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Indigenous & Minority Rights

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March 6, 2025

Mongabay - March 6, 2025

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The Indonesian Supreme Court has upheld a government decision to curb the expansion of a multibillion-dollar oil palm plantation project in the country's e

March 2, 2025

E-Tangata - March 2, 2025

Teuila Fuatai – For more than 60 years, the Indigenous people of West Papua have sought independence from Indonesia.

February 26, 2025

Mongabay - February 26, 2025

Aseanty Pahlevi, Mekar Raya, Indonesia – Yulius Yogi kneels under the forest canopy here on the island of Borneo, surveying land he plans to reclaim for his Dayak Simpan Indigenous comm

February 15, 2025

Jakarta Globe - February 15, 2025

Yovanda Noni, East Kutai – The Dayak Wehea Indigenous Community in East Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, shares a very close relationship with the nature and forests around them.

January 22, 2025

Benar News - January 22, 2025

Victor Mambor, Kurinbin, Papua, Indonesia – On a hilltop accessible only by hours traversing dense jungle on foot, the influential Kimko Jinipjo clan in Indonesia's Papua region gathere

January 17, 2025

Agenzia Fides - January 17, 2025

Jayapura – The sudden occupation of forest areas and villages of indigenous peoples by the massive deployment of military units in the Indonesian region of Papua is becoming a constant

January 9, 2025

Jakarta Post - January 9, 2025

Franky Samperante, Jakarta – The narrative of "empty land/unproductive forest" or "no forest/no trees" is often used by authorities to negate and delegitimize the existence of indigenou

January 7, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - January 7, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – On 1 November 2024, the Supreme Court of Indonesia rejected the cassation appeal filed by Mr Hendrikus Franky Woro, an environmental advocate and member of the i

December 20, 2024

Mongabay - December 20, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In recent United Nations biodiversity conferences, global leaders have championed Indigenous peoples as critical partners in achieving conservation goals.

December 17, 2024

Mongabay - December 17, 2024

Betty Herlina, Elviza Diana, Enggano Island, Indonesia – Milson Kaitora's grandparents never had trouble finding water to grow food here on Enggano Island.

December 15, 2024

National Indigenous Times - December 15, 2024

Andrew Mathieson – An Indonesian minister within Prabowo Subianto's new government took little time to announce plans to resume a former transmigration program throughout the eastern re

December 10, 2024

Te On News - December 10, 2024

Te Aniwaniwa Paterson – The indigenous West Timorese, who live in an Indonesian province, East Nusa Tenggara, share Maori concerns that government announcements will eventuate in the ex

December 3, 2024

Tempo - December 3, 2024

Anastasya Lavenia Y, Jakarta – The indigenous people of Merauke held an audience with Committee II of the South Papua Regional Government Council at the Merauke District Office, Papua,

November 26, 2024

The Guardian - November 26, 2024

Damien Gayle – Uncontacted hunter-gatherers in Indonesia "are facing a severe and immediate threat of genocide" because of mining for minerals on their lands for use in electric vehicle

November 12, 2024

Jubi Papua - November 12, 2024

Theo Kelen, Jayapura – On Monday November 11 the Papua Council of Churches (PCC) and Papuan indigenous priests held a press conference in Jayapura city, Papua, to address the current si

November 4, 2024

Suara Papua - November 4, 2024

Jayapura – The struggle by Papuan indigenous people to save their customary forests from the invasion by corporations and the government has become harder after legal efforts reached a

November 2, 2024

Jakarta Post - November 2, 2024

Agencies, Jakarta – The Supreme Court rejected on Friday an appeal by an indigenous tribe in Papua in its lawsuit against a palm oil firm, a decision a rights group said put the tribe a

October 24, 2024

Mongabay - October 24, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – When Joko Widodo took office in 2014 as the president of Indonesia, the world's third-largest democracy, he was seen as a transformative leader who came fr

October 18, 2024

Suara Papua - October 18, 2024

Elisa Sekenyap, Jayapura – The Merauke food and energy National Strategic Project (PSN) in South Papua is taking away indigenous Papuans right to life and worsening the environmental cr

October 17, 2024

Tempo - October 17, 2024

Irsyan Hasyim (Kontributor), Jakarta – Indigenous people from Merauke, South Papua, voiced their rejection of the National Strategic Project (PSN) food estate in their region, staging a

October 11, 2024

Tempo - October 11, 2024

Han Revanda Putra, Jakarta – Hundreds of indigenous people from various different regions gathered in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on Friday October 11.

Tribun Ambon - October 11, 2024

Maula M Pelu, Ambon – A number of civil society organisations held a peaceful action at the Leimena traffic circle in Poka Village, Ambon City, on Friday October 11.

