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Mongabay editor arrested in Indonesia

Philip Jacobson, an award-winning editor for the environmental science news outlet Mongabay, has been arrested for an alleged visa violation in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, on Tuesday after being put under city arrest for a month. Jacobson, 30, was first detained on December 17, 2019 after attending a hearing between the Central Kalimantan parliament and the local chapter of the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), Indonesia’s largest indigenous rights advocacy group. Jacobson was formally arrested on January 21 and is currently incarcerated in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan.

— source news.mongabay.com | 21 Jan 2020

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