Indonesia: Environmentalists, Indigenous Leaders Unjustly Prosecuted

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Click to expand Image An Indigenous Dayak villager shows pictures of her rubber plantation destroyed by an industrial logging company during a media interview in Sei Gawing village, Kapuas regency in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan Province, February 12, 2026.

© 2026 BAY ISMOYO / AFP via Getty Images Indonesian authorities are wrongfully prosecuting environmental defenders who protest deforestation and…

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Source & verification

Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · July 29, 2026

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