Watch Indonesia e.V.

31/03/2026

This post gives key insights into our Article Series „After 1 year Prabowo“ in which researchers and civil society organisations examine developments in Indonesia related to democracy, human rights, and the environment.

📄 To read the full articles in English, visit our website:
https://www.watchindonesia.de/de/article/23088.one-year-of-prabowo-where-does-the-country-stand.html
📄 Für die deutsche Version: https://www.watchindonesia.de/de/article/23087.indonesien-ein-jahr-regierung-unter-prabowo-wo-steht-das-land.html

31/03/2026

Join us for a special screening of PIG FEAST – Colonialism in Our Time.

PIG FEAST, a new investigative documentary set in southern Papua follows Indigenous communities whose ancestral lands are being stolen and destroyed under one of the largest forest conversion projects in modern history. The film exposes the networks of government elites, corporate entitities, religious groups and the military that turn 2,5 million hectares of tropical forest into industrial plantations under the banners of “food security” and the “energy transition”.

Through the voices of Yasinta Moiwend, Vincen Kwipalo, Franky Woro, and the Awyu community, amongst others, the film documents resistance such as the Red Cross movement that confront the threats to Indigenous land, culture, and life.

Combining detailed field reporting with in-depth research, PIG FEAST reveals how colonialism in Papua continues today, shaped by national and international agendas.

📅 14 April 2026
🕕 Doors: 18:00 | Film: 18:30
📍 Wolf Kino, Berlin
🎤 Discussion & Q&A after the film

This documentary is produced through a collaboration between Watchdoc, JUBI Media, Ekspedisi Indonesia Baru, Yayasan Pusaka Bentala Rakyat, and Greenpeace Indonesia.

25/03/2026

Palm oil is everywhere. But at what cost? From deforestation to human rights issues, the impact often stays hidden behind everyday products. - Did you know these things about Indonesia’s palm oil industry?

11/12/2025

100 years Pramoedya Ananta Toer:
His contribution to emancipatory literary and historiographic discourse

16th December 2025

An event presented by Perhimpunan Masyarakat Indonesia di Jerman (Indonesian Community Association in Germany), in cooperation with Abteilung Sprachen und Kulturen Südostasiens des Asien-Afrika-Instituts der Universität Hamburg.

16:00 - 18:00 CET/ 22:00 - 24:00 WIB

Online Discussion – https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/6171779347?pwd=bm80SjIxRkIvekJMYms4V2ZFSXRlZz09

With Soe Tjen Marching, Lisabona Rahman and Thomas Rieger

Moderator: Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir

18:00 – 18:30 CET/ 24:00 – 00:30 WIB

Online Screening – https://unimelb.zoom.us/j/6171779347?pwd=bm80SjIxRkIvekJMYms4V2ZFSXRlZz09

Pram Melawan! / Pram Resists! / Pram leistet Widerstand!

Documentary film in colour; Duration: 30’

Language: Bahasa Indonesia and German, with English Subtitles

Production: Indonesian Community Association in Germany (PMIJ), September 2025

28/11/2025

Join us for the Kick-Off Event of our project “Social and Ecological Transformation in a Global Context: The Example of Palm Oil”

📅 04. December 2025, 5:30 pm
📍 Berlin Global Village, Patrice Lumumba Gallery, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin)

What does a Just Transition in the Palm Oil Industry - one of the world’s most complex and controversial industries - look like?
A social-ecological transformation is long overdue in the face of the climate crisis, growing inequality, and environmental degradation. The palm oil industry illustrates these global challenges in a striking way: the exploitation of millions of workers, massive ecological impacts, the neglect of indigenous rights, and complex international supply chains that intersect with new global regulations.

Our project brings together ecological, social, and labor perspectives, with speakers from Indonesia and Germany. Together we want to discuss ways to ensure a just transition in the palm oil industry and ask how new legal frameworks such as Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) can help eliminate exploitative structures.

25/11/2025

Indonesia’s government recently passed its new criminal procedure law “KUHAP”. Civil society coalitions are alarmed about the future of Indonesia’s democratic and just legal system. The law’s current changes increase the power of law enforcement and create opportunities for entrapment and unjust investigative procedures. Particularly for activists and anybody voicing opposition to individuals in authoritative roles, these latest revisions could pose a significant risk moving forward.

20/11/2025

Join us for the Kick-Off Event of our project “Social and Ecological Transformation in a Global Context: The Example of Palm Oil”

📅 04. December 2025, 5:30 pm
📍 Berlin Global Village, Patrice Lumumba Gallery, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin

What does a Just Transition in the Palm Oil Industry - one of the world’s most complex and controversial industries - look like?

A social-ecological transformation is long overdue in the face of the climate crisis, growing inequality, and environmental degradation. The palm oil industry illustrates these global challenges in a striking way: the exploitation of millions of workers, massive ecological impacts, the neglect of indigenous rights, and complex international supply chains that intersect with new global regulations.

Our project brings together ecological, social and labor perspectives, with speakers from Indonesia and Germany. Together, we want to discuss ways to ensure a just transition in the palm oil industry and ask how new legal frameworks, such as Germany’s Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) and the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), can help eliminate exploitative structures.

19/11/2025

SAVE THE DATE! - Film Screening & Discussion 🎬🎥

On Saturday, November 29, 2025, Watch Indonesia alongside the Westpapua Netzwerk and pbi will host a film screening and discussion event of the movie The Promise (2025) at Theater X Berlin.

The Promise depicts the events of the highly controversial 1969 referendum and the fight for West Papuan independence to this day through moving testimonies from exiled West Papuans and restored historical footage. The film highlights the role of Western countries and corporate interests in the ongoing occupation and genocide of the West Papuan people. Join us at our event to see firsthand footage and participate in a thought-provoking discussion with our experts.

Speaker 🗣️: Ottis Simopiaref is a land rights defender from West Papua, living in the Netherlands.

Moderator 🎤: Analie Gepulani Neiteler is a journalist, digital editor and an occasional writer and poet. She wrote her master’s thesis on Solidarity with Freedom in West Papua at HU's Institute for Asian & African Studies.

📅 29. November 2025, 6 pm
📍 Theater X, Wiclefstraße 32, 10551 Berlin

27/10/2025

11/10/2025

Zerstörung im Namen der Entwicklung: Food Estates und „grüne“ Energie in Westpapua
📅 23. Oktober 2025, 18:00 Uhr
📍 Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin
In Westpapua soll im Rahmen eines staatlich geförderten Megaprojekts eine Regenwaldfläche von 3 Millionen Hektar für Reis- und Zuckerrohrplantagen gerodet werden – offiziell für Ernährungssicherheit und „grüne“ Energie.
Das Projekt geht mit schweren Menschenrechts- und Umweltverletzungen einher: Landraub, fehlende Zustimmung indigener Gemeinschaften, Militarisierung und die Zerstörung artenreicher Wälder.
🎬 Film “Papuan Skies” (The Gecko Project) & Diskussion mit Gästen aus Westpapua

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Destruction in the Name of Development: Food Estates and “Green” Energy in West Papua
📅 October 23, 2025, 6:00 PM
📍 Berlin Global Village, Am Sudhaus 2, 12053 Berlin
In West Papua, a government-backed mega-project plans to clear 3 million hectares of Rainforest for rice and sugarcane plantations – officially for food security and “green” energy.
The project involves serious human rights and environmental violations, including land grabbing, lack of consent from Indigenous communities, militarization, and the destruction of biodiverse forests.
🎬 Film screening “Papuan Skies” (The Gecko Project) & discussion with guests from West Papua