In Lombok, the AIIB’s due diligence and transparency failures can be traced to the very beginning of its involvement. Before approving the Mandalika project in December 2018, the AIIB instructed the ITDC to conduct a comprehensive land assessment. The ITDC submitted a report stating that 92.7 percent of the selected land for development was “clean… Continue reading The Diplomat: Indonesia’s Mandalika Project Reveals the Dark Side of AIIB Lending
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AIIB fails to meet Indigenous communities facing threats and evictions during site visit
For the full statement in Bahasa, please click here. Mandalika, 20 June 2023:- The Indonesia-based Coalition for Monitoring Infrastructure Development and Asli Mandalika call on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to uphold its commitments for meaningful public consultation and transparency following a failed consultation meeting scheduled with members of the affected communities and NGOs… Continue reading AIIB fails to meet Indigenous communities facing threats and evictions during site visit
Süddeutsche Zeitung: A critical examination of Germany’s role in bankrolling the land rights violations found in Indonesia’s Mandalika project financed by the AIIB
In die Abgeschiedenheit der indonesischen Insel Lombok wurde eine Rennstrecke hineinbetoniert. Für ein paar Motorradrennen im Jahr mussten Fischer in die Berge ziehen. Finanziert wurde der Wahnsinn auch mit deutschem Steuergeld. Das Monster und die umliegenden Anlagenwurde vonder indonesischen Touristenbehörde geplant, von einer chinesischen Investment banknamens AIIB finanziert–undes stecktauch Geldaus Deutschland indem Projekt. Eine eher… Continue reading Süddeutsche Zeitung: A critical examination of Germany’s role in bankrolling the land rights violations found in Indonesia’s Mandalika project financed by the AIIB
Official Statement: Indonesian Coalition for Monitoring Infrastructure Development
Responding to the AIIB Annual Meeting of 2022 The AIIB’s Statement on Retaliation is misleading: the intimidation of Indigenous Sasak communities continues to this day with the heavy involvement of security forces in the Mandalika tourism development project Ahead of the AIIB annual meeting, we, the Indonesian Infrastructure Development Monitoring Coalition, a group of Indonesian… Continue reading Official Statement: Indonesian Coalition for Monitoring Infrastructure Development
AIIB’s Mandalika project in Indonesia force thousands to leave their homes “What can you do when they point guns at you?’’
A large-scale tourism project in Indonesia’s Lombok Island has become a nightmare for the coastal Indigenous Sasak communities. Hundreds of families have been forced by the government and armed security forces to leave their homes for temporary resettlements unfit to support their livelihoods, while others who stand up for their rights to land, a life… Continue reading AIIB’s Mandalika project in Indonesia force thousands to leave their homes “What can you do when they point guns at you?’’
As UN Again Condemns Mandalika Human Rights Violations, NGOs Demand End to AIIB Financing of Indonesian Tourism Project
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The Coalition for Monitoring Indonesia’s Infrastructure Development and supporting NGOs today called on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), the Indonesia Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) and the Indonesian Government to stop AIIB financing for the quarter-billion dollar Mandalika Urban Development and Tourism Project, following a communication from the Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council.