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Agent Orange Justice

A crime yesterday, an unfolding tragedy today. US responsibility to heal the wound now!

For more info or to find out how to get involved contact AOJ-AVSN at <info@agentorangejustice.org.au> or visit our website at http://www.agentorangejustice.org.au/.

Monsanto's crimes unpunished! - Direct Action. December-January 2012

Alexander Aan support campaigns

Please visit one or all of the campaigns below to support Alexander Aan, an Indonesian civil servant who faces a possible five-year jail term after being charged with blasphemy for stating that "God does not exist" on his Facebook page.

• Legal support fund appeal – Atheist Alliance International (AAI) has launched an appeal for donations to help pay for the legal cost of defending Alexander Aan.
• Release Alexander Aan petition – Petition organised by change.org for the release of Alexander Aan on blasphemy charges for stating Go doesn't exist.
• Support Alexander Aan – Progressive Malaysians, the Malaysian Atheists Organization is organizing a petition to show support of Malaysians for Alex Aan’s freedom of speech, freedom of expression, and freedom of belief.

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Public Eye's worst company award

Greenpeace and the Berne Declaration will contribute again the Public Eye Awards in 2012 for the most irresponsible, exploitative and polluting company of the year. The vote starts today! Click here to vote mining giant Freeport as worst company in Public Eye's worst company award.

Agent Orange petition campaign

Visit the ForceChange website links below to find out more and sign the petitions.

• Petition to urge President Obama and members of Congress to acknowledge the country's use of Agent Orange
• Petition to hold Monsanto Company and the Dow Chemical Company financially responsible for the victims

Messages of solidarity for the people of West Papua

Converge, the national networking peace organisation in Aotearoa New Zealand, invites you to add your voice to those of people around the world who are calling for justice, peace and self-determination for the people of West Papua by writing a message of solidarity on our web page at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/wpsol.htm.

If you can help distribute 'Messages of solidarity' forms from stalls, or in newsletters or other mailouts, the printable copy of the form is available here http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/wpsol.pdf.

Support a debt-free Timor-Leste

Don't let the bankers occupy Timor – Sign the joint petition from the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and the Movement Against Debt (Movimento Kontra Deve) for a debt-free East Timor. Click here for more info and to sign the petition.

Speaking out

Statements, press releases, media releases, media alerts, solidarity appeals and urgent appeals are archived under their respective country/section pages.
 
• Burma: Prisoners released and others still detained - Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. February 3, 2012
• 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
• Arrest of 13 orang asli from the Temiar community: Community rights or corporate interest? - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Statement. February 1, 2012
• Statement of rejection by the five Papuans who are on trial in Jayapura - January 30, 2012
• Indonesia: Drop charges against Papuan activists - Human Rights Watch Statement. January 29, 2012
• 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
• International Humanists protest Indonesia blasphemy arrest - International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) Statement. January 26, 2012
• Indonesian authorities must support freedom of speech and conscience - Atheist Alliance International Media Release. January 25, 2012
• Indonesia: Fears for church congregation continue - Amnesty International Urgent Action. January 24, 2012
• Open letter on legislation to implement CAVR and CTF recommendations - Watch Indonesia!. January 24, 2012
• Indonesia: Surging sectarian violence, Papua crackdown - Human Rights Watch Statement. January 23, 2012
• Tondano district court sentenced corruption informant to five-months imprisonment - Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. January 20, 2012
• Shi'a Muslims at risk of attacks in Indonesia - Amnesty International Urgent Action. January 13, 2012
• Myanmar: Political prisoner release 'major step' but gates must open 'even wider' - Amnesty International News Release. January 13, 2012
• Indonesia: Government must ensure accountability for police violence in Bima - Amnesty international Public Statement. January 10, 2012
• 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
• A political trial ends with a political verdict - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Statement. January 9, 2012
• Malaysia: Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim acquitted - Human Rights Watch Statement. January 9, 2012
• Malaysia: Anwar case shows why sodomy law must be scrapped - Amnesty International Statement. January 9, 2012
• Urgent Appeal: Withdraw disciplinary charges on Adam Adli Abdul Halim immediately - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Urgent Appeal. January 6, 2012
• Nothing wrong with tagline 'Rakyat hakim negara' - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Statement. January 4, 2012
• Time to change Australia's involvement in West Papua offensive - Act for Peace Statement. December 23, 2011
• Malaysia: Revoke law banning same-sex sexual relations - Human Rights Watch Statement. December 22, 2011
• ILPS condemns Indonesian military and police for barbaric attacks on people of West Papua - International League of Peoples' Struggle Statement. December 22, 2011
• Australia shares responsibility for asylum seekers' deaths at sea - Refugee Action Coalition (RAC) Sydney Media Release. December 18, 2011
• Response and appeal to NZ government on West Papua - Indonesia Human Rights Committee Media Release. December 16, 2011
• Australia must act after more conflict in West Papua: Greens - Australian Greens Media Release. December 16, 2011
• 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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Indoleft

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• Military commander's remarks condemned as return to New Order style repression - Gatra.com. February 3, 2012. The Civil Society Coalition for Workers' Rights (KMSHB) has condemned Jakarta Military Commander Major General TNI Waris for being arrogant, anti-democratic and provocative.
• Victims of 1965 massacres accuse Komnas HAM of lacking 'good faith' - Java Post. January 17, 2012. Scores of victims of the 1965-66 affair protested at the National Human Rights Commission office today demanding an explanation on the results of an investigation into alleged gross human rights violations in 1965.
• PKI victims accuse Komnas HAM of delaying release of 1965 report - Tribune News. January 17, 2012. Victims of human rights violations held a protest action on Tuesday January 17 demanding that the National Human Rights Commission immediately announce the results of an investigation in to the 1965-66 affair.
• Yudhoyono administration has failed to protect human rights: Survey - Kompas. December 12, 2011. Although during his 2009 election campaign President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono pledged to uphold human rights, the reality over the two years of his administration indicates a different reality.
• There have been no rights violations under Yudhoyono's watch: Minister - Detik News. December 12, 2011. Justice and Human Rights Minister Amir Syamsuddin says that during the era of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's leadership there have been no human rights violations.
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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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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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• Punks become latest victim of Aceh's abusive Shariah laws - By James Balowski
• Don't Deport Tamils to Danger - By Andrew Martin
• Fight against Greed in Papua - By Setyo Budi
• Indonesia: Strikes and protests as discontent rises - By Max Lane
• Philippine Airlines workers continue struggle, support Qantas staff - By Ben Reid
• Monsanto's crimes unpunished! - By John Percy
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• Burma: Lest we forget in Myanmar - Asia Times. February 3, 2012
• Burma: Premature rush for Myanmar riches - Asia Times. January 30, 2012
• Indonesia: New York Times continues to conceal US role in 1965 Indonesia coup - Foreign Policy in Focus. January 23, 2012
• PNG: Borderless instability in New Guinea - Asia Times. January 13, 2012
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• Thousands greet Suu Kyi on Myanmar campaign trail - Agence France Presse. January 29, 2012
• Than Shwe: Karma chameleon - Irrawaddy. January 27, 2012
• Mind the gap, Tint Swe tells Rangoon journals - Irrawaddy. January 27, 2012
• Burmese army stands behind president - Irrawaddy. January 27, 2012
• 'Reforms' in Burma offer little hope to refugees - Irrawaddy. January 24, 2012
• Burma's censors tighten grip ahead of by-election - Irrawaddy. January 23, 2012
• '88 Generation students' leaders back Suu Kyi, government's reform process - Associated Press. January 21, 2012
• Burma: An end to civil war? - Irrawaddy. January 19, 2012
• Shift away from sanctions gathers steam - Irrawaddy. January 19, 2012
• Myanmar's Suu Kyi launches bid for parliament - Agence France Presse. January 18, 2012
• Burma's remaining jailed dissidents - Irrawaddy. January 17, 2012
• Clinton keeps the pressure on Burma - Associated Press. January 16, 2012
• Praise for Myanmar release of political prisoners - Associated Press. January 14, 2012
• Myanmar frees leading political prisoners - Agence France Presse. January 13, 2012
• The moment of triumph for Burma's dissidents - Irrawaddy. January 13, 2012
• Myanmar government and Karen rebels sign ceasefire - Agence France Presse. January 12, 2012
• Suu Kyi's NLD stirs up election fever - Irrawaddy. January 11, 2012
• Australia eases sanctions against Burma - Associated Press. January 9, 2012
• EU sanctions remain until Burmese prisoner release: Hague - Irrawaddy. January 6, 2012
• NLD registration approved, campaign to start soon - Irrawaddy. January 5, 2012
• Army abuses, murder reported in Taungoo - Irrawaddy. January 5, 2012
• US urges release of all political prisoners in Burma - Irrawaddy. January 4, 2012
• Myanmar's clemency falls short of expectations - Associated Press. January 3, 2012
• Myanmar cuts sentences for many prisoners - Associated Press. January 2, 2012
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• East Timor's stolen children - Asia Sentinel. January 20, 2012
• East Timor prepares to vote again - Agence France Presse. January 13, 2012
• Fifteen repatriated to Timor Leste - Jakarta Post. January 12, 2012
• NZ to send more troops to East Timor - ABC News. January 5, 2012
• Archives reveal threats over Timor - New Zealand Herald. January 2, 2012
• Of love and war - Brisbane Times. January 1, 2012
• Woodside, East Timor 'aligned' in wanting Sunrise LNG to proceed - Bloomberg News. December 18, 2011
• East Timor's Santa Cruz massacre – reflections 20 years on - Cafe Pacific. December 12, 2011
• Growing up with barely a meal a day - Jakarta Globe. December 11, 2011
• Noam Chomsky: Remember the Santa Cruz massacre - Jakarta Post. December 2, 2011
• East Timor military interested in Top End training - ABC News. November 25, 2011
• Talks spark hope for Timor gas - Melbourne Age. November 19, 2011
• Amnesty International urge government to reveal Santa Cruz massacre - Jakarta Post. November 13, 2011
• Ambassador drums up support for Timor - West Australian. November 9, 2011
• 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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• Anwar's great challenge is to end martyr politics in time for election - Bloomberg. January 11, 2012
• Malaysia gay festival organizers challenge ban - Agence France Presse. January 10, 2012
• Malaysia defense ministry blames Google for mangled English - Agence France Presse. January 10, 2012
• Malaysia opposition's Anwar freed of sodomy charge - Associated Press. January 9, 2012
• Charge 'violent' cops, say students - Free Malaysia Today. January 3, 2012
• 17 arrested at Malaysia student demo - Agence France Presse. January 1, 2012
• We'll continue to defy bill, vow activists - Free Malaysia Today. December 21, 2011
• Group sends message to senators on unfair law - Free Malaysia Today. December 15, 2011
• Palm planters blamed for decline of Borneo monkey - Agence France Presse. December 7, 2011
• PSM fears dirtiest election ever - Free Malaysia Today. December 5, 2011
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• Despair, crackdowns breed defiance and unrest in Tibet - Associated Press. January 30, 2012
• India's ruling party eyes resurgence in series of northern state elections - Reuters. January 30, 2012
• Top Nepal Maoist under fire for luxury mansion - Agence France Presse. January 30, 2012
• New divisions emerge in Thai politics - Red Thai Socialist. January 29, 2012
• Tibetans live in fear as China cracks down on protests - Agence France Presse. January 29, 2012
• Soldiers urged to 'lay down arms' after PNG mutiny - Agence France Presse. January 29, 2012
• Protest against greater US role in Philippines - Agence France Presse. January 28, 2012
• Kazakh opposition gathers for rare rally - Associated Press. January 28, 2012
• Coup attempt inflames PNG political crisis - Sydney Morning Herald. January 27, 2012
• Fiji elections in 2014 'a pipe dream': Samoa PM - Agence France Presse. January 27, 2012
• Another Tibetan shot dead by China police: Rights groups - Agence France Presse. January 27, 2012
• Unrest spreads in China's Tibetan areas - Agence France Presse. January 25, 2012
• Rights groups urge Cambodia to end mass evictions - Agence France Presse. January 24, 2012
• Hundreds of rebels lay down weapons in India state - Associated Press. January 24, 2012
• Group says Chinese police clubbed burning Tibetan - Agence France Presse. January 19, 2012
• Battle For control of Asia's seas goes underwater - Associated Press. January 19, 2012
• Kazakh president's party crushes opposition - Associated Press. January 16, 2012
• International monitors slam Kazakhstan election - Associated Press. January 16, 2012
• Oil-rich Kazakhstan votes in parliamentary polls - Associated Press. January 15, 2012
• Thousands protest against nuclear power in Japan - Agence France Presse. January 14, 2012
• Taiwan's Ma wins second term as president - Agence France Presse. January 14, 2012
• Fiji's uncertain future - Sydney Morning Herald. January 14, 2012
• Fiji's military regime inspires loyalty, even in the midst of a crackdown - Sydney Morning Herald. January 13, 2012
• In Nepal, poverty crisis is killing the next generation - Agence France Presse. January 11, 2012
• 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
• Yachties' Khmer torturer spared - Sydney Morning Herald. January 7, 2012
• Economy key issue in Taiwan vote, say experts - Agence France Presse. January 6, 2012
• 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
• Fiji government imposes new public order controls - Associated Press. January 6, 2012
• 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
• China hikes minimum wages amid labour shortages - Agence France Presse. January 5, 2012
• 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
• Tortured Afghan child bride had been sent back to in-laws - Sydney Morning Herald. January 3, 2012
• Fiji's Bainimarama to end martial law - Agence France Presse. January 2, 2012

Indonesia

• 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
• '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
• Toll road blocked in wage dispute - Jakarta Globe. January 27, 2012
• Another rough year ahead for Indonesian press - Jakarta Globe. January 27, 2012
• 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
• 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
• Yasmin dispute not my problem, Religion Minister says - Jakarta Globe. January 26, 2012
• Government needs strategy to counter extremist clerics: ICG - Jakarta Post. January 26, 2012
• 'Patronage still exists today, only in a modified way' - Jakarta Post. January 26, 2012
• Stop blaming women for rape and protect them instead: Minister - Jakarta Globe. January 25, 2012
• HRW report truer than government claims: Kontras - Jakarta Post. January 25, 2012
• Police in West Sumatra tortured brothers to death: Komnas HAM - Jakarta Globe. January 25, 2012
• Military, police violence up in Indonesia: NGO - Jakarta Globe. January 24, 2012
• Groups, officials intimidate churchgoers - Jakarta Post. January 24, 2012
• Yudhoyono urged to show leadership in Yasmin saga - Jakarta Globe. January 23, 2012
• Human Rights Watch demands release of Papuan, Moluccan activists - Jakarta Post. January 23, 2012
• Radical groups disrupt Yasmin church Sunday service - Jakarta Globe. January 22, 2012
• Indonesians dump flowers, flip-flops for child rights - Agence France Presse. January 22, 2012
• SBY redefines gross rights violations says recent incidents don't fit the bill - Jakarta Globe. January 21, 2012
• Labor row 'threatens jobs' - Jakarta Post. January 21, 2012
• Activists express doubt over 'lungs of the world' plan - Jakarta Post. January 21, 2012
• Indonesia workers blockade streets over wage increase flip-flop - Jakarta Globe. January 20, 2012
• Revision of labor law may benefit 16 million workers - Jakarta Globe. January 20, 2012
• Atheist civil servant arrested for blasphemy - Jakarta Post. January 20, 2012
• Dismay after Indonesian atheist charged with blasphemy - Jakarta Globe. January 20, 2012
• Ministry building vandals are not FPI members: Police - Jakarta Globe. January 20, 2012
• Indonesian Waria activist registers to be human rights commissioner - Jakarta Globe. January 20, 2012
• Massive congestion as workers stage rallies - Jakarta Post. January 20, 2012
• 'God does not exist' comment ends badly for Indonesia man - Jakarta Globe. January 19, 2012
• 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
• Komnas HAM report lays blame for 1965-6 killings primarily on Suharto - Jakarta Globe. January 18, 2012
• 'Systemic' violations found in 1965 purge - Jakarta Post. January 18, 2012
• Indonesia police admit payments from palm oil companies - Jakarta Globe. January 18, 2012
• FPI hardliners jailed, released on same day - Jakarta Globe. January 18, 2012
• 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
• 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
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• 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
• 'SBY must change in 2012' - Jakarta Post. January 13, 2012
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• 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
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• Indonesia must drop charges against Papuans: HRW - Agence France Presse. January 29, 2012
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• Gunmen kill policeman in Papua ambush - Agence France Presse. January 28, 2012
• Papuan political prisoner refused medical treatment: Report - Jakarta Globe. January 27, 2012
• Civilian killed in indiscriminate shooting in Papua - Jakarta Post. January 22, 2012
• President slams NGOs commenting on Papua - Jakarta Post. January 20, 2012
• Freeport Indonesia restarts copper shipments from Grasberg - Reuters. January 18, 2012
• Dutch betrayed Papuans: Report - Jakarta Post. January 17, 2012
• Kopassus in Papua to safeguard sovereignty - Antara News. January 14, 2012
• Torture widespread in Papua - Jakarta Post. January 14, 2012
• Police seen as worst torturers in Papua - Jakarta Globe. January 14, 2012
• 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
• It's sheer bloody murder, right on our doorstep - Brisbane Times. January 8, 2012
• TPN/OPM letter: 'We will never surrender' - Tabloid JUBI. January 7, 2012
• Indonesian Freeport workers threaten more strikes - Agence France Presse. January 6, 2012
• Soldiers kill suspected OPM member in gunfight - Jakarta Globe. January 6, 2012
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