Posts with tag: Displacement

Talking Indonesia: East Timor's Great Famine, 1977-1979

More than two decades since East Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia the truth and associated trauma of this conflict-induced famine remains little known.

Ahok's evictions ignore the human experience of displacement

Analysis, Urban planning

Thousands of residents were evicted from North Jakarta coastal region of Pasar Ikan last month, the latest community to be relocated under Jakarta Governor Ahok. While many Jakarta residents have praised Ahok for his efforts to transform the capital, Dicky Pelupessy writes that we should be mindful of the disruptive experience of displacement for evictees.

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Date created: 1 July 2015

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