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Hermanus (36), a Dayak farmer, died in a Sampit hospital, Central Kalimantan, while he's still facing trial for defending his land against a palm oil plantation which had allegedly grabbed his village land #RIP 🇮🇩 mongabay.co.id/2020/04/27/pej… Image
Indonesian police arrested Hermanus plus two other farmers in March after the plantation had accused them stealing 4.3 tonnes of oil palms. Farmer James Watt was arrested in @walhinasional office in Jakarta mongabay.co.id/2020/03/12/per…
The villagers accused PT Hamparan Mas Bangun Persada stealing 117 hectare of plantation land, asking the government to return this land to the villagers. Hermanus is a village leader #RIP mongabay.co.id/2020/04/27/pej… Image
A patchwork of weak laws, poor government oversight, and the failure of companies to fulfill their human rights responsibilities, have resulted in loss of land and livelihood opportunities for indigenous people like Hermanus hrw.org/report/2019/09… Image
Successive governments have turned a blind eye to widespread forest clearance, facilitating the proliferation of oil palm plantations. In 2001-2017, Indonesia lost 24 million hectares of forest --almost the size of the United Kingdom hrw.org/report/2019/09…
PT. Hamparan Mas Sawit Bangun Persada in Sampit is a part of the Jakarta-based Best Agro International Group whose head office is located on Jalan Gatot Subroto bestagro.international/index.php
Central Kalimantan is a palm oil area plus land grabbing and worst forest fires. Remember American journalist arrested in Indonesia? It was in Palangka Raya, the provincial capital #censorship latimes.com/world-nation/s… Image
The death of Dayak farmer Hermanus, who had #coronavirus symptoms, has added to those fears inside many Indonesian prisons. His lawyers had been asking for medical attention for him but he died after spending weeks in overcrowded jail cells in Sampit theguardian.com/global-develop… Image
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