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NGOs urge European governments and industry not to accept Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme MTCC based on its disregard for indigenous peoples’ rights


01 December 2005

Basel / Oslo / Moreton-in-Marsh / Boulder:

 

We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations (NGOs), urge the European Union, European governments and the European timber industry not to accept the Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCC) as a guarantee for sustainable or legal timber forest management because the MTCC does not respect indigenous peoples’ rights. We are particularly concerned about the recent certification of a Forest Management Unit in Sarawak, which openly disrespects the Penan people’s rights. The undersigning NGOs support the ... read more

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(Deutsch) Indonesien: Land für den Tourismus oder für die Bauern?

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Land für den Tourismus oder für die Bauern?


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Posted on 03:37 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Development, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications
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1965 – one of the darkest chapters in Indonesian history


29 October 2005

Südostasien Informationsstelle e.V. Watch Indonesia! e.V.

Joint statement on the occasion

of the commemoration ceremony

„40 years after the genocideof 1965 in Indonesia“

Saturday the 29th October 2005

in the “Asienhaus Essen”

 

Coming to terms with the past a necessary precondition for democracy

Between 1965 and 1967, in the course of Suharto seizing power, approximately 1 million people were killed in Indonesia. The victims were real and alleged members of the ... read more

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(Deutsch) Kein Urwald in unsere Schulhefte!

(Deutsch) Kein Urwald in unsere Schulhefte!


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Posted on 08:35 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Press Releases, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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Side Event „Rethinking Justice in East Timor” at the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, April 1, 2005 in Genevace

Side Event „Rethinking Justice in East Timor” at the 61st Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, April 1, 2005 in Genevace


JOINT PRESS RELEASE By FORUM-ASIA, Watch Indonesia!, ELSAM, Perkumpulan HAK, East Timor National Alliance for an International Tribunal, April 01, 2005 Human Rights Organizations Urge the UN to Fulfill Its Commitment to the Justice Processes in East Timor and Indonesia

Today, East Timorese, Indonesian and international human rights organizations demanded that the stalled justice processes in Indonesia and East Timor be reformed and effective solutions found by the two states and the UN. The event organized by Watch Indonesia!, ... read more

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Controlling Timber Imports into the EU

Controlling Timber Imports into the EU


14 December 2004

Joint NGO Statement

This statement outlines what we, the undersigned NGOs, believe must be done at EU level, as part of the EU process on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance and Trade (FLEGT) to address the import of illegally sourced timber in the EU and the illegal practices of the EU timber industry. Although this statement focuses on illegal logging, we would like to state that legal and illegal logging are often closely linked and that legal ... read more

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(Deutsch) RAPP verübt Verbrechen gegen die Bewohner des Dorfes Koto Baru

(Deutsch) RAPP verübt Verbrechen gegen die Bewohner des Dorfes Koto Baru


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The Reflection of Proclamation on August 17, 1945

The Reflection of Proclamation on August 17, 1945


17 August 2004

Joint Press Release

“We, the victims of human rights violation, are taking a day off as Indonesian citizens, because our state hasn’t given the guarantee of the freedom and our rights as human”

Indonesia is still ailing from the crisis pain. Political elite are only worsening the situation. Corruption, insurmountable public and private debts and subsidy revocation, the development inequality between the capital and the rest of the country, a looming number of unemployment, forced eviction and ... read more

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(Deutsch) Deutschland ist mitverantwortlich für Umweltzerstörung auf Sumatra

(Deutsch) Deutschland ist mitverantwortlich für Umweltzerstörung auf Sumatra


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Posted on 03:58 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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(Deutsch) MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency)  versichert keine Investitionen  in die Zellstoffmühle von United Fibre System in Südkalimantan

(Deutsch) MIGA (Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency) versichert keine Investitionen in die Zellstoffmühle von United Fibre System in Südkalimantan


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Posted on 02:40 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
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