Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-202-2017

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Winny Tang, Nusa Dua, Bali – One of the reasons hampering the acceleration of the oil palm tree replanting program is the fact that many plots still have unclear legal status, Agrarian and Land Spa

Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has granted around 1,000 farmers in Teluk Jambe, Karawang regency, West Java, permits to use 2,145 hectares of forest areas as part of the government's soci

Jakarta – Greater access by local communities to Indonesian forests marks progress in a push by the government for land reforms, officials said on Friday (20/10), despite criticism that the efforts

Jakarta – The government is unlikely to meet its target of distributing 5 million land certificates this year as part of its land-reform program because by October it had distributed less than half

Jakarta – Dozens of farmers from the Kendeng karst area in Central Java staged another protest on Tuesday against the operation of a cement factory in their neighborhood.

Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – Scores of farmers from the North Kendeng mountains held a protest action in front of the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on September 4.

Ika Ningtyas, Banyuwangi – Heri Budiawan alias Budi Pego, an activist opposing a gold mine in Banyuwangi, East Java, has been indicted under the draconian anti-communist articles.

Vincent Bevins, Humbang Hasundutan – It is cold and late on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Huddled around a map, a group of elders are planning their battle strategy.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – State-owned airport operator Angkasa Pura (AP) I has cleared a beach area, which will be the location of a new Yogyakarta airport in Kulon Progo, despite possessing n

Jakarta – The Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) have criticized a plan by the Kuningan District Court to confiscate customary land belonging to the traditional Adat Karuhan Urang (AKUR) Sunda

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – The administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will likely fail to reach its target of distributing a total of 5 million land certificates to people across the country

Haeril Halim, Purwokerto, Central Java – A land certification program that forms a key part of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's ambitious agrarian reforms has begun to drive the growth of local eco

Haeril Halim, Purwokerto, Central Java – In a bid to speed up the process of issuing land certificates to people across the country, President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo handed over 2,187 of them in Purw

Jakarta – Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Sofyan Djalil said his ministry could only certify around 1 million plots of land as of May from the total target of 5 million certificates by the e

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – A local court in South Kalimantan has sentenced an agrarian activist to four years' imprisonment using a regulation that was revoked by the Constitutional Court, in anot

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Around 25 activists from the rights movement, Jogja Solidarity Against Cement Factory, staged a rally on Tuesday to protest the visit of Central Java Governor Ganjar

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – Experts have warned that vibrant economic development in Southeast Asia has potential to trigger human rights violations, especially when the state fails to acknowle

Jakarta – Coordinating Economic Minister Darmin Nasution has said the government did not have enough funds to meet the target of certifying 5 million plots of land this year.

Jakarta – Up to a quarter of foreign investors who have set their eyes on a range of projects in Indonesia have delayed their investment as a series of legal setbacks that cloud the construction of

Jakarta – State-owned cement manufacturer PT Semen Indonesia has appointed former Jakarta governor and State Intelligence Agency (BIN) director Sutiyoso its president commissioner amid heightened p

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – To show their solidarity with Kendeng farmers from Pati, Central Java, who are fighting against the construction of a cement factory in their area, dozen

Rizal Harahap, Pekanbaru – Five environmentalists staged a demonstration by cementing their feet in front of the PON monument in Pekanbaru during the visit of First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo to the R

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Dozens of Manggarai residents in South Jakarta filed a report with the National Commission on Human Rights on Friday, protesting the planned demolition of their houses to m

Jakarta – A Supreme Court ruling on the construction of a cement factory in the Kendeng Mountain area in Rembang, Central Java, must be respected by all relevant parties as it is valid and legally

Jakarta – Peace activists from Semarang, Central Java, held on Thursday a joint prayer and a candlelight vigil to remember Patmi, 48, a farmer from Kendeng, Rembang, who passed away on Tuesday.

Jakarta – Gunarti, a farmer from Kendeng in Rembang, Central Java, who had participated in a rally since March 13 to protest the construction of a cement factory in the mountainous area, could not

Jakarta – Following Tuesday's death of a farmer demonstrator, about 100 NGO activists joined the Central Java farmers' protest across from the State Palace on Wednesday, protesting a cement factory

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The death of Patmi, 48, a Kendeng farmer who fought against the construction of a cement factory belonging to state cement maker Semen Indonesia in Rembang, Centra

Jakarta – One of the about 100 farmers who have staged a daily rally over the last week in front of the State Palace to demand the cancellation of a cement factory project in their home village in

Jakarta – Having buried their feet in concrete blocks in front of Jakarta's State Palace for eight days, Kendeng residents are receiving growing support from other groups in demanding President Jok

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Even with their feet buried in concrete blocks for five days in front of the State Palace, the protests by a group of farmers from the Kendeng mountain area agains

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Despite the government's plan to begin operations at state cement maker Semen Indonesia's factory in Rembang, Central Java, in April, farmers from the Mount Kenden

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Joko Prianto, an activist from the Network of Mount Kendeng Care Society, said the continued construction of a cement factory owned by state cement maker Semen

Beh Lih Yi, Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesian indigenous people gathered on Sumatra island on Friday to call on the government to protect their land rights as fears grow some tribes could become ex

Adam Harvey, Bali – Plans for a massive Donald Trump real estate development in a spiritually sensitive part of Bali have met resistance from locals, some of whom are refusing to sell to the US Pre

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-012-2017

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Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has reported Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo to the Indonesian Ombudsman for alleged maladministration because of

Suherdjoko, Semarang – Dozens of people allegedly destroyed and burned the "Struggle Tent," which was erected by Mount Kendeng farmers in protest of the construction of cement factories in the Pati

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – About 250 farmers who are against the construction of a cement factory operated by PT Semen Indonesia in Gunem district in Kendeng, Central Java, blockaded the

Felicity James – A survey of households in Timor-Leste has found most people in the country's capital Dili fear eviction from their land in the next five years.

Bernardo Almeida, Todd Wassel – Voters in Timor-Leste will head to the polls twice this year for presidential elections in March and parliamentary elections in July – in what will be the first such

Suherdjoko, Semarang, Central Java – Supporters of Jaringan Masyarakat Peduli Pegunungan Kendeng, a movement that rejects the development of a cement factory belonging to state-run cement maker Sem

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – More than 100,000 fishermen and people living in Indonesia's coastal areas lost their homes in connection with land reclamation projects in 2016, according to a report

Jakarta – The Jakarta government has been ordered to compensate residents evicted from Bukit Duri, South Jakarta, after a long-awaited court verdict ruled the evictions unlawful.

Jakarta – Prabowo Subianto, the leader of the Gerinda Party, visited evicted residents from Pasar Ikan, or Kampung Akuarium, in North Jakarta on Saturday.

Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Binsar Panjaitan has called for the acceleration of an expansion of Bali's Benoa Harbor, saying that it was in the state's interest.

Jakarta – The majority of low-cost apartment (rusunawa) residents, who were evicted from their former homes to make way for city development projects, have yet to receive easy access to education a

Suherdjoko, Semarang – After four days of walking approximately 150 kilometers from Rembang to Semarang in Central Java, Kendeng mountain farmers ended their journey in disappointment to find that