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Burma:
Prisoners released and others still detained - Asian Human Rights Commission
Urgent Appeal. February 3, 2012
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Lawyers
urge Australian Government to speak out over Papuan treason trials
- Human Rights Law Centre and International Lawyers for West Papua Press
Release. February 1, 2012
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Arrest
of 13 orang asli from the Temiar community: Community rights or corporate
interest? - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Statement. February 1,
2012
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Statement
of rejection by the five Papuans who are on trial in Jayapura - January
30, 2012
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Indonesia:
Drop charges against Papuan activists - Human Rights Watch Statement.
January 29, 2012
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Indonesia:
Authorities refuse to treat political prisoner with tumour - Asian
Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. January 27, 2012
-
Indonesia:
Military officers arbitrarily arrest and torture civilians based on false
claims of rebel activity - Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal.
January 26, 2012
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International
Humanists protest Indonesia blasphemy arrest - International Humanist
and Ethical Union (IHEU) Statement. January 26, 2012
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Indonesian
authorities must support freedom of speech and conscience - Atheist
Alliance International Media Release. January 25, 2012
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Indonesia:
Fears for church congregation continue - Amnesty International Urgent
Action. January 24, 2012
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Open
letter on legislation to implement CAVR and CTF recommendations - Watch
Indonesia!. January 24, 2012
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Indonesia:
Surging sectarian violence, Papua crackdown - Human Rights Watch Statement.
January 23, 2012
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Tondano
district court sentenced corruption informant to five-months imprisonment
- Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. January 20, 2012
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Shi'a
Muslims at risk of attacks in Indonesia - Amnesty International Urgent
Action. January 13, 2012
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Myanmar:
Political prisoner release 'major step' but gates must open 'even wider'
- Amnesty International News Release. January 13, 2012
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Indonesia:
Government must ensure accountability for police violence in Bima -
Amnesty international Public Statement. January 10, 2012
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AWPA
calls on Kevin Rudd to raise the human rights situation in West Papua during
Indonesian visit - The Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media
release. January 9, 2012
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A
political trial ends with a political verdict - Malaysian Socialist
Party (PSM) Statement. January 9, 2012
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Malaysia:
Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim acquitted - Human Rights Watch Statement.
January 9, 2012
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Malaysia:
Anwar case shows why sodomy law must be scrapped - Amnesty International
Statement. January 9, 2012
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Urgent
Appeal: Withdraw disciplinary charges on Adam Adli Abdul Halim immediately
- Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Urgent Appeal. January 6, 2012
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Nothing
wrong with tagline 'Rakyat hakim negara' - Malaysian Socialist Party
(PSM) Statement. January 4, 2012
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Time
to change Australia's involvement in West Papua offensive - Act for
Peace Statement. December 23, 2011
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Malaysia:
Revoke law banning same-sex sexual relations - Human Rights Watch Statement.
December 22, 2011
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ILPS
condemns Indonesian military and police for barbaric attacks on people
of West Papua - International League of Peoples' Struggle Statement.
December 22, 2011
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Australia
shares responsibility for asylum seekers' deaths at sea - Refugee Action
Coalition (RAC) Sydney Media Release. December 18, 2011
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Response
and appeal to NZ government on West Papua - Indonesia Human Rights
Committee Media Release. December 16, 2011
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Australia
must act after more conflict in West Papua: Greens - Australian Greens
Media Release. December 16, 2011
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People
across the globe demand the release of Filep Karma - Amnesty International
News Release. December 15, 2011
What's
on
Melbourne
Timor
Leste Culture and Food Festival Sunday
February 19, 10am-4pm. Queen Victorian Market, Melbourne. For more info
visit http://www.timorleste-festival.com.au/.
Melbourne
supports the striking workers in India! On February 28 over
100 million Indians will walk off the job in what is likely be the largest
strike the world has ever seen. Workers around the world will be standing
in solidarity with those fighting for economic justice in India. Join us
at Federation Square on Tues February 28 at 5.30pm
in the spirit of human rights and international solidarity. Organised by
the Workers Solidarity
Network Melbourne.
Campaign
for West Papuan justice and refugees Meets every Wed 6pm at
Trades Hall Bar, Carlton. Supported by: Australia West Papua Association,
West Papua Australia Active Support Network, Free West Papua Collective,
Friends of the Earth, ACTU, VTHC, CEPU, Timor Sea Justice Campaign and
more. For more info ring 0409 268 978 or e-mail <manukoreri@riseup.net>.
