Basic Cadre Training Notes On 24-26 March 2022, 25 participants from various KSPPM assistance areas such as North Tapanuli, Toba and Samosir districts attended the Basic Organisational Cadre Training at the KSPPM Parapat Sopo. Participants are farmers and organisational cadres who are prepared to become administrators and local level organisers who are expected to later …
Tuesday, 15 March 2022. A number of international NGOs organised a discussion on environmental issues and indigenous peoples. The discussion presented 4 (four) speakers, namely Regina Lopez-Whiteskunk (Cross-Culture Program Manager at Montezuma Land Conservacy, Former Council-woman of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and Former Co-chair of the Inter-tribal Coalition on Bears Ears), Melody Daugherty (Tsalagi, …
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Dolok Sanggul, 21 March 2022 – More than 23,000 petition signatures were submitted to the Regent of Humbang Hasundutan, through this petition the Pargamanan Bintang Maria Indigenous Community in Parlilitan District, Humbang Hasundutan Regency asked the Regent to immediately issue a Regional Regulation on the Protection of Indigenous Peoples (PPMHA) as a legal umbrella to …
Tornauli (17/03). In the morning at 9:30am, the Indigenous Peoples Community (IP) in Parmonangan Sub-district, North Tapanuli had a special guest from Jakarta, the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM). On this occasion, Komnas HAM wanted to talk about violations committed by PT Toba Pulp Lestari (TPL) and other parties against the existing IP …
“Every year we are taxed, but we do not receive our rights”, Pak Jono’s loud voice filled the meeting room of Janji Maria Village, Wednesday, 16 March 2021. Pak Jono is a transmigrant family who has lived for about 18 years in Huta Janji Maria. On 26 December, he and four other families from Ciamis, …
Friday, 20 May 2022. “Tano Batak will definitely be much better if it is built on the sovereignty of Batak customs,” said Abdon Nababan in his closing statement during a talk with the theme ‘The Role of Indigenous Peoples in Protecting the Environment’ on the second day of the Earth and People Festival held in …
Friday, 4 March 2022. The Op. Bolus Indigenous Community had uninvited guests in its ancestral territory, around Aek Bilah river. Aek Bilah River is the border of Huta Napa Godang and Huta Janji Maria. Demson Simanjuntak, a youth from the Pomparan Op. Bolus Simanjuntak community said that around 15 TPL employees, including the Public Relations …
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