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

Posted on 09:31 AM in democracy, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: labour, poverty, democracy, gender, Indonesia, justice, corruption, land rights, human rights, military, reformasi, impunity, environment and climate, economy and business

(Deutsch) Deutschland ist mitverantwortlich für Umweltzerstörung auf Sumatra

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German version

Posted on 03:58 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Government of Germany, Indonesia, pulp and paper, plantations, protest action, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

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

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German version

Posted on 02:40 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, environment and climate, economy and business, World Bank

(Deutsch) Opfer der Holzmafia auf die Straße gesetzt

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German version

Posted on 05:13 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: illegal logging, Indonesia, human rights, rain forest destruction, economy and business

(Deutsch) Hermesbürgschaft für Regenwaldzerstörung muss gestoppt werden!

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German version

Posted on 02:45 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, human rights, pulp and paper, protest action, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

Flood desaster in Bukit Lawang

09 November, 2003

Watch Indonesia! – call for help

Dear readers,

enclosed we send you some new information on the flood disaster in Bukit Lawang/Bohorok, North Sumatra. Politicians blame illegal loggers for the disaster, labelling them as „terrorists“. However, we don´t know yet what kind of action they are planning to take in this new kind of „war on terrorism“. Meanwhile The Jakarta Post reports on heavy irregularities in the distribution of donations to ... read more

Posted on 03:17 PM in Disasters, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: humanitarian aid, illegal logging, Indonesia, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

The Federal Government of Germany and the German Bundestag must ban the import of illegal timber now!

13 October 2003

Appeal for measures against illegal timber trade

Illegal logging and timber trade are – as well as legal overexploitation – one of the main reasons for the destruction of forests, especially primary forests. According to World Bank estimates, the timber exporting countries are losing about EUR 10 – 15 billion in taxes by these illegal dealings. Illegal logging destroys enormous forest areas, threatens biodiversity and ruins the basis of life of the local population. Forest and ... read more

Posted on 09:47 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Government of Germany, export credit agency (ECA), illegal logging, Indonesia, parliament, rain forest destruction, economy and business

Representatives of the Papuan Provincial Parliament recalled

Watch Indonesia! Press Release, 18 July 2003

by Alex Flor

According to information received by Watch Indonesia! yesterday, three PDI-P Members of the Papuan Provincial Parliament have been recalled from Parliament by their party, the Indonesian Democratic Party – Struggle (PDI-P) of President Megawati Soekarnoputri. One of the MPs concerned is Mrs. Agustina Iwanggin-Tanamal. Only recently, at the beginning of June, Mrs. Iwanggin-Tanamal had been in Berlin where she participated in the Conference on Special Autonomy for Papua, which had ... read more

Posted on 04:29 AM in Indonesia, Papua, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, Papua, special autonomy

Conference „Autonomy for Papua. Opportunity or Illusion?”, Berlin, June 4th-5th, 2003

Media Release, 05 June 2003

From June 4th to June 5th, 2003, the Conference „Autonomy for Papua. Opportunity or Illusion?” took place in Berlin. The Conference was jointly organised by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, the Westpapua Network, Watch Indonesia!, the German Commission Justice and Peace, the United Evangelical Mission, the Human Rights Desk of the Diakonisches Werk, Misereor, missio Aachen and the Missionszentrale der Franziskaner. Participants came from Indonesia, Germany and other countries and comprised representatives from civil society organisations (NGOs, ... read more

Posted on 08:21 AM in Activities, Conference Autonomy for Papua, June 2003, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Events
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, Papua, special autonomy

International Federation for East Timor urges UN Security Council to create International Tribunal for East Timor

Media Release, May, 20, 2003

For Immediate Release Contact: John M. Miller, +1-718-596-7668 (New York, USA) Charles Scheiner, +670-723-4335 (Dili, East Timor)

May 20, 2003 – On the first anniversary of the new country’s independence, the International Federation for East Timor (IFET) urged the UN Security Council to establish an international tribunal to try the masterminds of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the territory from 1975 to 1999. In an open letter to council members, IFET called a tribunal ... read more

Posted on 06:29 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, human rights, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity