Sledgehammer Developmentalism

Development of infrastructure should not violate basic human rights. There should be no hiding behind the principle of the right to development.

Tempo

December 22, 2020

WHILE putting highest priority on building infrastructure, the government is sacrificing basic human rights. Tempo identified distinguished violations in five strategic national projects: violence enacted against citizens in the vicinity of the projects also nullified the people’s economic, social and cultural rights. The five projects in question are the construction of the international airport in Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta; the develop

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