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Collection of activist news, found 508 news.

RI govt urged to protect orangutans against palm oil plantation companies

The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the Forestry ...

Walhi protests environment awards for Newmont, Nusa Halmahera

The Indonesian Environmental Forum, Walhi, is sending a letter of objection to the Ministry of Energy and Mineral ...

Komodo Island promotion activities being intensified

The tourism and culture ministry has decided to withdraw the candidacy of Komodo for inclusion in the New Seven ...

Syria woman thought mutilated turns up alive on TV

Syrian state television has aired an interview with a woman who had reportedly been found decapitated, armless and ...

Sumatran tiger population now only 400 : Greenpeace

The tiger population in the wild in Sumatra is believed to have dwindled to only 400 heads due to illegal logging in ...

Britain`s Ian Martin named head of un Libya mission

The United Nations said on Monday it had chosen British diplomat and human rights activist Ian Martin to head its new ...

news feature: Remove your cars, interact in public spaces

Clad in orange and yellow shirts, a group of activists sat on benches or stood around a table sipping different ...

ICW reminds minister to keep on monitoring e-id card project

Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) activist Tama S Langkun has reminded Home Affairs Minister Gamawan Fauzi to keep on ...

AGO has no authority to re-investigate munir`s case: Basrief

Attorney General Basrief Arief said his office had no authority to review the investigation of the death of rights ...

Aisha abudction, Somalia stories : true or false ?

Indonesian media have for the past few days published stories on medical volunteer Dr Aisha Wardhana that have ...

Activists observe anniversary a prominent human rights activist`s death

Tens of activists of the Islamic Students Association (HMI), Malang chapter, East Java, held a long march from the ...

Govt never hinders settlement of Munir case

The government has never hindered efforts settle the human rights activist Munir`s murder case and continues to ...

TNMB to retrace Javanese tiger

The Meru Betiri National Park (TNMB) is to retrace the Javanese tiger (Panthera tigris sondaica) by setting a camera ...

Amnesty International sends open letter to Indonesian attorney general

Amnesty International wrote an open letter to Attorney General Basrief Arief, expressing concern about the continued ...

Poaching, illegal trade still threatening Sumatran tigers

Poaching and illegal trade in tiger parts are still major threats to the survival of the Sumatran tiger (Panthera ...