Golfrid Siregar

Golfrid Siregar (1985 – 6 October 2019) was an Indonesian environmental activist, a member of the legal advocacy team of Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI Sumut), also referred to as Friends of the Earth Indonesia, the country's biggest green NGO. Siregar offered legal assistance to local communities with respect to the land conflict between the local communities and the companies in their domain. He died on 6 October 2019, three days after being found unconscious on the side of a road with major head injuries. There were several request to the police, Indonesian National Commission on Human Rights, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Joko Widodo by his family, colleagues at WALHI, amnesty international, International Union for Conservation of Nature Netherland (IUCN NL) anh Human Right Watch for an impartial and independent investigation into the circumstances of his death.

Life Golfrid Siregar was the Legal Manager at WALHI North Sumatra since 2016 till his death, he offers legal assistance to local communities to promote environmental protection and human rights.

Before his death, he was engaged in a forgery lawsuit against the North Sumatra government in the permitting process for a US$1.6bn China-funded hydropower project being executed by PT North Sumatra Hydro Energy (NSHE). The hydropower project was threatening to a known natural habitat of a critically endangered species of Tapanuli orangutan. The hydropower company claims the 2016 report was a mere addendum to the 2014 report earlier signed by Mr. Onrizal. The three men who found him were later arrested for theft of his personal belongings but not assault.

The suspicions was further heightened by the previous records of human right abuses against activists, most especially environmental defenders in Indonesia.