Sydney
E-book
launch Comprehending West Papua, a collection
of edited papers from the Comprehending West Papua conference held by the
Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Sydney in February
2011. Tues Feb 7, 6pm,
Macleay Museum, University of Sydney. Speaker: Cate Faehrmann, NSW Greens
Party MP. For more info contact Camellia Webb-Gannon on +61 408 727 367
or visit the West
Papua Project.
Refugee
Action Coalition meetings 6.30pm on Mondays at NSW Teachers
Federation, 23 Mary St Surry Hills, preceded at 5.30pm by meetings of the
sub-group organising the Villawood action on Easter Monday (25th April).
Australia-West
Papua Association Meetings Last Wednesday
of every month (6.15pm) in the office of People for Nuclear Disarmament,
cnr Chalmers & Bedford Streets. Info from Joe Collins or Anne Noonan:
(02) 9960 1698 or 0408 860 342 or email iris@matra.com.au.
Australia-East
Timor Association (NSW) meets every 4th
Wednesday of each month in Room 310, Level 3, Tower Building, UTS Broadway
between 6.30pm. Contact Stephen Langford (02) 9331 5986.
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Number
of Freeport workers back to work after massive strike - Jakarta Post.
February 4, 2012. Strikers have finally returned to work after a long work
stoppage at giant copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia in Papua,
following the signing of a Joint Working Agreement between.
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Poor
leadership fuels public disobedience - Jakarta Post. February 4, 2012.
January has seen blatant disregard of law and regulation by intoxicated
driver Apriyani Susanti and protesting workers blocking one of the city's
most important thoroughfares and even threatening to occupy Soekarno-Hatta
International Airport.
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UN:
Civilian deaths in Afghan war hit record high - Associated Press. February
4, 2012. Last year was the deadliest on record for civilians in the Afghan
war, with 3,021 killed as insurgents ratcheted up violence with suicide
attacks and roadside bombs, the United Nations said Saturday.
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Two
Ojek drivers shot in Papua - Jakarta Globe. February 3, 2012. One man
was critically injured and another missing after reportedly being ambushed
by a group of armed men in Papua's Mulia district on Thursday, the latest
attack against civilians in the province.
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Police
talk tough on blockade - Jakarta Post. February 3, 2012. The National
Police will not hesitate to arrest workers who blockade toll roads as part
of expected labor union strikes, National Police chief Gen. Timur Pradopo
says.
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Police
shoot five farmers in latest Indonesia land dispute - Jakarta Globe.
February 3, 2012. Five farmers in North Sumatra suffered gunshot wounds
on Thursday in the latest clash in a land dispute involving farmers, a
palm oil company and police.
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KPK
names Angelina Sondakh a suspect in SEA Games scandal - Jakarta Globe.
February 3, 2012. Democratic Party lawmaker Angelina Sondakh was named
a suspect in the Southeast Asian Games graft scandal by the Corruption
Eradication Commission on Friday, just hours after being slapped with an
international travel ban by that same agency.
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Burma
farmers fear land act - Irrawaddy. February 3, 2012. Pho Phyu had already
been to jail twice. However, this did not deter the lawyer from joining
with farmers in October in staging an unprecedented protest against a new
draft Land Act that is currently awaiting approval one of two cases pending
against him for which he is on bail.
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India
faces female infanticide crisis - Agence France Presse. February 3,
2012. As the only girl in her noisy classroom of 22 boys, Padma Kanwar
Bhatti is one defiant symbol of the toll exacted by India's deadly preference
for male children.
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Khmer
Rouge jailer to spend rest of life in jail: Court - Agence France Presse.
February 3, 2012. A former Khmer Rouge jailer who oversaw the deaths of
some 15,000 people will spend the rest of his life in jail, Cambodia's
UN-backed court ruled in a final appeal verdict on Friday.
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Calls
to behead Indonesian atheist Alexander Aan - Agence France Presse.
February 2, 2012. A defiant declaration of atheism by an Indonesian civil
servant has inflamed passions in the world's most populous Muslim nation,
pitting non-believers and believers against each other.
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Papuan
church leaders meet with Yudhoyono - Jakarta Globe. February 2, 2012.
The government has vowed to improve the infrastructure and welfare of the
people of Papua, but stopped short of committing to an all-inclusive dialogue
to address the problems afflicting the restive province.
