Sumatra: New Report Exposes Human Rights Abuses In Wilmar Group Plantation In Jambi, Indonesia

Sumatra: New Report Exposes Human Rights Abuses In Wilmar Group Plantation In Jambi, Indonesia   A new report released today exposes how local Indonesian police (BRIMOB) in Jambi, working with plantation staff, systematically evicted people from three settlements, firing guns to scare them off and then using heavy machinery to destroy their dwellings and bulldoze concrete floors into the nearby creeks. The operations were carried out over a week in mid-August this year and have already sparked...

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