Friday, 2 April 2021, 7:54 am
GENEVA (31 March 2021) UN human rights experts today
urged the Indonesian Government to respect human rights and
the rule of law amid reports that a US$3 billion tourism
project on Lombok island has involved aggressive land grabs,
forced evictions of Sasak indigenous peoples, and
intimidation and threats against human rights
defenders.
“Farmers and fisher folks have been
expelled from their land and have endured the destruction of
their houses, fields, water sources, cultural and religious
sites, as the Government of Indonesia and the ITDC
(Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation) groomed
Mandalika to become a ‘New Bali’,” said Olivier De
Indonesia: UN Experts Denounce Mega Tourism Project that Tramples on Human Rights
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