(Deutsch) Indonesien als Lieferant für Nickel – Fakten und Hintergründe zu Menschenrechts- und Umweltauswirkungen (Factsheet)
(Deutsch) EU ausgetrickst:
Indonesien hebt Rodungsstopp von Torfmoorgebieten für Ölpalmplantagen auf
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(Bahasa Indonesia) Eropa Khawatir Ekspansi Perkebunan Sawit di Indonesia
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(Deutsch) Umweltschützer von Palmölmafia eingesperrt
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Indonesia: Criminalization of social leader for the benefit of oil palm corporation
World Rainforest Movement (WRM) Bulletin, Issue 139 – February 2009
As exposed in previous WRM Bulletin issues, criminalization is part of a strategy aimed at silencing any protest generally against the extractive activities of transnational corporations (see WRM Bulletin Nº 125). It is happening all over Southern countries. And it is happening right now in Indonesia, where it has victimized another fighter of social resistance to land-grabbing by palm oil-companies in the country.
The powerful agribusiness transnational group PT ... read more
Posted in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Letter to UN Security Council on Justice and Accountability
International Federation for East Timor (IFET), February 18, 2009
President
Security Council
The United Nations
1 United Nations Plaza
New York, New York 10017
February 18, 2009
Your Excellency
We are writing on behalf of organizations long concerned with the justice process in Timor-Leste.
As you meet this week to discuss renewing the UN mission in Timor-Leste, we urge you to look at the unfulfilled UN pledges concerning human rights and accountability for serious human rights crimes committed in Timor-Leste between 1975 ... read more
Posted in Joint Open Letters, Justice, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Security Sector, Transitional Justice
Protests erupt over growing number of land and human rights conflicts around biofuels in Indonesia
Environment Times online, 17th February 2009
http://www.environmenttimes.co.uk/news_detail.aspx?news_id=852
On Friday, 13th February, a consortium of environmental and human rights campaigners delivered a petition with over 10,000 signatures to the Indonesian embassy in London. On the same day, German campaigners also delivered the signatures to the Indonesian embassy in Berlin. They are demanding the release of Muhammad Rusdi a community leader and village head in Jambi province, Sumatra, and redress for a community whose land has been illegally taken ... read more
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(Deutsch) „Wir sind betrogen worden!“
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International concern about palm oil expansion in Indonesia
Berlin, 16 February 2009
Press Release by Watch Indonesia! and Rettet den Regenwald e.V.
10.000 EU-citizens demand the release of environmental defender M. Rusdi in Jambi, Sumatra
More than 10.000 EU-citizens demand the release of M. Rusdi, head of Karang Mendapo village, who was detained on 28 January 2009. They signed a petition brought forward by Rettet den Regenwald and Watch Indonesia!. Representatives of these environmental and human rights groups handed over the petition to the Indonesian embassy in ... read more
Posted in Agro Fuels, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Environment & Climate
Resistance against Palm Oil – Unlawful Arrest of farmers’ resistance leader in Jambi, Indonesia
Berlin, 05 February 2009
Watch Indonesia! – urgent appeal
Dear Friends, dear colleagues,
Watch Indonesia! and Rettet den Regenwald write to inform you about the unlawful arrest of farmers‘ resistance leader Muhammad Rusdi of Karang Mendapo village, Jambi province, Indonesia. This case is related to one of the countless land conflicts that occur in Indonesia due to the massive expansion of palm oil plantations. Rusdi’s arrest is seen as an attempt to silence the inspiring protest of Karang Mendapo-farmers that is becoming ... read more
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(Bahasa Indonesia) Harapan pada Partai Politik
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