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The Australian
March 20, 2018
A collective of Indonesian activists, politicians and law students are challenging a new law that empowers MPs to silence critics and put themselves potentially above the law. ... Two law students from Jakarta's University of Indonesia also filed a separate petition on Friday to have the law repealed. “We wantÃâà...
Jakarta Post
March 20, 2018
A crowd of activists protested in front of the Energy Building in the Sudirman Central Business District in Senayan, South Jakarta, on Monday to demand that garment company PT Huddleston Indonesia, which occupies the 20th floor of the building, shut down operations of PT Rayon Utama Makmur (RUM)Ãâà...
TODAYonline
March 18, 2018
MEDAN (INDONESIA) — Ten years ago, at the dental clinic Ms Annita Foe runs in the Indonesian city of Medan, she watched a homeless, ... treatment or charity, but as a condition with implications for social issues and rights, said Ms Dibley, who has also run training for Indonesian disability activists.
ABC News
March 16, 2018
An Indonesian court has found a Papuan activist guilty of incitement and sentenced him to 10 months in prison for promoting a petition calling for a ... Papua, a mineral-rich former Dutch colony on the western part of New Guinea, was annexed by Indonesia in 1962, sparking a simmering insurgency.
The Straits Times
March 11, 2018
JAKARTA • From cutting-edge DNA barcoding to smartphone apps that can identify illegal wildlife sales, conservationists are turning to high-tech tools in the battle against Indonesia's animal traffickers. Spread across more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia's dense tropical rainforests boast some of the highestÃâà...
CTV News
March 7, 2018
Activist Marison Guciano said Wednesday the smoking ape is further evidence of a lack of supervision and education at Bandung Zoo, about 120 ... Substandard conditions are common at Indonesian zoos and Guciano blamed the government for being slow in establishing animal welfare standards.
Global Indonesian Voices (GIVnews.com)
March 5, 2018
Jusuf Kalla or popularly known as 'JK' is the current Vice President of Republic of Indonesia. He is a senior politician who was born 75 years ago in North Sulawesi. JK started his political career as a student activist who was the Head of Pelajar Islam Indonesia (PII, Indonesian Islam Students). He continuedÃâà...
ucanews
March 5, 2018
An ethnic Indonesian Chinese lawyer has been told to get out of Yogyakarta province if cannot accept a 40-year-old edict prohibiting people of Chinese descent from owning land. Yogyakarta, the only region in Indonesia still governed by a pre-colonial monarchy — the Sultan of Yogyakarta who serves asÃâà...
Mongabay.com
February 22, 2018
The prospect of greater access for Indonesian palm oil to the 28-nation EU market is expected to dominate trade negotiations taking place this week. Environmental activists from both Indonesia and Europe warn that granting this access could lead to even greater deforestation and more social conflicts inÃâà...
Mongabay.com
February 19, 2018
JAKARTA — Environmental issues in Indonesia will once again be both bargaining chip and valuable stake this year as the country prepares to hold sweeping elections, according to an environmental outlook released last month by the country's main environmental watchdog, the Indonesian Forum for theÃâà...
WPTV.com
December 31, 1999
A video shot in a zoo in Indonesia shows an orangutan picking up and smoking a cigarette after it had been tossed into the primate's enclosure by a visitor. In the video-- shot by animal rights activist Marison Guciano-- a man can be seen taking a drag from a cigarette and then flicking it into the enclosure.
Mongabay.com
December 31, 1999
JAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia are calling for a set of federal guidelines on orangutan conservation that will compel local authorities and companies to take a more active role in protecting the critically endangered great ape. The call comes in the wake of two violent killings of orangutans in IndonesianÃâà...