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Calls
mount for Suryadharma to resign from minister post - Jakarta Post.
February 2, 2012. Joining a chorus of criticism from rights activists and
religious leaders, members of the House of Representatives have called
for the dismissal of Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma Ali for his
failure to uphold religious tolerance in the country.
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East
Timor confident about security in post-UN future - Agence France Presse.
February 2, 2012. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Thursday that
his young nation was capable of handling its own security after UN troops
depart at the end of this year, despite fears of violence.
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High
inflation threatens East Timor: IMF - Agence France Presse. February
2, 2012. East Timor's strong economic growth is at risk from high inflation
fueled by government spending, the International Monetary Fund warned Wednesday.
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East
Timor to trial multilingual education - ABC Radio Australia. February
2, 2012. East Timor's Ministry of Education says it will go ahead with
a pilot program to teach young students in their own minority language,
despite vocal opposition from some civil society groups.
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The
main issue is survival - Irrawaddy. February 2, 2012. Two teenage girls
wearing spaghetti string tops and blue jeans lie on separate mattresses
in a dimly lit, 10 x 10 foot room in Rangoon that is chilled by an air-conditioner
and redolent with perfume.
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Nepal
government monitors to hand checks to ex-rebels - Associated Press.
February 2, 2012. Government monitors in Nepal on Thursday headed to camps
where thousands of former Maoist rebels have lived for years to hand out
checks to the ex-fighters, who are about to move back into society.
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Old
weapons, new threats fuel India's military build-up - Agence France
Presse. February 2, 2012. India's planned purchase of 126 fighters from
France's Dassault marks the latest stage in a huge military procurement
cycle that has turned the world's largest democracy into its biggest arms
importer.
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United
States urges Indonesia to address Papuan grievances - Agence France
Presse. February 1, 2012. The United States called Tuesday on Indonesia
to ensure due process and address grievances in the restive Papua region
after a court indicted five activists for treason.
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East
Timor poll shaping up as 2007 re-run - Australian Associated Press.
February 1, 2012. East Timorese presidential hopeful Francisco Guterres
has called for peaceful elections that will avoid the violence which broke
out five years ago when the young country last went to the polls.
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Burma's
new media law to bring press freedom? - Irrawaddy. February 1, 2012.
Burma's Union Parliament will discuss a new media law this month which
promises greater press freedom, but critics remain concerned that the oppression
of journalists will continue.
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Ramos-Horta
to stand again for Timor-Leste's presidency but with party support?
- Deaken Speeking. January 31, 2012. The announcement by President Jose
Ramos-Horta that he will seek re-election for a second term in office has
thrown open Timor-Leste's presidential race, all but guaranteeing that
the process will now run to a second round of voting.
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Makar
accused reject charges, and Indonesian jurisdiction over Papua - West
Papua Media Info. January 31, 2012. The treason trial against the leaders
of the Third Papuan People's Congress in Jayapura was adjourned on Monday
until February 8, after a short hearing that Indonesian authorities moved
at the last moment preventing many supporters from attending.
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Arrested
Indonesian atheist faces new possible charges - Jakarta Globe. January
31, 2012. The West Sumatran man facing five years in prison for blasphemy
for questioning the existence of God may face additional charges, according
to police.
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Hiring
firms obliged to protect contract workers - Jakarta Post. January 31,
2012. With the Constitutional Court (MK) having recently banned all outsourcing
practices, companies that make money by supplying workers to others now
have an obligation to ensure the rights of the workers as guaranteed in
their labor contracts.
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East
Timor's Ramos-Horta to seek second term - Agence France Presse. January
31, 2012. East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday he will seek
another term in March polls, as the young nation votes for the first time
since an assassination bid that almost killed him.
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Afghan
wife killed for bearing girl - Associated Press. January 31, 2012.
An Afghan woman has been strangled, apparently by her husband, upset that
she gave birth to a second daughter rather than the son he had hoped for,
police say.
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Ramos-Horta
tipped to reprise leading role - Sydney Morning Herald. January 31,
2012. Nobel peace prize winner Jose Ramos-Horta is expected to announce
today that he is in the running for another five-year term as president
of East Timor.
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Indonesian
court indicts Papuan activists for treason - Agence France Presse.
January 30, 2012. An Indonesian court on Monday indicted five Papuan activists
for treason for raising an outlawed Papuan flag and declaring the region
independent.
