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

Jakarta – About 300 people from Rembang regency in Central Java marched some 150 kilometers from their homes in Gunem district to Semarang in protest against the construction of a cement factory in

Jakarta – Petitioners slammed the government on Tuesday for using an outdated law that stipulates ultimate ownership of disputed land, which it continues to use to accelerate current regional devel

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A public hearing on a draft bylaw on land ownership of the Yogyakarta customary sultanate and Pakualaman principality on Monday turned ugly after those opposing the d

Jakarta – A hundred activists from various organizations have sent a letter to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to protest alleged violence by security personnel in a West Java village where an airpo

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-145-2016

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Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-136-2016

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Stefani Ribka, Jakarta – Construction continues at state-run cement maker Semen Indonesia's nearly finished factory in Rembang, Central Java, despite a recent Supreme Court decision that revoked it

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The Orang Rimba in Terap, a forested plot of land that borders Sarolangun and Batanghari regencies, Jambi, claim it has since Saturday faced intimidation by a plantation compan

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Ownership claims by local residents to 135 hectares of land inside the Mandalika special economic zone (KEK) in Central Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)

Venidora Oliveira – The government through the Secretariat of State for Land and Property (SSLP) is planning to evict Kaikoli residents in the near future.

Venidora Oliveira – The General Director for National Directorate for Land and Property (NDLP), Romao Guterres, has called on communities living on state-owned land to pay taxes.

Ni Komang Erviani, Denpasar – The Bali Police have named two activists of the Balinese Forum Against Reclamation (ForBali) suspects for allegedly lowering the Indonesian flag at the Bali Legislativ

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The involvement of police and military personnel in protecting plantations has come under scrutiny as their role may have become a stumbling block in efforts to curb f

Tribunners – House of Representatives (DPR) Commission X member Anang Hermansyah is questioning the excessive behaviour of security personnel in securing a Superman is Dead (SID) concert at the Sta

Medan – Police involvement in the relocation of Mount Sinabung evacuees to Lingga village, Karo regency, reportedly led to brawls that claimed one life.

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Initially, it was a land dispute between residents of Olak-olak village in Kubu Raya regency, West Kalimantan, and oil palm plantation company PT Sintang Raya, which ho

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Forty-seven people, including children, stayed the night in the National Commission on Human Rights office in Pontianak in West Kalimantan on Thursday because they were

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Three women emerged out of their tents, and despite the scorching sun that day they ran toward a truck full of cardboard and scrap metal that was coming down from the main

Apriadi Gunawan – Hundreds of residents of Sari Rejo subdistrict in Medan, North Sumatra, blocked an access road to the Soewondo Airbase in Medan on Wednesday in protest against the Air Force's cla

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The people of the Kendeng Mountains in the northern part of Central Java can now breathe a temporary sigh of relief following an order from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo tha

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – Hundreds of residents from several hamlets in West Kalimantan have fled their homes to avoid arrest over their alleged involvement in a conflict with an oil palm compan

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-097-2016

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Jakarta – Dozens of residents staged a protest over state-owned railway company PT KAI's plan to evict residents from their houses in Manggarai, South Jakarta, on Sunday.The residents, mostly retir

Jakarta – Activists and fishermen voiced on Friday their concern over newly appointed Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan's plan to review the Jakarta Bay reclamation project, w

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Local residents and activists will continue to challenge land reclamation around Losari Beach, South Sulawesi, after a court rejected a lawsuit against the issuance of a

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – "This is disobedience," said Sukarti, 40, a resident of the demolished Pasar Ikan area in North Jakarta. Her expression hardened when she said that.

Venidora Oliveira – Communities are continuing to build houses on protected land, even though it has been banned by the government.

Jakarta – Social tension has escalated in Bali as local people opposed to the reclamation project in Benoa Bay in southern Bali have threatened to use violent measures if the government extends the

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-069-2016

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A leading human rights activist has cited the 2012 Law on Yogyakarta's special status as the source of agrarian conflict and injustices in Yogyakarta and has called f