Online Discussion: Indonesia 55 years after Suharto’s seizure of power. End impunity, secure human rights!

 

Human Rights Day

Thursday, 10 December 2020 – 14-16 h (CEST) / 20 – 22h (WIB)

*Held in English with translation                                                                                         *Deutscher Veranstaltungstext s. unten

2020 marks the 55th anniversary of General Suharto establishing the military regime commonly known as ... read more

Posted on 11:56 AM in Feature
Tags: 1965, Indonesia, human rights, palm oil, Papua, impunity

URGENT ACTION: Indonesian Security Forces use treason laws to restrict rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly in West Papua

TAPOL, Franciscans International, International Coalition for Papua, Watch Indonesia!, West Papua Netzwerk and Geneva for Human Rights Global Training would like to draw your attention to the cases of the violation of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression as well as the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association of the members of West Papua National Committee (Komite Nasional Papua Barat – KNPB) in Mimika Regency, Papua Province, (1) Indonesia. We ... read more

Posted on 11:36 PM in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Position Papers, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Demonstration, indigenous people, Indonesia, human rights, military, Papua, political prisoners, Police, regional conflicts, United Nations

RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector

November 12, 2018. Open Statement

read as PDF: www.watchindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/Declaracion-con-firmas-ENG.pdf

During its 14 years of existence, RSPO – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil – has failed to live up to its claim of „transforming” the industrial palm oil production sector into a so-called „sustainable” one. In reality, the RSPO has been used by the palm oil industry to greenwash corporate destruction and human rights abuses, while it continues to expand business, forest destruction and profits.

RSPO presents itself to the public ... read more

Posted on 12:46 AM in Agro Fuels, joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Position Papers, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), ArbeiterInnen, women's rights, indigenous people, Indonesia, children's rights, land rights, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), environment and climate, certification

(Deutsch) Den inneren Frieden bewahren

Sorry, this entry is not available in English.
German version

Posted on 01:44 AM in Aceh, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: 1965, Aceh, dictator Suharto, peace process, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Habibie, indigenous people, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, LGBT, human rights, Moluccas, East Timor, Papua, Peacebuilding, referendum 1999, reformasi, regional conflicts, religion, state & nation building, Sukarno, Sulawesi, independence, United Nations

Indonesian billionaire using ‘shadow companies’ to clear forest for palm oil, report alleges

Mongabay, 11 April 2018

news.mongabay.com/2018/04/indonesian-billionaire-using-shadow-companies-to-clear-forest-for-palm-oil-report-alleges

by Daniel Pye

• Two plantation companies linked to Anthoni Salim, Indonesia’s third-richest man, are deforesting a peat swamp in Borneo, according to new research by Aidenvironment.
• In response to the findings, Citigroup said it was cancelling all lending agreements with IndoAgri, the Salim Group’s agribusiness arm.
• The Salim Group was previously accused of being behind four companies at the forefront of illegal oil palm expansion in Indonesia’s Papua region, employing a complex network ... read more

Posted on 01:27 AM in Agro Fuels, Economy, Labor & Corruption, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bank, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, carbon, human rights, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, economy and business