Watch Indonesia! supports Campaign on the 125th Anniversary of the Berlin Africa Conference

Berlin, 10 December 2009

Dear Friends and supporters,

We would like to inform you about the currently ongoing campaign on the 125th anniversary of the Berlin Africa-Conference. The struggle against the suppression and ignorance of  past human rights violations and demand to acknowledge and act upon Europe’s responsibility vis-a-vis the global south are central issues for Watch Indonesia!. Thus, we join the campaign’s call for commemoration, reappraisal and reparations for violations committed in the wake of German and European colonialism. Below, we ... read more

Posted on 01:47 AM in Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Germany, history and overview, Indonesia, East Timor, protest action, solidarity, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) Hoffnung auf den Stern im Osten – Dialog in Papua

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Posted on 06:37 AM in Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, conflict resolution, military, Papua, Prabowo, protest action, regional conflicts, special autonomy, independence

Hazardous Waste is Not All Waste After All

IslamOnline.net, 03. December 2009

By Wanzala Bahati Justus
Journalist – Kenya

All the rumbling sound welcomes you as you enter BRAL Residue Treatment Company for recycling refrigerators in Berlin.

Inside the company, several old refrigerators are lined up on a conveyor belt, each waiting for its turn to be reduced into pellets and powder. In less than an hour, 50 of them will be crushed and transformed into several products. In a year, around 150,000 refrigerators will be ... read more

Posted on 06:43 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, NGO, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Produktion unter Polizeischutz

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Posted on 04:49 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, corruption, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, transmigration, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Greenpeace Besetzungsaktion in Riau und die Hintergründe

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Posted on 11:50 PM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, human rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, Police, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate, economy and business

Palm Oil Monocultures Will Never be Sustainable

November 02, 2009

Open Letter to RSPO and WWF

One year ago, the “International Declaration Against the ‘Greenwashing’ of Palm Oil by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil” was published, signed by over 250 organisations worldwide (http://www.regenwald.org/international/englisch/news.php?id=1070). Since then, the RSPO has continued to certify palm oil produced by companies which are directly responsible for violating the rights of local communities, for the ongoing destruction of rainforests and peatlands and other abuses against people, the environment ... read more

Posted on 03:36 PM in Agro Fuels, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), Indonesia, palm oil, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, certification

(Deutsch) Kahlschlag für Palmöl

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Posted on 03:55 PM in Agro Fuels, Indonesia, Mining, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), mining, violence, illegal logging, indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Police, protest action, rain forest destruction, security sector, transmigration, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Der Untergang der Waldmenschen

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Posted on 01:56 PM in Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, land rights, palm oil, Papua, press freedom, rain forest destruction

(Deutsch) Tausende Tote auf Sumatra befürchtet

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Posted on 05:57 PM in Disasters, Indonesia, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: humanitarian aid, Indonesia, disasters, Sumatra

(Deutsch) Indonesische Provinz verschärft Gesetz Steinigung bei Ehebruch

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Posted on 06:32 PM in Aceh, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Indonesia, justice, human rights, rule of law, religion, special autonomy