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Indonesia probes violations of indigenous rights in contested forests
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation – Thu, 29 May 2014 11:09 AMAuthor Fidelis E. SatriastantiMore news from our correspondents
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A Badui tribe member stands in Kanekes village on the outskirts of Lebak regency in Indonesia’s Banten province, April 4, 2009. REUTERS/Beawiharta
JAKARTA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Indonesia’s Human Rights Commission has launched the country’s first national inquiry into alleged human rights violations related to land conflicts involving indigenous people.
“It is the first inquiry into these (land conflict) cases on a national scale because we have indications of the same patterns (of human rights violations) for these conflicts,” said Sandra Moniaga, a member of the commission, which is known as Komnas HAM, before the launch of the initiative in Jakarta on May 20.
Public hearings will be held in seven regions – Sumatra, Java, Bali-Nusa, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, Maluku and…
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