Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Alliance of Indigenous People (AMAN) has reminded President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo of the importance of his promise to establish a Presidential task force to pro

Venidora Oliveira – The Coordinator of Rede ba Rai (Network for Land) organization Roberto Aleixo da Cruz said land disputes continue to be a source of social conflict because a land law has not ye

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Two years after a landmark ruling in 2013 by the Constitutional Court on the 1999 Forestry Law that invalidated the government's claim to customary forests, red tape c

Jakarta – The Indonesian government plans to move nomadic forest tribes into reservations as part of its solution for "empowering" communities threatened by massive loss of forests in southern Suma

Jakarta – Several Indonesian farmers' associations and activists on Tuesday submitted to the Constitutional Court a motion for a judicial review of the country's 2014 Plantations on Law, claiming i

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has warned the Yogyakarta administration not to violate residents' rights in its development of the Parangtritis

Jakarta – A petition for murdered activist Salim Kancil has been supported by 50,000 people and Rp 42 million (US$3,138) has been raised for his child's education.

Jakarta – A village chief in East Java has admitted to paying off three officers for protecting an illegal sand mining operation in his village.

Fedina S.

Jakarta – The National Police have launched an investigation against three police officers from a Lumajang precinct in East Java for their alleged role in last month's brutal death of local anti-mi

Jakarta – A team of House members have alleged that the Lumajang Police did not respond correctly to threats received by Samsul, or Salim Kancil, a 52-year-old villager from Pasirian district, Luma

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – In the long-running dispute about land rights in Yogyakarta, Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Ferry Mursyidan Baldan has supported the position of the province'

Jakarta – Some 2,500 people took part in a demonstration in front of the State Palace on Tuesday, calling on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to reform agrarian law and set up a team to handle land d

Jakarta – The involvement of police and Indonesian Military (TNI) officers has exacerbated thousands of land conflicts in regions across the country, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Plans to revive a massive commercial agribusiness and biofuel plant in the Indonesian province of Papua violate the land rights of the indigenous and local communities who hav

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-115-2015

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Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Governor and Sultan Hamengkubuwono X has again insisted that Law No.

Jakarta – The process of evicting hundreds of street vendors from Jl.

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-111-2015

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Ian Wilson, Murdoch, Western Australia – The violent evictions in Kampung Pulo have once again drawn attention to the politics of flood alleviation in Jakarta and the tenuous place of the city's po

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The governor of Yogyakarta's ban on non-indigenous citizens owning land in the province is not problematic, according to Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Ferry

Jakarta – Twenty-one families from Semarang in Central Java have filed a lawsuit against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo over the demolition of their houses by the Indonesian Army.

Agus Maryono and Suherdjoko, Kebumen/Semarang – Central Java Governor Ganjar Pranowo has called on the Army and local farmers in Kebumen to immediately take their long-standing dispute over the man

Jakarta – Residents from a flood-prone area in Jakarta clashed with city officials during a forced eviction on Thursday, prompting security forces to fire tear gas and water cannons.

Jakarta – As giant developers begin their mega projects, constructing islets for commercial purposes as part of a controversial coastal reclamation project to create 17 man-made islands, more than

Jakarta – Residents of the flood-prone area of Kampung Pulo in East Jakarta were involved in a clash with Public Order Agency officers on Thursday when the Jakarta City Administration was trying to

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Following pressure from the private sector, the government has backtracked on its new regulation that requires forestry companies to allocate at least 20 percent of th

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Maharani said she was unable to hold back her tears when hundreds of uniformed men raided her neighborhood and started to throw her family's belongings out of the house.

Hunger Alert Case: AHRC-HAC-008-2015

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Adi Marsiela, Cipaku Village, West Java – The Cipaku village square is located, fittingly enough for this agrarian heart of West Java, in the middle of rice fields ringed by thickly forested hills.

Khoirul Amin, Jakarta – Forestry companies have raised concerns over a new ministerial regulation that requires them to allocate at least 20 percent of their existing concession areas to local peop

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – To deal with rampant land disputes involving indigenous communities, the government has unveiled a plan to allocate at least 20 percent of current concession areas ope

Novy Lumanauw, Jakarta/Bogor – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has called on the government to clean up its land certification system, the source of numerous disruptive land disputes and tenure issu

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-062-2015

Alison Moodie – In late February, a young Indonesian farmer named Indra Pelani showed up at a checkpoint manned by security guards for Asia Pulp and Paper, a Chinese-Indonesian company, in central

Kennial Caroline Laia, Malinau, North Kalimantan – The recent death of a farmer in Sumatra's Jambi province has highlighted the need to address land conflicts often interwoven with rampant deforest

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – Environmental group Greenpeace has suspended cooperation with giant Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) as police are trying to prevent further violence after a farmer was allegedly beat

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the North Sumatra provincial administration and police to get involved and uphold the rights of members of th

Estevao Nuno – Member of Parliament Eladio Faculto has criticized the government for using force to move on fish and coconut vendors at the Lecidere beachfront.

Estevao Nuno – Squatters living in the former Comoro market will be evicted to establish new National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) dormitories.

Fedina S.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Five hundred farmers from four subdistricts in Kulon Progo regency, Yogyakarta, staged a rally at the Kepatihan gubernatorial office complex in Yogyakarta

Jakarta – Indigenous peoples across Indonesia have high hopes that the new government will award them the management of customary forests.

Hasyim Widhiarto and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta/Medan, North Sumatra – Speaking in her native Batak language, Opung Putra Lumbangaol quickly stole the attention of hundreds of people atte

Makassar – Attempts by the Makassar District Court to settle a land dispute in an area consisting of 46 households on Jl.

Ansyor Idrus, Palembang – Scores of farmers and activists convened at Palembang District Court on Thursday and demanded the release of six of their colleagues charged with damaging fore

Jakarta – The Indigenous People's Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) said on Wednesday that president-elect Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and his deputy Jusuf Kalla must keep their promise to pr

PT Sumber Air Mas Pratama, Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers in Karawang, West Java, who lost their land to PT Sumber Air Mas Pratama (SAMP) urged the National Police and the Corruption Era

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – Ten people were injured on Wednesday in a clash between hundreds of farmers and thousands of police officers south of Jakarta over a land dispute between f

Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta – The Indonesian Air Force (TNI- AU) said that their officers were not responsible for the shooting and injuring of five civilians in Palembang, South Sumatra,