The 11 foreign activists deported over the last day or so
When both you and the journalists who are accompanying you start getting deported it's usually a sign that you're doing something right. But that doesn't make the current situation in Indonesia any better.
It certainly seems to be the case that our Climate Defenders Camp on the Kampar peninsula of Sumatra has ruffled a few feathers with the Indonesian authorities.
But then that's not surprising - our activists have been directly disrupting logging activities in the fragile rainforest, and logging companies like APRIL and APP have enjoyed a very close relationship with the Indonesian government for a long, long time.
The camp is staffed by a mix of local and international Greenpeace activists. But over the past day or so most of our international volunteers have now been rounded up and deported - most of the rest are either in detention or holed up in a hotel under police surveillance.
Yesterday Riau police also detained Indian and Italian journalists along with Greenpeace activists from Germany, Belgium and Italy who were en-route to the camp. They are still being held by the authorities and were questioned through the night.
Clearly no-one international or from the press is going to be allowed back to the camp, despite their status either as legitimate guests of the country or journalists. Maybe the journalists are being targeted because they're paying attention to Indonesia's poor record on rainforest destruction just a few weeks before the attention of the world will be focused on the issue at Copenhagen. This is clearly an issue the Indonesian government would rather wasn't in the spotlight.
All this just raises suspicions that the authorities are going to try and close the camp down again. The last time they tried they were stopped by overwhelming numbers of local people coming out in support of the camp. But if internationals are being removed from the area, that raises fears about what might be about to happen. The Indonesians are not known for their softly-softly approach to this kind of thing.
Things you can do:
The Jakarta Post is running a poll on what is happening - your participation could be useful for staying the hand of the authorities:
"Riau authorities have arrested Greenpeace activists and plan to deport them after they unfurled a huge banner in a Riau forest to protest deforestation there. What do you think?" Leave your views here >>
We'll also keep a close watch on this today and update you through twitter @greenpeaceuk
