Kendeng Movement: Speak Up for Mother Earth!

Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, 19 December 2018

https://th.boell.org/en/2018/12/19/kendeng-movement-speak-mother-earth

“What is called pest for farmers is not only plant hoppers, but also adverse policies”. This sentence was written on the shirt that Guno was wearing that night. Together with dozens of other people, he walked down the road in the North Kendeng Mountains. Passing through villages in Districts of Kayen and Tambakromo, Regency of Pati, Central Java. Black clothes wrapped around the bodies of village residents who marched carrying torches that night. They were doing ... read more

Posted on 04:07 AM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Publications, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: mining, Germany, decentralization, HeidelbergCement, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, Kendeng, land rights, protest action, solidarity, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate, Zentraljava

(Deutsch) »Ich will nur, dass du am Leben bist«

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Posted on 07:07 AM in democracy, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, military, PDI, Prabowo, impunity, students, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Wiranto

(Deutsch) Ein Jahr vor der Präsidentenwahl 2019: Der Pluralismus hat schon verloren

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Posted on 02:08 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: 1965, Chinese, democracy, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, LGBT, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, Partai Demokrat, PDI-P, political parties, Prabowo, religion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, elections, Wiranto

So predictable but still unstoppable?

In the spotlight, January 05, 2018

by Yvonne Kunz

 

Oil palm plantations seem to be a pest to Indonesian forests. Sumatra and Kalimantan are already plastered with vast plantations, islands that used to be vastly covered by forests. Research on the ecological and socio-economic impacts of this transformation has been conducted for years and years. While results are often complex and not always finding a common answer, data for the affected regions at the same time reveal ... read more

Posted on 01:17 AM in "In the Spotlight", Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, palm oil, Papua, plantations, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Aceh und die Scharia

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Posted on 12:21 AM in Aceh, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, LGBT Rights, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, law, religion, special autonomy, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, tsunami

How is Indonesian president Jokowi doing on environmental issues?

In the spotlight, 16 June 2016

by Yvonne Kunz, Watch Indonesia!

Indeed, President Jokowi seems to have environmental issues on his agenda as the article cited below shows. The question remains how serious he takes his own agenda and how successful he will be in bringing this agenda forward. One of the main challenges of natural resource governance in Indonesia are the multiple land use status that one piece of land can be ascribed to. Multiple maps exist, declaring ... read more

Posted on 02:51 AM in "In the Spotlight", Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate
Tags: European Union (EU), illegal logging, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, land rights, palm oil, plantations, rain forest destruction, Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Elf Jahre nach dem Mord an Menschenrechtverteidiger Munir: Ein Mord ohne Täter?

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Posted on 06:55 PM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Government of Germany, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, justice, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, military, Munir, security sector, impunity, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Pra indonésio ver

02 May 2015

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Estadão, 02 Maio 2015

http://alias.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,pra-indonesio-ver,1679860
 

Entrevista. Alexander Flor

A pena capital interessa a um presidente que precisa se posicionar entre um Mussolini e um covarde

Cristiane Vieira Teixeira

Localizada no descolado bairro de Kreuzberg, ponto central da efervescente cena artística berlinense, a Organização Não Governamental Watch Indonesia! ocupa um apartamento no térreo de um prédio antigo. Instalações modestas, decoradas com artesanato e fotografias da paisagem e do povo ... read more

Posted on 11:39 PM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: dictator Suharto, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, justice, human rights, Prabowo, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

(Deutsch) Demokratieabbau auf indonesisch

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Posted on 07:52 PM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, GOLKAR, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, parliament, Partai Demokrat, PDI-P, political parties, Prabowo, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, administration, elections

(Deutsch) Lebendige Demokratie

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Posted on 12:15 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: democracy, GOLKAR, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, parliament, Partai Demokrat, PDI-P, political parties, Prabowo, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, elections, electoral system