(Bahasa Indonesia) Kepresidenan Jerman menanggapi surat penolakan penempatan Fauzi Bowo sebagai Duta Besar RI

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Posted on 12:40 AM in Activities, democracy, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications
Tags: Government of Germany, German-Indonesian relations, Germany, Fauzi Bowo, Indonesia, protest action

(Deutsch) Fauzi Bowo (Foke) darf nicht zum Botschafter der Republik Indonesien in Deutschland ernannt werden!

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Posted on 05:56 AM in Activities, democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: democracy, Germany, Indonesia, petition, protest action

Petition: Foundation should withdraw World Statesman Award to Indonesia’s President

Watch Indonesia!e.V.
Urbanstr.114
10967 Berlin

www.watchindonesia.org
email: watchindonesia@watchindonesia.org

Berlin, 22 Mai 2013

Dear readers,

our colleagues from ETAN in New York have raised a petition to withdraw the World Statesman Award to Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The Award was given by the New York based Appeal of Conscience Foundation. Given the situation of religious freedom in Indonesia and the President’s role in it the Foundation’s choice is “bizarre” say Jeremy Menchik in tablet.mag. 

Please ... read more

Posted on 05:41 AM in Activities, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, petition, religion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Pulp trade with APRIL – Indonesia’s lead driver of deforestation for pulp

Berlin, 11. April 2013

Dear Mr. Krengel,

ending deforestation is a global priority for many environmental organisations including the European Environmental Paper Network, Greenpeace, Robin Wood and Watch Indonesia!. We campaign on the global drivers of deforestation including soy, palm oil, cattle and pulp & paper. Over the last decade, our campaigns have succeeded in initiating agreements to end deforestation with the main players in both the soya and cattle sector in Brazil. Within Indonesia, we have been instrumental in influencing ... read more

Posted on 08:20 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Open Letters, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business

Petition for urgent action to realize justice for the victims of Japanese military sexual slavery in Timor-Leste during WWII

February 22, 2013

His Excellency Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister of Japan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Kasumigaseki 2-2-1
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo 100-8919
JAPAN
 

Dear Sir,

With the completion of the United Nations mission of assistance at the end of 2012, the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste moved into a new phase as a fully self-sufficient state. Relations between Timor-Leste and Japan, which has assisted nation-building in Timor-Leste for many years as a member of the international community, ... read more

Posted on 08:35 PM in Joint Open Letters, History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications
Tags: women's rights, human rights, East Timor, United Nations

Open Letter to Financial Institutions

06 November 2012

Dear Sir/Madam,

with this letter the 60 undersigned non-governmental organisations (NGOs) wish to ask you to carefully screen any pulp industry investment projects related to Indonesia, such as new mills, particularly those of companies associated with the Sinar Mas Group, notably Asia Pulp & Paper (APP).

Our concern is the environmental and social consequences of the massive destruction of natural forests that can be shown to be linked to past and current over-capacity in pulp milling plants in Indonesia. ... read more

Posted on 03:57 AM in Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, environment and climate

Open letter to the Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the occasion of his visit to the United Kingdom

London, 31st of October 2012

Conservation of the rainforest

Dear President Yudhoyono,

On the occasion of your visit to Europe, we write this open letter appealing to you to support the conservation of the rainforest with all your power and to protect the inhabitants of forested lands as well as their rights.

Industrial logging, the establishment of palm-oil plantations, and the planting of fast-growing species of trees such as acacia for the wood and paper industries are the major causes of rainforest ... read more

Posted on 07:26 AM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, pulp and paper, plantations, rain forest destruction, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate