‘Criminalization’ of local people in Indonesian province rife amid oil palm, coal booms

Mongabay
By Philip JacobsonJul 1, 2015, 5:17 am81 pts
A coalition of local NGOs in Indonesia’s East Kalimantan province is campaigning for an end to the criminalization of residents who oppose plantation and mining projects on their land. The issue was a theme in the government's recently concluded national inquiry into land conflicts affecting indigenous…

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