News

November 2021

Indonesia
Kompas.com – November 15, 2021

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia global forest campaign head Kiki Taufik says they regret that their criticisms of the data on deforestation conveyed in President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's speech at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow have ended in them being reported to the police.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 14, 2021

Jakarta – The secretary general of the Legal Mafia Eradication Committee, Husin Shahab, has reported two Greenpeace activists to the Jakarta Metro Jaya regional police using the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (ITE Law).

Indonesia
Tribune News – November 14, 2021

Vincentius Jyestha, Jakarta – Greater Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra) spokesperson Habiburokhman has confirmed that the reprimand against senior Gerindra member Fadli Zon originated from a directive by the party's general chairperson Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto.

West Papua
Suara Papua – November 12, 2021

Atamus Kepno, Jayapura – One hundred and ninety-four Catholic leaders from across Papua have explicitly called for an end to military operations in Papua. The Pastors hope that dialogue and reconciliation will be the solution to resolve the prolonged conflict in Papua.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 12, 2021

Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan says that the government will audit non-government organisations (NGOs) in Indonesia.

Pandjaitan claimed that they will conduct the audit because, according to Pandjaitan, there are NGOs which he alleges are spreading incorrect information.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 11, 2021

Jakarta – The Mulawarman University (Unmul) coalition of lecturers has defended the Student Executive Council (BEM) at their campus after they launched a satirical criticism of a visit by Vice President Ma'ruf Amin to Samarinda in East Kalimantan (Kaltim) on Tuesday November 2.

West Papua
Suara Papua – November 11, 2021

Jayapura – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has strongly condemned the shooting of a mama (traditional women trader) allegedly committed by a TNI (Indonesian military) member in Mamba Village, Intan Jaya, Papua.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 11, 2021

Jakarta – The chairperson of the country's peak Islamic body, the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI), Cholil Nafis, is asked for the removal of problematic articles in the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister's (Permendikbudristek) Regulation Number 30/2021 on Preventing and Addressing Sexual Violence on Higher Education Institutions.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 10, 2021

Jakarta – The move by Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim to issue a ministerial regulation to prevent and overcome sexual violence at higher education institutions has generated a polemic.

West Papua
Kompas.com – November 10, 2021

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is urging the police to hold an independent investigation to find the perpetrator of the terror attack on the home of the parents of human rights activist Veronica Koman.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 10, 2021

Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia says that forest loss over the last five years was as much as 2.13 million hectares or the equivalent of 3.5 times the size of the island of Bali.

Indonesia
Detik.com – November 10, 2021

Jakarta – West Kalimantan Governor Sutarmidji expelled 20 representatives of palm oil companies from a meeting at his office because they failed to respond when asked to help dealing with floods in the area.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 9, 2021

Jakarta – Activists from the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and the Alliance Against Climate Change (APPI) were forcibly escorted out of a seminar at the Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) building on Tuesday November 9 after they expressed criticisms of the United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP26 in Glasgow.

Indonesia
Suara.com – November 9, 2021

Agung Sandy Lesmana and Ria Rizki Nirmala Sari – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo signed Presidential Regulation (Perpres) Number 98/2021 on the Economic Value of Carbon on Friday October 29. Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaign spokesperson M Iqbal Damanik says the regulation is not a solution to the climate crisis.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 9, 2021

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders says that the home of Veronica Koman's parents has been terrorised twice over a period of two weeks. The latest was in the form of a bomb attack.

West Papua
CNN Indonesia – November 8, 2021

Jakarta – The Detachment 88 (Densus) Special Anti-Terrorist Unit says that the material found at the scene of an explosion at lawyer and Papua activist Veronica Koman's Jakarta home on Sunday November 7 does not resemble the bomb materials usually used by terrorists.

Indonesia
Tribune News – November 5, 2021

Danang Triatmojo, Jakarta – Environmental activists from the Alliance Against Climate Change (APPI) held a counter conference at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Friday November 5 in the form of a theatrical action to protest President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's speech at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

Indonesia
Suara.com – November 5, 2021

The Alliance Against Climate Change (APPI) held a protest action at the Horse Statue monument in Central Jakarta on Friday November 5 calling on the government to take concrete action to tackle the global climate crisis.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 4, 2021

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the claim by Environment and Forestry Minister (LHK) Siti Nurbaya Bakar that deforestation is acceptable for the sake of constructing roads is difficult to accept.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – November 4, 2021

Jakarta – Non-government organisations (NGOs) which are part of the Civil Society Coalition have criticised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's decision to propose Army Chief of Staff General Andika Perkasa as the sole candidate for next TNI (Indonesian military) commander in chief.