indonesia, justice, human rights, Munir, impunity, criminal prosecution

Aerial bombardment of peasants in Sumatran village

Berlin, 23rd December 2008

Press Release

On Thursday, 18th December, hundreds of police and paramilitaries attacked the Sumatran village Suluk Bongkal in Riau Province with tear gas and guns. A helicopter dropped incendiary devices on the village, with eye witnesses alleging that napalm was used. Hundreds of houses immediately went up in flames. Two young children were killed and many people were injured. Most of the villagers have fled into the forest. Others have been arrested. Two days later, a helicopter flew ... read more

Posted on 04:31 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, human rights, pulp and paper, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, economy and business

(Bahasa Indonesia) Dari Isu Utama Buruh ke Isu Demokrasi dan HAM

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.

Indonesian version

Posted on 05:19 PM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: labour, democracy, German-Indonesian relations, history and overview, Indonesia, human rights

International Declaration Against the ‘Greenwashing’ of Palm Oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

In defence of Human Rights, Food Sovereignty, Biodiversity and Climate Justice

Ironically, on 16 October 2008, World Food and Food Sovereignty Day, a meeting will start in Cartagena (Colombia) to promote monoculture oil palm plantations, that are precisely the cause of so many violations of the Right to Food and contrary to food sovereignty insofar as they undermine the peoples’ right to produce their own food according to their territorial conditions and their food culture.

The First ... read more

Posted on 04:58 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, palm oil, environment and climate

Agrofuels and the Myth of the Marginal Lands

September 2008

A briefing by The Gaia Foundation, Biofuelwatch, the African Biodiversity Network, Salva La Selva, Watch Indonesia! and EcoNexus

MARGINAL, IDLE, DEGRADED, UNDER–UTLISED, SLEEPING, WASTELANDS AND ABANDONED CROPLANDS: all of these are different terms for what is being promoted as the „solution” to the impacts of growing crops for agrofuels. Partly in order to respond to accusations that agrofuels (also known as biofuels) compete with food production, some policy makers have proposed that agrofuel crops should be planted on ... read more

Posted on 03:06 AM in Agro Fuels, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, carbon, land rights, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate