Don't
train Indonesia's deadly Kopassus
Indonesia's
Special Forces (Kopassus), more than any other in the Indonesian military,
stands accused by the Indonesian people of some of the most egregious human
rights violations. In 2008, the Bush administration proposed to restart
US training of Kopassus. More than 50 US organisations have signed
a letter opposing such training. You can support this by adding your
name to the Don't
Train Indonesia's Deadly Kopassus petition to President of the United
States. Coordinated by the East Timor & Indonesia Action Network (ETAN).
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Statements, press releases,
media releases and urgent appeals are archived under their respective country/section
pages.
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Political
parties & human rights & social justice in our region - East
Timor Friendship Association and Australia West Papua Association Media
Statement. August 20, 2010
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Indonesia:
End criminalization of peaceful political activities in Maluku - Amnesty
International Public Statement. August 19, 2010
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Letter
to Indonesian President Yudhoyono on Papuan political prisoners - Open
letter from NGOs and Papua networks worldwide. August 17, 2010
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Journalist's
death overshadows launch of Papua food project - TAPOL and Down to
Earth Press Release. August 11, 2010
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Indonesia:
Free 'Balloon activists' in Ambon - Human Rights Watch News Release.
August 10, 2010
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Congress
demands action on West Papua political prisoners as human rights violations
persist - East Timor and Indonesia Action Network Press Release. August
7, 2010
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Environment
groups name two kingpins in illegal international trade - Environmental
Investigation Agency Press Release. August 5, 2010
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Indonesia:
The deepening impasse in Papua - International Crisis Group Media Release.
August 3, 2010
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Indonesia:
End policies fueling violence against religious minority - Human Rights
Watch News Release. August 2, 2010
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Indonesian
reporter dies, had received death threats - Committee to Protect Journalists.
July 30, 2010
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Declaration
of solidarity against US intervention in Venezuela - Joint Statement.
July 28, 2010
What's
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Brisbane
A
victory for all humanity! Vietnam 1965-75 – Vietnam
seminar, poster exhibition & film festival. 1pm Sat
September 18. CEPU, 41 Peel St, South
Brisbane.
Melbourne
A
victory for all humanity! Vietnam 1965-75 – Vietnam
seminar, poster exhibition & film festival.
Wed
Sept 1, 6.30pm and running till Sat Sept
4. International Bookshop, Trades Hall, Lygon St, Carlton. Jointly
sponsored by the International Bookshop & Direct
Action.
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.
Perth
A
victory for all humanity! Vietnam 1965-75 – Vietnam
seminar, poster exhibition & film festival. 2pm Sat
October 2. MUA Hall, 2-4 Kwong Ave, North
Fremantle.
Sydney
A
victory for all humanity! Vietnam 1965-75 – Seminar, poster
exhibition, film festival. Sat September 25,
1pm, Direct Action Centre, Suite 72/65 Myrtle St, Chippendale. Organised
by the Revolutionary Socialist Party & Direct Action. For more info
ring 9114 5882 or 0419 989 720 (John). $10/6 conc. for seminar, meal, films.
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.
Calendar
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City
Calendar – Visit Direct
Action's calendar of activities and events happening around Australia.
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Meetings,
Parties, Anything – Visit Green
Left Weekly's weekly calendar of events and activities.
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us informed!
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Families
fight against 'politics of amnesia' - Jakarta Post. September 1, 2010.
Far from the glamor connected to international commemorations, families
of victims of forced disappearances and gross human rights violations gathered
to mark the International Day of Forced Disappearances on Aug. 30.
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Civilian
death toll climbs to five after attack on police station - Jakarta
Globe. September 1, 2010. Indonesian police opened fire and killed five
people when an angry mob attacked their station with firebombs in a protest
over the death of a man in custody, police said on Wednesday.
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26
former and current legislators named corruption suspects - Jakarta
Globe. September 1, 2010. Indonesia's KPK announced on Wednesday that they
had named an unprecedented 26 former and current legislators as suspects
for allegedly receiving bribes in connection with the appointment of a
senior central bank executive in 2004.
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Planned
Ahmadiyah ban 'humiliating' - Jakarta Post. September 1, 2010. Human
rights activists have described Religious Affairs Minister Suryadharma
Ali's proposal to disband the Ahmadiyah congregation as a "setback" and
a national "humiliation".
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The
tyranny of the majority - Jakarta Post Editorial. September 1, 2010.
"The greatest threat facing the US is the tyranny of the majority," penned
nineteenth-century French writer Alexis de Tocqueville in Democracy in
America. He could just as easily be writing about Indonesia today.
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Taxes
crippling Burmese people, says report - Irrawaddy. September 1, 2010.
There are subsistence farmers in Burma paying more than half their income
in taxes while the ruling generals divert state funds into their own pockets,
according to a report by a leading human rights group.
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Pakistan
economy to suffer prolonged flood damage - Reuters. September 1, 2010.
Floods have ravaged Pakistan's economy, the prime minister said on Wednesday,
with massive job losses and soaring inflation expected to hurt a nation
whose stability is vital to the US war against militancy.
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Tifatul's
war on porn enlists 10 new soldiers - Jakarta Globe. August 31, 2010.
Communications and Information Technology Minister Tifatul Sembiring's
porn-free Internet plan got a boost on Tuesday when 10 civil society organizations
told him they backed his war on pornography.
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Myanmar
media confirm junta chief retains power - Associated Press. August
31, 2010. A message from Myanmar's junta chief Senior Gen. Than Shwe appeared
in state media Tuesday, dispelling reports that he had stepped down from
the army as part of a major military reshuffle ahead of elections.
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Kashmir
residents ignore curfew to protest police shooting of 11-year-old -
Agence France Presse. August 31, 2010. Residents in Indian Kashmir defied
a curfew on Tuesday to hold angry demonstrations after an 11-year-old boy
was killed and a relative of a top separatist seriously injured in police
fire.
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Indonesian
government urges crackdown on violent groups - Jakarta Globe. August
31, 2010. Government leaders agreed on Monday to push for law enforcement
to act firmly against any organization that disturbs public order or promotes
anarchy and violence.
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Religious
affairs minister's remarks on Ahmadiyah deplored - Jakarta Post. August
31, 2010. Kontras activist Usman Hamid deplored on Tuesday a statement
by Minister of Religious Affair Suryadharma Ali that the Jamaah Ahmadiyah
faith had to be broken up as followers violated regulations and were not
Muslims.
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and culture of Indonesian and its relationships with Australia and the
world.
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Max is speaking.
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Archives
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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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reports are archived under their country specific sections.
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Unanswered
questions linger about victims of deadly Thailand protests - Agence
France Presse. August 29, 2010
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After
a year, Japan's Democratic Party slips - Agence France Presse. August
29, 2010
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Pakistan
floods just one of its water woes - Associated Press. August 28, 2010
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Afghan
deputy attorney general forced to retire - Associated Press. August
28, 2010
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Report:
Four Tibetans fatally shot in mine dispute - Associated Press. August
28, 2010
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Pakistan
orders nearly half a million to evacuate - Agence France Presse. August
26, 2010
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Nepal
struggles amid political turmoil - Associated Press. August 25, 2010
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'Livable'
Singapore begins to feel the squeeze - Agence France Presse. August
25, 2010
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Distrust,
fear stalk Afghan election - Associated Press. August 24, 2010
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Solomon
Islands' prime minister elected, country quiet - Associated Press.
August 24, 2010
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Indian
troops enforce curfew in Kashmir - Agence France Presse. August 21,
2010
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Two
contenders for new Solomons prime minister - Agence France Presse.
August 21, 2010
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Weeks
out, India's Commonwealth Games in crisis - Associated Press. August
20, 2010
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Hardliners
push for Baasyir's freedom on Web - Associated Press. August 29, 2010
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Population
boom spells multi-sectoral bust for Indonesia - Jakarta Post. August
28, 2010
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Supreme
Court order threatens press freedom - Jakarta Post. August 27, 2010
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Embattled
lawmakers defend keeping PPATK powers in check - Jakarta Globe. August
27, 2010
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Legislative
threshold hike idea still under fire as 'ploy' - Jakarta Globe. August
26, 2010
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Women's
activists decry conservatism - Jakarta Post. August 26, 2010
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To
veil or not to veil, Islamic women face tough choices - Jakarta Post.
August 26, 2010
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Legislators
deny bribe rumors to undermne antigraft agencies - Jakarta Globe. August
26, 2010
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AGO
to jail ex-Playboy editor following Supreme Court's ruling - Jakarta
Post. August 26, 2010
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Six
years after Munir's murder, justice is yet to be served - Jakarta Globe.
August 22, 2010
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Indonesia
lacks qualified leaders to replace Yudhoyono in 2014 - Jakarta Globe.
August 22, 2010
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Yudhoyono
relative's release raises doubts about corruption fight - Jakarta Globe.
August 21, 2010
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Hundreds
of Indonesians on death row in Malaysia - Jakarta Post. August 21,
2010
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Old
and new faces of Indonesian terror - Asia Times. August 20, 2010
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'Sharia'
rules a manipulation of religious norms: Senior cleric - Jakarta Post.
August 20, 2010
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Indonesian
train now has women-only carriages - Associated Press. August 20, 2010
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Third-term
proposal shot down in flames - Jakarta Post. August 19, 2010
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'Super-extreme'
weather is the worst on record - Jakarta Globe. August 19, 2010
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Outrage,
ridicule leveled at Aceh politician after rape comment - Jakarta Globe.
August 19, 2010
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Aceh
leader says shariah law needed or there will be hell to pay - Jakarta
Globe. August 18, 2010
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Shariah
in Aceh: Eroding Indonesia's secular freedoms - Jakarta Globe. August
18, 2010
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Acehnese
gays face a climate of fear and abuse - Jakarta Globe. August 18, 2010
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Massive
coral bleaching disaster hits Aceh's coral reefs - Reuters. August
18, 2010
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Indonesia's
comfort women break the silence a - Jakarta Globe. August 18, 2010
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