Indonesian environmental activist Golfrid Siregar feared murdered

Human rights groups say an Indonesian lawyer was likely killed for protecting the environment.

Golfrid Siregar was a lawyer with Indonesia's largest environmental NGO

Golfrid Siregar was a lawyer with Indonesia's largest environmental NGO. Source: Facebook

Golfrid Siregar dedicated his life to defending Indonesia’s environment and exposing corruption. 

It’s a role that his family fear may have cost him his life.  

Since 2016, Golfrid Siregar worked as a lawyer in the North Sumatra chapter of WALHI – Indonesia’s largest and oldest environmental advocacy NGO.  

His recent work involved filing a lawsuit against the Governor of North Sumatra over the approval of a controversial hydroelectric dam that encroaches on the habitat of endangered orangutans.  

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