October 7, 2024

Jubi Papua - October 7, 2024

Aida Ulim, Jayapura – The South Papua Student Concern Front held a free speech forum on Monday October 7 in Jayapura city, Papua, rejecting investment and the deforestation of customary

September 13, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - September 13, 2024

Indonesia, West Papua – The Indonesian government's ambitious plan to create a one-million-hectare rice field in the Merauke Regency, Papua Selatan Province, is moving forward without p

August 21, 2024

Mongabay - August 21, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – President Joko Widodo recently issued Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in Indonesia more than 1 million hectares (2.47 million acres) of la

August 14, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - August 14, 2024

A contentious legal dispute has emerged in the Sorong Regency, Papua Barat Daya Province, involving PT Mancaraya Agro Mandiri (MAM), a subsidiary of the Manca Group, and the Indigenous

August 7, 2024

Mongabay - August 7, 2024

Teguh Suprayitno, Muaro Jambi, Indonesia – Mbok Hawo picked a clutch of galangal, lemongrass and turmeric as the gaggle of schoolkids assembled by an array of potted plants, arranged in

July 31, 2024

Mongabay - July 31, 2024

Christ Belseran, Aru Islands, Indonesia – When the ship with "J7Explorer" embossed across its hull approached the shoreline on May 13, some on the Aru Islands assumed the greenish hulk

July 23, 2024

Tempo - July 23, 2024

Annisa Febiola, Jakarta – Representatives of the Awyu and Moi Sigin indigenous communities submitted a petition supporting the tribes' struggle against palm oil companies to the Supreme

July 22, 2024

CNN Indonesia - July 22, 2024

Jakarta – Indigenous peoples from the Awyu tribe in South Papua and the Moi Sigin tribe from Southwest Papua along with environmental activists handed over a petition of support for the

July 18, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - July 18, 2024

A National Strategic Project (PSN) Teluk Bintuni Regency, Papua Barat Province, has sparked concerns over the potential violation of indigenous land rights.

July 16, 2024

Jakarta Post - July 16, 2024

Agnes Anya and Marchio Gorbiano (AFP), Jakarta – Deforestation at one of Indonesia's largest nickel processing hubs is threatening an Indigenous group that is among the country's last u

July 2, 2024

Mongabay - July 2, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – German chemical giant BASF and French miner Eramet have pulled out of a multibillion-dollar "green energy" project in Indonesia because of its impact on on

June 28, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - June 28, 2024

The Ministry of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/National Land Agency (BPN) and the government of Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua (Papua Barat Daya) Province, are being urged to re

June 25, 2024

Mongabay - June 25, 2024

Titik Kartitiani, Pulang Pisau, Indonesia – Bandi paddled through the black swamp, passing alongside banks of high brush outside Kalawa village here in the south of Borneo Island.

June 13, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - June 13, 2024

On 10 June 2024, the Papua Bali Student Community Student Association, in collaboration with IMMAPPA Bali and AMP KK Bali, organised a peaceful demonstration in Denpasar to support the

Suara Papua - June 13, 2024

Agus Pabika, Jayapura – The Papua Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has condemned the repressive actions by police against a peaceful protest by the Bali Papua Community Stud

June 12, 2024

Human Rights Monitor - June 12, 2024

The recent slogan "All Eyes on Papua" emerged in response to the viral "All Eyes on Rafah" campaign on Instagram.

June 9, 2024

Suara Papua - June 9, 2024

Reiner Brabar, Sorong – Indonesian social media has been enlivened by the call "All Eyes on Papua" which has gone viral over the last few days and attracted an extraordinary amount of a

June 7, 2024

Suara Papua - June 7, 2024

Jayapura – Solidarity and support against the expropriation and destruction of customary forests in the land of Papua is broadening, with several groups, including soccer players joinin

Human Rights Monitor - June 7, 2024

Indigenous communities in Kapiraya district, Deiyai Regency, Papua Tengah (Central Papua) Province, are actively protesting the operations of PT Zoomlion, a Chinese company, which enter

Mongabay - June 7, 2024

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – A campaign calling for the protection of Indigenous peoples' customary forests in Indonesia's easternmost region of Papua has gone viral, with the campaign

Human Rights Monitor - June 7, 2024

The local Government of Sorong Selatan Regency has officially recognized the indigenous peoples and customary territories of four sub-tribes in Konda District through a Regent Decree.

June 6, 2024

Tempo - June 6, 2024

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The 'All Eyes on Papua' campaign has been trending on social media amid rampant land confiscation from indigenous peoples in Papua.

June 5, 2024

Jakarta Globe - June 5, 2024

Antara, Bekasi – Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN), Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono, has assured that the government will not harm lo

Benar News - June 5, 2024

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Indonesia – Indonesia is going ahead with a project to convert millions of acres in Papua into a gigantic sugarcane plantation so the restive region can become

Agence France-Presse - June 5, 2024

A campaign seeking to drive support for Indigenous tribes fighting palm oil plantations in eastern Indonesia is spreading widely online after taking inspiration from an AI-generated ima

Tempo - June 5, 2024

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – Executive Director of the International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development or INFID, Iwan Misthohizzaman, stated that clearing customary forests in Papu

June 4, 2024

Tempo - June 4, 2024

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – The regional police chief of Papua, Mathius Derek Fakhiri, warned investors not to violate the rights of Papua's indigenous people.

Tempo - June 4, 2024

Defara Dhanya Paramitha, Jakarta – Amid the recent 'All Eyes on Rafah' campaign, a similar movement 'All Eyes on Papua' gains momentum on social media, calling for Indonesian people's a