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

(Deutsch) Den inneren Frieden bewahren

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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

Adapting in a carbon pool?

Routledge, August 2018, A Critical Approach to Climate Change Adaption, Chapter III.8

Politicising climate change at Sumatra’s oil palm frontier

 ]onas Hein and Yvonne Kunz

 

Introduction

When visiting villages in Jambi province on the island of Sumatra in 2013, peasants told us that the Indonesian Government had recently proclaimed their forests to be ‘lungs of the earth’. This phrase is the local interpretation of a recent concept developed by economists and conservationists within the context ... read more

Posted on 01:58 AM in Agro Fuels, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: agrofuel ("biofuel"), indigenous people, Indonesia, carbon, land rights, palm oil, rain forest destruction, Sumatra, transmigration, environment and climate, United Nations, Wasser

(Deutsch) Menschenrechtslage in Papua nach 20 Jahren ‚Reformasi’: keine Gerechtigkeit für die Opfer und weitere Isolation

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Posted on 02:32 AM in Activities, Visitor Programmes, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Justiz, human rights, military, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, protest action, regional conflicts, security sector, criminal prosecution, independence, United Nations

Human Rights in West Papua 2017

ICP, 26 September 2017

http://www.humanrightspapua.org/hrreport/2017

[The fifth report of the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) covering events from January 2015 until December 2016 ]

More than 40 organisations in West Papua, Jakarta and worldwide have brought their analysis on the human rights and conflict situation in West Papua together. The executive summary of the 218-pages report explains how several human rights standards have deteriorated over the last two years. The report is compiled by the International Coalition for Papua (ICP) and ... read more

Posted on 02:41 AM in joint studies and reports, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Mining, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications, Rainforest, Studies, Environment & Climate
Tags: labour, mining, democracy, development, food security, women's rights, health, indigenous people, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, corruption, land rights, human rights, human rights defender, military, palm oil, Papua, plantations, Platagen, political prisoners, press freedom, Freedom of Expression, rain forest destruction, special autonomy, impunity, transitional justice, transmigration, environment and climate, United Nations, Verhaftugen, administration

(Deutsch) Wir halten Sie auf dem Laufenden

 

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Posted on 11:22 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Papua, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Indonesia, Komnas HAM, LGBT Rights, human rights, Papua, political prisoners, press freedom, religion, impunity, criminal prosecution, death penalty, United Nations, dealing with the past, female genital mutilation (FGM)

Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia

submitted September 2016, published at Human Rights Day, 10 December 2016

www.watchindonesia.org/wp-content/uploads/UPR_Submission_Indonesia_2017_WI_WPN_OMCT.pdf

Human Rights Council
Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the Republic of Indonesia
3rd cycle (May – June 2017)

Joint Stakeholders’ Submission by:
Watch Indonesia! e.V.
West Papua Network (WPN)
World Organisation against Torture (OMCT)

I. Introduction

1. This stakeholder report is a joint submission by the West Papua Network (WPN), Watch Indonesia! and the World Organisation against Torture (OMCT) The report highlights key concerns, trends and significant developments in ... read more

Posted on 06:22 AM in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Position Papers, Press Freedom, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: 1965, discrimination, Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Justiz, communism, human rights, military, Minderheitenrechte, Munir, Papua, Police, religion, impunity, terrorism, death penalty, United Nations, dealing with the past

Indonesia: Close gap between rhetoric and reality on 1965 mass human rights violations

Public Statement, 1 October 2016

Despite President Joko Widodo’s repeated commitments to address human rights violations committed in 1965 – such as extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and torture – more than five decades later millions of victims and their families are still waiting for truth, justice and reparation. On the 51st anniversary of these violations, Amnesty International, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), East-Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN), La’o Hamutuk, TAPOL, Watch Indonesia! and Yayasan HAK call on the Indonesian authorities ... read more

Posted on 11:47 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Press Releases, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: 1965, Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Justiz, human rights, East Timor, PKI, referendum 1999, impunity, United Nations, crimes against humanity, dealing with the past, truth commission, Wiranto

(Bahasa Indonesia) Benarkah PBB Sebut Wiranto Penjahat HAM?

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Posted on 07:13 PM in democracy, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Gerechtigkeit, Indonesia, Joko Widodo, Justiz, human rights, East Timor, transitional justice, United Nations, Wiranto

Free and Unrestricted Access to Papua!

29 April 2015

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Honorary President: Lord Avebury
Founder: Carmel Budiardjo
 

Mr Joko Widodo
President of the Republic of Indonesia
Jl. Veteran No. 16
Jakarta Pusat
INDONESIA
 

Dear Mr President,

I am writing to you on behalf ... read more

Posted on 02:29 AM in Activities, Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Press Freedom, Publications
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, Papua, press freedom, protest action, United Nations