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Politics 4 months ago
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Civil groups slam govt’s plan to vet human rights defenders
People deemed fulfilling criteria to be called human rights activists according to assessment by a government-sanctioned team will become eligible to legal protection while getting involved in a case, Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai says.
Politics 4 months ago
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Government to vet human rights activists through ‘assessor team’
The government is preparing a mechanism to determine who qualifies as a human rights activist, as part of efforts to ensure legal protections are granted only to legitimate defenders, says Human Rights Minister Natalius Pigai.
Academia 4 months ago
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Questions on COVID-19 that are unsatisfactorily answered
Six years after the outbreak, the world has moved on, yet the most critical questions surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic remain shrouded in mystery. From lab-leak theories to the ethics of draconian lockdowns, this inquiry demands an objective post-mortem to ensure history does not repeat itself.
Academia 5 months ago
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Geopolitical tensions and the urgency of energy sovereignty
The rush toward EV and biofuel adoption risks shifting Indonesia’s ecological burden from coal chimneys to indigenous forests. True energy sovereignty lays not in massive corporate permits but in the resilient, community-led models already thriving in the heart of the archipelago.
Asia & Pacific 5 months ago
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Activists pin hopes on Indonesia to hold Myanmar's new president accountable for genocide
Rohingya activists and legal advocacy groups are pinning their hopes on Indonesia’s new penal code to push forward a genocide case against Myanmar's newly-elected President Min Aung Hlaing, in what they say could be a long-awaited breakthrough for accountability.
Academia 5 months ago
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Time for Indonesia to enact the climate change law
Now that the Climate Change Bill has been included in this year's Prolegnas, it is up to our representatives to ensure that short-term economic interests cannot override ecological primacy, the very imbalance that has led to the climate crisis today.
Asia & Pacific 5 months ago
Rights group files 'genocide' complaint against Myanmar president-elect: AGO
The complaint, which also includes "genocide" allegations, will be forwarded to a division of the Attorney-General's Office that specializes in serious crimes, spokesman Anang Supriatna told AFP.
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