Tag: Indonesia
INDONESIA | Stop the attacks to Indigenous Peoples defending their land from palm oil operations
Statement on the threats to Indigenous communities in Indonesia｜Rukka Sombolinggi, Global Board member of IPRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBocn14DKmg Rukka Sombolinggi, Secretary-General of Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN), gives a statement on how the COVID-19 pandemic has exasperated existing threats to land rights and heightened conflicts and criminalization of Indigenous peoples in Indonesia. Detailing resilience tactics,..
Sign the Petition: Drop the Trumped-up Charges Against Indigenous Kinipan Land Rights Defenders in Indonesia
Amid the pandemic, six Indigenous villagers, including Kinipan community leader Effendi Buhing, and two Indigenous youth, were arrested by the Central Kalimantan Police, in Indonesia, for defending their customary forest against the expansion of PT Sawit Mandiri Lestari..
Criminalisation of traditional occupation: The result of Indonesia’s ambiguous recognition of indigenous rights
On 9 March 2020, six members of the indigenous Dayak community were acquitted from criminal charges involving their practice of berladang, a traditional swidden farming system practiced by indigenous peoples in Indonesia. They were blamed for causing karhutla,..
Indonesia: IPRI Urges Authorities to Immediately Drop Criminal Charges Against Arrested Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Peoples Rights International (IPRI), a global indigenous organization, strongly condemns the recent arrest of and trumped-up charges against six indigenous villagers in Kinipan village in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.
