(Deutsch) Antikommunismus und Massenmord: Indonesien 1965/66 als Blaupause
Posted on 12:32 PM in Activities, democracy, Justice, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia
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
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia
submitted March 2022
https://www.watchindonesia.de/wp-content/uploads/UPR_Submission_Indonesia_-2022_WI_WPN.pdf
Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia
4th cycle (7-18 November 2022)Joint Stakeholders’ Submission by:
Watch Indonesia! e.V.
West Papua Network (WPN)I. Introduction
- This stakeholder report is a joint submission by Watch Indonesia! and the West Papua Network (Westpapua-Netzwerk, WPN). The report highlights key concerns, trends and significant developments in the human rights situation in Indonesia including a particular focus on the region West Papua between June 2017 and March ... read more
Posted on 02:52 PM in Activities, joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Position Papers, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion
President Widodo Should Revoke Award for Human Rights Violator – Committing Crimes Against Humanity is Not for Celebration
London, New York, Berlin
Saturday 14 August, 2021President Widodo Should Revoke Award for Human Rights Violator
Committing Crimes Against Humanity is Not for CelebrationTAPOL, ETAN and Watch Indonesia! strongly condemn President Joko Widodo’s decision to grant ‘Bintang Jasa Utama’, one the highest national awards, to Eurico Guterres on Thursday, 12 August 2021.
Guterres, an anti-independence militia leader in Timor-Leste, was one of the key figures who led and participated in a series of massacres and destruction in his homeland prior to ... read more
Posted on 01:09 PM in Activities, democracy, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Justice, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Press Releases
Westpapua: Reject Extension of Special Autonomy & Free Victor Yeimo
West Papuan people are rejecting the extension and revision of the special autonomy law. In support of a call by West Papuan grassroots organisations, on 25 May 2021 TAPOL and the Papuan People’s Petition (Petisi Rakyat Papua, PRP) hosted a range of West Papuan grassroots organisations and NGOs from around the world to make statements at an online event titled “West Papua: Reject Extension of Special Autonomy and Free Victor Yeimo”. Victor Yeimo is the international spokesperson for PRP who ... read more
Posted on 11:36 AM in Activities, democracy, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Freedom, Regional Conflicts
(Deutsch) Schatten-Pandemie: “Zunehmende Gewalt gegen Frauen im Hinblick auf Straflosigkeit und COVID-19”
Foto:”Das Gesetzt zur Beseitigung sexueller Gewalt verabschieden!“ ©KomnasPer, Indonesien
Foto:”Das Gesetzt zur Beseitigung sexueller Gewalt verabschieden!“ ©KomnasPer, Indonesien
Posted on 10:51 AM in Activities, joint position papers, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Neue Publikation: Themenheft Menschenrechte in Indonesien und Timor-Leste 2020
Watch Indonesia! Für Menschenrechte, Demokratie und Umwelt in Indonesien und Osttimor e.V. (Hg.)
© Watch Indonesia! e.V. 2020
Editorial
Große Hoffnungen wurden 2014 in den Amtsantritt des amtierenden indonesischen Präsidenten Joko Widodo, besser bekannt als „Jokowi“, gelegt. Zuvor begeisterte er mit seinem Wahlkampf all jene Indonesier*innen, die an eine Fortführung der 1998 initiierten Reformasi, die eine umfassende demokratische Öffnung beinhaltete, glaubten. Jokowi nährte den Glauben in der Bevölkerung an die Verwirklichung der Menschenrechte und die ... read more