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politics and culture of Indonesian and its relationships with Australia
and the world.
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News reports
on Aceh, Indonesia and West Papua are archived in the Indonesia
News Digests.
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News reports
on East Timor are archived in the East
Timor News Digests.
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Other
reports are archived under their country specific sections.
Burma
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Thousands
greet Suu Kyi on Myanmar campaign trail - Agence France Presse. January
29, 2012
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Than
Shwe: Karma chameleon - Irrawaddy. January 27, 2012
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Mind
the gap, Tint Swe tells Rangoon journals - Irrawaddy. January 27, 2012
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Burmese
army stands behind president - Irrawaddy. January 27, 2012
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'Reforms'
in Burma offer little hope to refugees - Irrawaddy. January 24, 2012
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Burma's
censors tighten grip ahead of by-election - Irrawaddy. January 23,
2012
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'88
Generation students' leaders back Suu Kyi, government's reform process
- Associated Press. January 21, 2012
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Burma:
An end to civil war? - Irrawaddy. January 19, 2012
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Shift
away from sanctions gathers steam - Irrawaddy. January 19, 2012
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Myanmar's
Suu Kyi launches bid for parliament - Agence France Presse. January
18, 2012
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Burma's
remaining jailed dissidents - Irrawaddy. January 17, 2012
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Clinton
keeps the pressure on Burma - Associated Press. January 16, 2012
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Praise
for Myanmar release of political prisoners - Associated Press. January
14, 2012
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Myanmar
frees leading political prisoners - Agence France Presse. January 13,
2012
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The
moment of triumph for Burma's dissidents - Irrawaddy. January 13, 2012
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Myanmar
government and Karen rebels sign ceasefire - Agence France Presse.
January 12, 2012
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Suu
Kyi's NLD stirs up election fever - Irrawaddy. January 11, 2012
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Australia
eases sanctions against Burma - Associated Press. January 9, 2012
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EU
sanctions remain until Burmese prisoner release: Hague - Irrawaddy.
January 6, 2012
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NLD
registration approved, campaign to start soon - Irrawaddy. January
5, 2012
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Army
abuses, murder reported in Taungoo - Irrawaddy. January 5, 2012
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US
urges release of all political prisoners in Burma - Irrawaddy. January
4, 2012
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Myanmar's
clemency falls short of expectations - Associated Press. January 3,
2012
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Myanmar
cuts sentences for many prisoners - Associated Press. January 2, 2012
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East
Timor
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East
Timor's stolen children - Asia Sentinel. January 20, 2012
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East
Timor prepares to vote again - Agence France Presse. January 13, 2012
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Fifteen
repatriated to Timor Leste - Jakarta Post. January 12, 2012
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NZ
to send more troops to East Timor - ABC News. January 5, 2012
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Archives
reveal threats over Timor - New Zealand Herald. January 2, 2012
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Of
love and war - Brisbane Times. January 1, 2012
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Woodside,
East Timor 'aligned' in wanting Sunrise LNG to proceed - Bloomberg
News. December 18, 2011
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East
Timor's Santa Cruz massacre reflections 20 years on - Cafe Pacific.
December 12, 2011
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Growing
up with barely a meal a day - Jakarta Globe. December 11, 2011
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Noam
Chomsky: Remember the Santa Cruz massacre - Jakarta Post. December
2, 2011
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East
Timor military interested in Top End training - ABC News. November
25, 2011
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Talks
spark hope for Timor gas - Melbourne Age. November 19, 2011
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Amnesty
International urge government to reveal Santa Cruz massacre - Jakarta
Post. November 13, 2011
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Ambassador
drums up support for Timor - West Australian. November 9, 2011
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East
Timor and me: A response to Noam Chomsky - Lowy Interpreter. November
3, 2011 (plus commentary by Damien Kingsbury and Clinton Fernandes)
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More
>>
Malaysia
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Anwar's
great challenge is to end martyr politics in time for election - Bloomberg.
January 11, 2012
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Malaysia
gay festival organizers challenge ban - Agence France Presse. January
10, 2012
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Malaysia
defense ministry blames Google for mangled English - Agence France
Presse. January 10, 2012
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Malaysia
opposition's Anwar freed of sodomy charge - Associated Press. January
9, 2012
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Charge
'violent' cops, say students - Free Malaysia Today. January 3, 2012
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17
arrested at Malaysia student demo - Agence France Presse. January 1,
2012
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We'll
continue to defy bill, vow activists - Free Malaysia Today. December
21, 2011
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Group
sends message to senators on unfair law - Free Malaysia Today. December
15, 2011
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Palm
planters blamed for decline of Borneo monkey - Agence France Presse.
