(Deutsch) Filmvorstellung Tonotwiyat (Female Forest/Wald der Frauen) in Köln

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Posted on 07:07 PM in Activities, Indonesia, Papua, Environment & Climate

Joint Letter on Indonesia’s Candidacy for Election to the UN Human Rights Council

19 September 2023

Indonesia is seeking to become a member of the UN Human Rights Council for the next two years. The elections for the UN Human Rights Council for the 2024 – 2026 period will be held in October 2023. Indonesia is re-applying for membership.

The Human Rights Council is the key UN intergovernmental body responsible for human rights, charged with overseeing, promoting and protecting human rights around the world. It needs human rights compliant states to be a credible body.

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Posted on 05:03 PM in democracy, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Environment & Climate

(Deutsch) HeidelbergCement muss Menschenrechte und Umwelt achten! Zivilgesellschaftliches Fazit zur Aktionärsversammlung 2023

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Posted on 05:08 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Environment & Climate

(Deutsch) Das indonesische Wahlsystem

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Posted on 11:04 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia

#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
Tags: #TalkAboutPapua, Comflict, Conflict, Criminal Code, Indonesia, Indonsia, Papua, penal code, Strafgesetz, Westpapua

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
Tags: Frauen, women's rights, hijab, Indonesia, Islam, Islamismus, jilbab, LGBTIQ, politischer Islam, radical islam, women

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

(Deutsch) Nachrichten aus dem Kendeng-Gebirge an die HeidelbergCement AG und Aktionär:innen zur Hauptversammlung 2023

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Posted on 06:56 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Environment & Climate

(Deutsch) Pressemitteilung vom 10.05.2023 zur Hauptversammlung der HeidelbergCement AG am 11.05.2023

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Posted on 05:08 PM in Activities, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Press Releases, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aktionärsversammlung, end cemend, HeidelbergZement, HeidelbergZement AG, Indonesia, Kendeng, Save Kendeng, Zement

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