(Deutsch) Indonesier protestieren in Hamburg gegen Landraub für Palmöl

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Posted on 12:09 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, protest action, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Occupy Unilever – Palmöl Demo in Hamburg

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Posted on 11:06 PM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Germany, indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, NGO, palm oil, plantations, protest action, Sumatra, environment and climate, economy and business

International Human Rights Day:

Churches and Human Rights Organisations express concern about human rights in Papua

(Find a layoutet version of this letter here)

 

His Excellency
Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
The President of Indonesia
Jl. Veteran No. 16
Jakarta Pusat
INDONESIA

Wuppertal, 10 December 2011

Dear President Yudhoyono,

In light of the International Human Rights Day, we, the undersigned organizations from Europe, Asia and Australia with partnership relations to church and development organizations in Papua and West Papua, would like to express our concern about the human rights situation in the Indonesian Provinces of Papua and ... read more

Posted on 07:36 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, security sector
Tags: Indonesia, justice, human rights, Papua, security sector

(Deutsch) Die Regenwaldkämpfer kommen

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Posted on 01:32 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate

Indonesia to go nuclear

Watch Indonesia!, 30 November 2011

by Alex Flor

Probably Indonesia’s minister for state enterprises is right, if he supposes a dramatic growth of energy consumption. However, in Germany we have our own experiences with forecasts on energy consumption in the 1970s which never realized. However, these forecasts were instrumental in promoting nuclear energy.

Why should there be no other choice for Indonesia than nuclear power? Why is the minister not promoting “green” energies? The contribution of solar and wind power ... read more

Posted on 02:51 AM in "In the Spotlight", Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, disasters, environment and climate, economy and business

(Bahasa Indonesia) Pelanggaran Dapil, Siapa Peduli

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Posted on 08:39 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Bahasa Indonesia) Pemilu dan Dikotomi Jawa – Luar Jawa

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Posted on 07:24 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
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(Deutsch) Angesagt – aus der Arbeit von Watch Indonesia!

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Posted on 01:59 AM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Society & Religion, Environment & Climate, SUARA magazine
Tags: poverty, Government of Germany, development, European Union (EU), peace process, Indonesia, justice, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, conflict resolution, land rights, human rights, NGO, Papua, rain forest destruction, religion, environment and climate, United Nations, dealing with the past, civil society

Freeport Miners Fight for a Bigger Slice of Pie

Jakarta Globe, 13. November 2011

Tjahjo Eranius

Kuala Kencana. After more than a decade of hard work and long hours driving a truck through the mountains of Indonesia’s remote Papua province for US mining giant Freeport McMoRan, Nus Magay refuses to work for anything less than a hefty raise.
Since mid-September the 35-year-old has taken part in an angry strike — which last month turned deadly after clashes with police — together with about one-third of Freeport’s 23,000 workers.
“I’m ... read more

Posted on 03:30 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: labour, mining, Indonesia, Papua

New Report Reveals Extent of Papua Human Rights Violations

We’d like to attract your attention to this new Human Rights Report on Papua. Watch Indonesia! contributed to this report.

Geneva, 03 November 2011

Faith Based Network on West Papua (FBN) – Franciscans International – Asian Human Rights Commission – TAPOL

 

NGOs meet in Geneva to address their concerns on the situation of Human Rights in Papua

Following last month’s violent dispersal by Indonesian security forces of the Third Papuan Peoples’ Congress in Jayapura, Indonesia has been confronted with the full scale ... read more

Posted on 03:26 AM in joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, NGO, Papua, political prisoners