December 7, 2011
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PSM
fears dirtiest election ever - Free Malaysia Today. December 5, 2011
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The
region
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Despair,
crackdowns breed defiance and unrest in Tibet - Associated Press. January
30, 2012
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India's
ruling party eyes resurgence in series of northern state elections
- Reuters. January 30, 2012
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Top
Nepal Maoist under fire for luxury mansion - Agence France Presse.
January 30, 2012
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New
divisions emerge in Thai politics - Red Thai Socialist. January 29,
2012
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Tibetans
live in fear as China cracks down on protests - Agence France Presse.
January 29, 2012
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Soldiers
urged to 'lay down arms' after PNG mutiny - Agence France Presse. January
29, 2012
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Protest
against greater US role in Philippines - Agence France Presse. January
28, 2012
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Kazakh
opposition gathers for rare rally - Associated Press. January 28, 2012
-
Coup
attempt inflames PNG political crisis - Sydney Morning Herald. January
27, 2012
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Fiji
elections in 2014 'a pipe dream': Samoa PM - Agence France Presse.
January 27, 2012
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Another
Tibetan shot dead by China police: Rights groups - Agence France Presse.
January 27, 2012
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Unrest
spreads in China's Tibetan areas - Agence France Presse. January 25,
2012
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Rights
groups urge Cambodia to end mass evictions - Agence France Presse.
January 24, 2012
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Hundreds
of rebels lay down weapons in India state - Associated Press. January
24, 2012
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Group
says Chinese police clubbed burning Tibetan - Agence France Presse.
January 19, 2012
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Battle
For control of Asia's seas goes underwater - Associated Press. January
19, 2012
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Kazakh
president's party crushes opposition - Associated Press. January 16,
2012
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International
monitors slam Kazakhstan election - Associated Press. January 16, 2012
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Oil-rich
Kazakhstan votes in parliamentary polls - Associated Press. January
15, 2012
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Thousands
protest against nuclear power in Japan - Agence France Presse. January
14, 2012
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Taiwan's
Ma wins second term as president - Agence France Presse. January 14,
2012
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Fiji's
uncertain future - Sydney Morning Herald. January 14, 2012
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Fiji's
military regime inspires loyalty, even in the midst of a crackdown
- Sydney Morning Herald. January 13, 2012
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In
Nepal, poverty crisis is killing the next generation - Agence France
Presse. January 11, 2012
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42%
of Indian young children underweight: survey - Agence France Presse.
January 10, 2012
-
Fred
A. Wilcox's Scorched Earth highlights the legacies of Vietnam War-era chemical
warfare - Failure Magazine. January 2012
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Yachties'
Khmer torturer spared - Sydney Morning Herald. January 7, 2012
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Economy
key issue in Taiwan vote, say experts - Agence France Presse. January
6, 2012
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Agent
Orange: A tragic Legacy - Salem-News. January 6, 2012
-
Tibet
group says two set themselves on fire in China - Associated Press.
January 7, 2012
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Fiji
government imposes new public order controls - Associated Press. January
6, 2012
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Big
business tries to sway increasingly tense Taiwan election - Sydney
Morning Herald. January 6, 2012
-
US
representative arrives in Vietnam to support victims of Agent Orange
- SGGP/VNA. January 5, 2012
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China
hikes minimum wages amid labour shortages - Agence France Presse. January
5, 2012
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Singapore
slashes leaders' pay to quell anger - Jakarta Globe. January 4, 2012
-
In
2012 lese majeste will be the litmus test for Thai democracy - Red
Thai Socialist. January 3, 2012
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Tortured
Afghan child bride had been sent back to in-laws - Sydney Morning Herald.
January 3, 2012
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Fiji's
Bainimarama to end martial law - Agence France Presse. January 2, 2012
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Indonesia
 |
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Fed
up, fired up, Indonesia workers pledge radical protests - Jakarta Globe.
