(Deutsch) Kahlschlag zertifizieren?

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Posted on 04:33 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), poverty, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, certification

(Deutsch) Gegen den Vollzug der Todesstrafe!

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Posted on 05:53 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: violence, Indonesia, justice, human rights, regional conflicts, terrorism

(Bahasa Indonesia) Meneropong Indonesia

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Posted on 01:53 PM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, German-Indonesian relations, Germany, Indonesia, human rights, NGO, East Timor, environment and climate

(Bahasa Indonesia) Menggali Kebenaran

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Posted on 02:17 PM in Dealing With A Burdened Past - Transitional Justice and Democratization, conference 20./21.04.2006, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Events, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, democracy, Indonesia, East Timor, transitional justice, crimes against humanity, dealing with the past

Reconciling truth and geopolitical truth

The Jakarta Post, May 11, 2006

Aboeprijadi Santoso, Berlin, Germany

Truth and reconciliation tribunals have been in vogue since former South African President Nelson Mandela launched formal pre-judiciary processes to help heal the victims of apartheid and re-unite his nation during the 1990s. Yet few other countries burdened with a troubled past have satisfactorily dealt with it by experimenting with transitional justice processes.

Some countries, such as Germany, succeeded without it. Whether the „Truth“ will finally ... read more

Posted on 12:26 PM in Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, Indonesia, East Timor, transitional justice, dealing with the past, truth commission

(Deutsch) Indonesischer Dichter Pramoedya Ananta Toer starb im Alter von 81 Jahren

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Posted on 10:15 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Press Freedom, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, history and overview, Indonesia, human rights, press freedom, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) Nachruf: Wir trauern um Pramoedya Ananta Toer

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Posted on 11:44 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Press Freedom, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: 1965, history and overview, Indonesia, culture, human rights, Freedom of Expression, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) Regierung: Deutschland kann EU-Vorgabe für Biokraftstoffe erfüllen

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Posted on 05:14 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Government of Germany, Indonesia, carbon, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

The 1965 massacres: 40 Years without Justice

17 April 2006

by Fabian Junge

In the night of 30 September 1965, a group of young military officers calling itself the “30th September Movement”, kidnapped and murdered six high-ranking Generals and one Lieutenant, allegedly to prevent a coup against Indonesia’s first president Soekarno. They dumped the dead bodies in a well called Lubang Buaya on the airforce-base Halim in Jakarta, where they had barricaded themselves. On October 1 General Suharto high-handedly took command over the army and forced the ... read more

Posted on 02:22 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Transitional Justice
Tags: 1965, history and overview, Indonesia, justice, human rights, PKI, dealing with the past

Indonesia: Impunity must be brought to an end – all conflicts must be resolved by peaceful means

January 15th, 2006

Aide-Mémoire 62nd Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 13 March to April 2006

 

Aceh

Decades of war and the devastating tsunami that struck the province in December 2005 have caused immense suffering for the Acehnese. But the window of opportunity that opened through this catastrophe has eventually led to a significant improvement of the human rights situation in this region. After initial difficulties, domestic and foreign organisations were by and large granted unrestricted access to the ... read more

Posted on 06:27 AM in joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Aceh, violence, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, military, Munir, East Timor, Papua, regional conflicts, impunity, criminal prosecution