#NoLandNoLife | Indonesia: PANAP conveys solidarity with Kampung Dadap’s struggle for land and livelihood
We convey our firm solidarity with the people of Kampung Dadap in their struggle against the “PT Tangerang International City”
(TIC) – a government backed massive reclamation project in Kampung Dadap, Tangerang Regency in Indonesia, and express our serious concern on the repression reportedly being committed against them.
According to the Jakarta post, the TIC will reclaim 9,000 hectares of sea. Indonesian peasant group Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA) said that the reclamation project will displace about 900 families of small fisherfolk, small traders and casual laborers from their lands, homes and main sources of livelihood.
The TIC is part of the Salim Group and plans to reclaim seven islands stretching along 52 kilometers of the coast from Kronjo to Dadap, according to the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC). AGRA and APC have been our partner in the “No Land! No Life!” campaign against land grabbing and for the promotion of human rights in the region.
Unfortunately, instead of addressing the people’s legitimate grievances, fisherfolk and other rural communities opposing the PT Tangerang International City face increasing repression. A protest rally against the communities’ forced eviction last 11 May has resulted to eight victims of gunshot wounds, based on reports that PANAP received.
The incident in Kampung Dadap shows how supposed development projects driven by profit-seeking motives of big private companies are often carried out without the consent of the affected communities and at the expense of their rights and welfare. Our Land & Rights Watch initiative has monitored a total of 22 human rights violation cases related to development projects from January 2015 to present.
We urge the Indonesian authorities to heed the people’s demand to stop land and resource grabbing and halt the reclamation project. The people’s rights and welfare should always be paramount in any development project that the government intends to implement. We also urge that the incident last 11 May be immediately investigated and those behind the shooting be made to account. ###
We convey our firm solidarity with the people of Kampung Dadap in their struggle against the “PT Tangerang International City”
(TIC) – a government backed massive reclamation project in Kampung Dadap, Tangerang Regency in Indonesia, and express our serious concern on the repression reportedly being committed against them.According to the Jakarta post, the TIC will reclaim 9,000 hectares of sea. Indonesian peasant group Aliansi Gerakan Reforma Agraria (AGRA) said that the reclamation project will displace about 900 families of small fisherfolk, small traders and casual laborers from their lands, homes and main sources of livelihood.
The TIC is part of the Salim Group and plans to reclaim seven islands stretching along 52 kilometers of the coast from Kronjo to Dadap, according to the Asian Peasant Coalition (APC). AGRA and APC have been our partner in the “No Land! No Life!” campaign against land grabbing and for the promotion of human rights in the region.
Unfortunately, instead of addressing the people’s legitimate grievances, fisherfolk and other rural communities opposing the PT Tangerang International City face increasing repression. A protest rally against the communities’ forced eviction last 11 May has resulted to eight victims of gunshot wounds, based on reports that PANAP received.
The incident in Kampung Dadap shows how supposed development projects driven by profit-seeking motives of big private companies are often carried out without the consent of the affected communities and at the expense of their rights and welfare. Our Land & Rights Watch initiative has monitored a total of 22 human rights violation cases related to development projects from January 2015 to present.
We urge the Indonesian authorities to heed the people’s demand to stop land and resource grabbing and halt the reclamation project. The people’s rights and welfare should always be paramount in any development project that the government intends to implement. We also urge that the incident last 11 May be immediately investigated and those behind the shooting be made to account. ###