January 30, 2012
-
Alexander
Aan to renounce atheism, embrace Islam: Indonesia police - Jakarta
Globe. January 30, 2012
-
Rights
groups, Bima residents say Densus 88 must leave - Jakarta Globe. January
30, 2012
-
Yasmin
church suspicious of police's motives - Jakarta Globe. January 30,
2012
-
Christian
charged with assault in Bogor church fight - Jakarta Globe. January
30, 2012
-
Intel
chief spots 'provocateurs' behind string of violent rallies - Jakarta
Post. January 29, 2012
-
Indonesian
Christians protest over intimidation - Agence France Presse. January
29, 2012
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'Controversial
religious affairs minister must go' - Jakarta Post. January 28, 2012
-
Bekasi
chaos shows workers won't take it anymore - Jakarta Globe. January
28, 2012
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Toll
road blocked in wage dispute - Jakarta Globe. January 27, 2012
-
Another
rough year ahead for Indonesian press - Jakarta Globe. January 27,
2012
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Police
hand over autopsy reports on two teens at center of rights probe -
Jakarta Globe. January 27, 2012
-
FPI
shut out by suspected liquor sellers - Antara News. January 27, 2012
-
Police
try and clean up mess after Bima protests, escapes - Jakarta Globe.
January 27, 2012
-
Police
refusing to cooperate in alleged torture deaths: Komnas HAM - Jakarta
Globe. January 27, 2012
-
Indonesia's
Islamic vigilantes 'turning to terrorism' - Agence France Presse. January
26, 2012
-
Government
urged to ratify disappearance convention - Jakarta Post. January 26,
2012
-
Indonesia
falls 29 places in world index of press freedom - Jakarta Globe. January
26, 2012
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Law
enforcers 'rarely neutral' in religious conflict - Jakarta Globe. January
26, 2012
-
Bima
district office torched by anti-mining mob - Jakarta Globe. January
26, 2012
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Yasmin
dispute not my problem, Religion Minister says - Jakarta Globe. January
26, 2012
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Government
needs strategy to counter extremist clerics: ICG - Jakarta Post. January
26, 2012
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'Patronage
still exists today, only in a modified way' - Jakarta Post. January
26, 2012
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Stop
blaming women for rape and protect them instead: Minister - Jakarta
Globe. January 25, 2012
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HRW
report truer than government claims: Kontras - Jakarta Post. January
25, 2012
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Police
in West Sumatra tortured brothers to death: Komnas HAM - Jakarta Globe.
January 25, 2012
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Military,
police violence up in Indonesia: NGO - Jakarta Globe. January 24, 2012
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Groups,
officials intimidate churchgoers - Jakarta Post. January 24, 2012
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Yudhoyono
urged to show leadership in Yasmin saga - Jakarta Globe. January 23,
2012
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Human
Rights Watch demands release of Papuan, Moluccan activists - Jakarta
Post. January 23, 2012
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Radical
groups disrupt Yasmin church Sunday service - Jakarta Globe. January
22, 2012
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Indonesians
dump flowers, flip-flops for child rights - Agence France Presse. January
22, 2012
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SBY
redefines gross rights violations says recent incidents don't fit the bill
- Jakarta Globe. January 21, 2012
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Labor
row 'threatens jobs' - Jakarta Post. January 21, 2012
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Activists
express doubt over 'lungs of the world' plan - Jakarta Post. January
21, 2012
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Indonesia
workers blockade streets over wage increase flip-flop - Jakarta Globe.
January 20, 2012
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Revision
of labor law may benefit 16 million workers - Jakarta Globe. January
20, 2012
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Atheist
civil servant arrested for blasphemy - Jakarta Post. January 20, 2012
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Dismay
after Indonesian atheist charged with blasphemy - Jakarta Globe. January
20, 2012
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Ministry
building vandals are not FPI members: Police - Jakarta Globe. January
20, 2012
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Indonesian
Waria activist registers to be human rights commissioner - Jakarta
Globe. January 20, 2012
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Massive
congestion as workers stage rallies - Jakarta Post. January 20, 2012
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'God
does not exist' comment ends badly for Indonesia man - Jakarta Globe.
January 19, 2012
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Ex-first
lady raps Yudhoyono for kowtowing to hardliners - Jakarta Globe. January
19, 2012
-
Indonesian
military officers named suspects in asylum voyage disaster - Jakarta
Globe. January 19, 2012
-
Court
annuls rulings, outsourced workers to get more benefits - Jakarta Post.
January 19, 2012
-
The
new Indonesia: 67 million first-time voters in 2014 - Jakarta Post.
