Finding Truth and Reconciliation

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 from 18:30-21:00
at Werkstatt Der Kulturen Berlin
Wissmannstraße 32, 12049 Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Finding Truth and Reconciliation – Establishing a Culture of Remembrance and Critical Reappraisal of Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

Dialogue with advocacy groups from Indonesia and Timor-Leste

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In Indonesien und Timor-Leste (Osttimor) begangene Menschenrechtsverletzungen erfahren kaum Anerkennung durch den indonesischen Staat, geschweige denn eine angemessene Aufarbeitung. So bleibt das Massaker von 1965/66, bei dem mindestens eine halbe Million Menschen ermordet ... read more

Posted on 02:45 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Human Rights, East Timor, Society & Religion, Society & Religion

Finding Truth and Reconciliation

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 from 18:30-21:00
at Werkstatt Der Kulturen Berlin
Wissmannstraße 32, 12049 Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Finding Truth and Reconciliation – Establishing a Culture of Remembrance and Critical Reappraisal of Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

Dialogue with advocacy groups from Indonesia and Timor-Leste

*** english description below ***

In Indonesien und Timor-Leste (Osttimor) begangene Menschenrechtsverletzungen erfahren kaum Anerkennung durch den indonesischen Staat, geschweige denn eine angemessene Aufarbeitung. So bleibt das Massaker von 1965/66, bei dem mindestens eine halbe Million Menschen ermordet ... read more

Posted on 02:45 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Human Rights, East Timor, Society & Religion, Society & Religion

Grassroots Response to the Impact of 1965 Mass Violence

 

Wednesday, 11 September 2019 from 18:30-21:30
at the office of Watch Indonesia!
Urbanstr. 114, 10967 Berlin

Wir laden Sie herzlich ein zu einer Diskussionsveranstaltung mit dem Historiker Dr. Baskara T. Wardaya in den Räumlichkeiten von Watch Indonesia! Baskara untersuchte in zahlreichen Publikationen den innen- und außenpolitischen Kontext der antikommunistischen Massenmorde 1965 in Indonesien. Er zeigte, wie eine neue Wirtschaftsordnung nach der Beseitigung Sukarnos und der Kommunistischen Partei Indonesiens (PKI) das Tor für großangelegte Aktivitäten westlicher Rohstoffunternehmen öffnete. Am Beispiel von Papua ... read more

Posted on 02:16 PM in democracy, History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Politics & Democracy

(Deutsch) Ausstellung: Timor Leste – 20 Jahre Referendum, 13. – 30.3.2019

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German version

Posted on 01:37 AM in Activities, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, East Timor, State- & Nation-Building
Tags: Ausstellung, East Timor, referendum 1999

Life, interrupted: Documents from Berlin

Jakarta Post, 10 December 2018

www.thejakartapost.com/life/2018/12/10/life-interrupted-documents-from-berlin.html

by Katrin Figge

When Pipit Rochijat Kartawidjaja came to West Berlin to study electrical engineering in the early 1970s, he found a city isolated by the Cold War and divided by a wall. It was home to all sorts of creative minds: musicians, artists and student activists.

Foreigners seemed to be strangely attracted to West Berlin, as its isolated status reflected their own state of mind of feeling like an outsider.

Pipit, however, quickly took ... read more

Posted on 12:23 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, human rights, New Order, East Timor, religion, students, elections

(Bahasa Indonesia) Antara Optimisme dan Kerinduan yang Menggugat

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Indonesian version

Posted on 10:45 PM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Recent Activities, Mining, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, mining, Germany, dictator Suharto, Exilant, Indonesia, communism, LGBT, human rights, military, New Order, East Timor, reformasi, students, Sulawesi, transitional justice, Umwelt

(Deutsch) Den inneren Frieden bewahren

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German version

Posted on 01:44 AM in Aceh, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, Aceh, dictator Suharto, peace process, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Habibie, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, LGBT, human rights, Moluccas, East Timor, Papua, Peacebuilding, referendum 1999, reformasi, regional conflicts, religion, state & nation building, Sukarno, Sulawesi, independence, United Nations

(Bahasa Indonesia) Kisah Lelaki yang Nekat Menggebuk Presiden Suharto

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Indonesian version

Posted on 02:02 AM in democracy, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Demonstration, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Fretilin, Habibie, Indonesia, human rights, New Order, East Timor, Portugal, press freedom, Sri-Bintang Pamungkas, arms trade

(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! – ein Land zwischen Traumstränden und Konflikten

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German version

Posted on 11:36 PM in Aceh, democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, democracy, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, corruption, LGBT, human rights, East Timor, Papua, press freedom, religion, special autonomy

(Bahasa Indonesia) Presiden Menggebuk, Presiden Digebuk

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Posted on 11:46 PM in democracy, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Demonstration, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Habibie, Indonesia, East Timor, Sri-Bintang Pamungkas