Deutsche Bank must re-evaluate engagement in Maybank

Jakarta, Bremen, Berlin, 28. February 2018

https://www.watchindonesia.de/wp-content/uploads/180228-Letter-to-DB-on-Maybank.pdf

To: Mr. Stuart Lewis
Deutsche Bank Chief Risk Officer
stuart.lewis@db.com

Cc: Mr. Werner Steinmüller
Deutsche Bank Chief Executive Officer Asia Pacific
werner.steinmuller@db.com

Dear Mr Lewis,

A report launched today shows that Deutsche Bank is still profiting from controversial palm oil companies, despite its own policies and its participation in the development of the so-called “soft commodities compact”.

The report ‘Maybank: the single largest palm oil financier’ [1], by TuK Indonesia and Profundo, ... read more

Posted on 10:48 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Bank, Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Ahok geht in Berufung

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Tags: Gerechtigkeit, Gouverneur, Indonesia, Jakarta, Justiz, religion, elections

(Deutsch) Menschenrechtslage in Papua nach 20 Jahren ‚Reformasi’: keine Gerechtigkeit für die Opfer und weitere Isolation

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Posted on 02:32 AM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Justiz, human rights, military, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, protest action, regional conflicts, security sector, criminal prosecution, independence, United Nations

(Deutsch) „Hört das Weinen meines Herzens“: Von Zementfabrik bedrohte Bäuerin Gunarti aus Indonesien schreibt Brief an HeidelbergCement

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Posted on 05:42 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, Indonesia, Justiz, land rights, environment and climate, Wasser, Zement

(Deutsch) Göttingen: „Indonesien 1965ff. – Die Gegenwart eines Massenmordes“

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Posted on 03:00 AM in Activities, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Transitional Justice
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So predictable but still unstoppable?

In the spotlight, January 05, 2018

by Yvonne Kunz

 

Oil palm plantations seem to be a pest to Indonesian forests. Sumatra and Kalimantan are already plastered with vast plantations, islands that used to be vastly covered by forests. Research on the ecological and socio-economic impacts of this transformation has been conducted for years and years. While results are often complex and not always finding a common answer, data for the affected regions at the same time reveal ... read more

Posted on 01:17 AM in "In the Spotlight", Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Tödliches Feuerwerk

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(Deutsch) Die Töchter der Hure

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Posted on 03:51 AM in Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Deutsch) Das Ende der Toleranz

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(Deutsch) Umweltzerstörung durch Zementfabriken stoppen!!!

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Posted on 12:43 AM in Activities, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Campaign, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, Indonesia, Justiz, land rights, protest action, environment and climate, Wasser, Zement