January 19, 2012
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Komnas
HAM report lays blame for 1965-6 killings primarily on Suharto - Jakarta
Globe. January 18, 2012
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'Systemic'
violations found in 1965 purge - Jakarta Post. January 18, 2012
-
Indonesia
police admit payments from palm oil companies - Jakarta Globe. January
18, 2012
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FPI
hardliners jailed, released on same day - Jakarta Globe. January 18,
2012
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Shiites
still under threat in East Java: Lawyer - Antara News. January 18,
2012
-
TNI
constantly aware of possible military embargo - Antara News. January
18, 2012
-
Calls
for Aceh-style crack-down on punks spread to North Sumatra - Jakarta
Globe. January 17, 2012
-
Ahmadiyah
in Yogyakarta under surveillance by MUI branch - Antara News. January
16, 201
-
Aceh
shootings 'are political,' fact-finding team reveals - Jakarta Globe.
January 16, 2012
-
Agreement
reached, massive workers rally in Bekasi cancelled - Antara News. January
16, 2012
-
House
members' Yasmin mission hit by Islamists - Jakarta Globe. January 15,
2012
-
Police
get most rights violations complaints: Watchdog - Jakarta Post. January
16, 2012
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Police
fail to act against FPI after attack on ministry - Jakarta Globe. January
14, 2012
-
Regions
defend alcohol bylaws despite government calls for revision - Jakarta
Post. January 14, 2012
-
Tangerang
police criticized for targeting women instead of perpetrators - Jakarta
Globe. January 13, 2012
-
House
to revisit controversial security bill - Jakarta Post. January 13,
2012
-
Yasmin
says tension escalating - Jakarta Post. January 13, 2012
-
Land
protests jam Jakarta - Jakarta Post. January 13, 2012
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'SBY
must change in 2012' - Jakarta Post. January 13, 2012
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Land-rights
protesters tear down parliament gates in Jakarta - Jakarta Globe. January
12, 2012
-
Indonesia
police target girls for wearing shorts - Jakarta Globe. January 12,
2012
-
Huge
labor rally pauses for mediation - Jakarta Globe. January 12, 2012
-
Indonesian
Islamic groups stone home affairs ministry in Central Jakarta - Jakarta
Globe. January 12, 2012
-
Govt
threatens to freeze hard-line Islamic groups after ministry attacked
- Jakarta Globe. January 12, 2012
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Ethical
reporting on rape? Indonesian media has a lot to learn - Jakarta Globe.
January 12, 2012
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Indonesia
must drop charges against Papuans: HRW - Agence France Presse. January
29, 2012
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Rallies
to support Papuan leaders facing treason trials on Monday - West Papua
Media Info. January 28, 2012
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Gunmen
kill policeman in Papua ambush - Agence France Presse. January 28,
2012
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Papuan
political prisoner refused medical treatment: Report - Jakarta Globe.
January 27, 2012
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Civilian
killed in indiscriminate shooting in Papua - Jakarta Post. January
22, 2012
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President
slams NGOs commenting on Papua - Jakarta Post. January 20, 2012
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Freeport
Indonesia restarts copper shipments from Grasberg - Reuters. January
18, 2012
-
Dutch
betrayed Papuans: Report - Jakarta Post. January 17, 2012
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Kopassus
in Papua to safeguard sovereignty - Antara News. January 14, 2012
-
Torture
widespread in Papua - Jakarta Post. January 14, 2012
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Police
seen as worst torturers in Papua - Jakarta Globe. January 14, 2012
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Backup
police to withdraw from Papua - Jakarta Globe. January 11, 2012
-
Freeport
union halts return to work after ambush killings - Reuters. January
10, 2012
-
Two
Freeport subcontractor workers set on fire, one dies - Jakarta Post.
January 9, 2012
-
Researchers
rubbish government's Papua poverty claim - Jakarta Globe. January 8,
2012
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It's
sheer bloody murder, right on our doorstep - Brisbane Times. January
8, 2012
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TPN/OPM
letter: 'We will never surrender' - Tabloid JUBI. January 7, 2012
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Indonesian
Freeport workers threaten more strikes - Agence France Presse. January
6, 2012
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Soldiers
kill suspected OPM member in gunfight - Jakarta Globe. January 6, 2012
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Police
probing two shooting deaths in Papua - Antara News. January 5, 2012
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