Statement

Statement of AMAN/The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of The Archipelago Related To The Siege and Recent Attacks Against Papua Students In Surabaya

Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara (AMAN) or The Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago strongly condemned the siege and attacks by a group of members of mass organizations and state apparatus (police and army) against Papuan students in Surabaya, East Java, on Friday night (August 16, 2019). The siege was accompanied by acts of violence and racist insults. In particular, we condemn the Indonesian military and police who are actually involved

Special Rapporteur's Statement About Biodiversity Report and Indigenous Peoples

Jakarta (6 May 2019), www.aman.or.id – In releasing its massive, 1800-page report today on the state of global biodiversity, the United Nations recognized for the first time that the world’s Indigenous Peoples are central to helping humanity stop the terrible destruction of the Earth’s plant and animal life. But we too are at risk, and with us the job we have been doing as Nature’s guardians. Based on the work