Indonesia: Government must make public the 2005 fact-finding report on Munir’s case

 

JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT, 6 September 2017

In commemorating the thirteen years after the killing of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, 7th of September 2017, the undersigned regional and international human rights organizations call on the Indonesian President Joko Widodo to take decisive and concrete action to ensure those responsible – including those at the highest levels – are brought to justice. As a first key step towards establishing the truth, President Widodo must release the 2005 report prepared by ... read more

Posted on 05:31 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Press Releases, Publications
Tags: Aceh, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Komnas HAM, human rights, human rights defender, Munir, East Timor, Papua

(Deutsch) Kendeng: Der Kampf gegen die Zerstörung geht weiter

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Posted on 03:27 PM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Judiciary & Administration, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, Gerechtigkeit, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, Justiz, Kendeng, environment and climate, Zement, Zentraljava

Shoot ’em all!

In the spotlight, 10 August 2017

by Yvonne Kunz

Indonesia is a country known to be quite rigorous when it comes to particular contraventions. Drug trafficking for example can be sanctioned with the death penalty legitimized by law. A new dimension has been reached with President Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi) encouragement to shoot drug traffickers on the spot see also Watch Indonesia!, Information und Analyse, 08 August 2017. Extra-judicial killings to tackle environmental issues again, seem to be a ... read more

Posted on 04:44 PM in "In the Spotlight", Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, military, plantations, law, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Mit Demokratieabbau gegen Anti-Demokraten

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Posted on 04:09 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: democracy, Fundamentalismus, Gerechtigkeit, Gouverneur, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Justiz, corruption, human rights, New Order, political parties, Prabowo, law, religion, terrorism, death penalty, elections

In Indonesia, the peasant struggle of Kendeng

open Democracy, 11 July 2017

www.opendemocracy.net/alice-sakasi/in-indonesia-peasant-struggle-of-kendeng

by Alice Sakasi

„We are ‘orang desa’ (country people), far from big cities. Maybe it’s hard for you to imagine that we work close to the earth, outside and sweating from morning until night.“

Mbak Gunarti, one of the women leaders of the peasant struggle of Kendeng came back last month to Indonesia, in the island of Java where she lives among her Samin people, after having spent several weeks in Germany. There she ... read more

Posted on 11:38 PM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, HeidelbergCement, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kendeng, land rights, human rights, protest action, law, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Peu haba Aceh? Apa kabar, Indonesia?

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Posted on 06:12 AM in Aceh, Activities, Visitor Programmes, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, security sector, Society & Religion, Studies, Transitional Justice
Tags: Aceh, Germany, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, military, law, regional conflicts, religion, security sector, transitional justice, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) neue Publikation: Peacebuilding in Aceh – zwischen Tsunami und Scharia

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Posted on 04:48 AM in Aceh, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Regional Conflicts, security sector, Studies, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Aceh, Germany, women's rights, Indonesia, conflict resolution, LGBT Rights, human rights, military, law, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, religion, security sector, special autonomy, environment and climate, dealing with the past, economy and business

(Deutsch) neue Publikation: Peacebuilding in Aceh – zwischen Tsunami und Scharia

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Posted on 04:48 AM in Aceh, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Regional Conflicts, security sector, Studies, Transitional Justice, Environment & Climate, Watch's Studies and Reports
Tags: Aceh, Germany, women's rights, Indonesia, conflict resolution, LGBT Rights, human rights, military, law, rain forest destruction, regional conflicts, religion, security sector, special autonomy, environment and climate, dealing with the past, economy and business

(Deutsch) Sommerlochthema: Hühnchen oder Hündchen am Strand von Bali?

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Posted on 01:48 AM in Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Bali, Germany, violence, Indonesia, culture, religion, tourism

(Deutsch) Wir halten Sie auf dem Laufenden

 

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Posted on 11:22 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Indonesia, Komnas HAM, LGBT Rights, human rights, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, religion, impunity, criminal prosecution, death penalty, United Nations, dealing with the past, female genital mutilation (FGM)