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Democratic struggle Mass politics and political change in Indonesia - By Max Lane, December 1998 Interview with Muhammad Ma'ruf, chief-editor of Pembebasan (Liberation) - In Defence of Marxism. July 1, 1998  The rise of a young working class (eyewitness report) - Socialist Appeal, July 1998 Winning democracy in Indonesia - By Max Lane. Links No 2, September 1994 The Indonesian progressive movement - By Max Lane. Links No  4, January-March 1995  Miscellaneous Backgrounder on Indonesia's Suharto - East Timor and Indonesia Action Network. January 18, 2008 A lobbying bonanza - International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. May 31, 2007 Backgrounder on Kopassus and Brimob - East Timor and Indonesia Action Network 2008 Exit Suharto: Obituary for a mediocre tyrant - New Left Review - March-April, 2008 Remembering Suharto – Five ambassadors reflect - USINDO Report. March 7, 2008 Report on the practice of torture in Aceh and Papua 1998-2007 - July 2007 How the Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist network operates - International Crisis Group - Jakarta/Brussels, 11 December 2002 Impact of the Bali bombings - International Crisis Group - Jakarta/Brussels, 24 October 2002  Aceh Aceh backgrounder – Background to the three-decade conflict in Aceh and recent developments in the peace process following the December 26 tsunami. Aceh: Now for the hard part - International Crisis Group Briefing - March 29, 2006 Aceh's Local Elections: The Role of the Free Aceh Movement - International Crisis Group Asia Briefing Number 57. November 29, 2006 Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement - 17 July 2005 Aceh province: Dirty war uncovered - Kontras Aceh - September 30, 2003 The War in Aceh - Human Rights Watch, August 2001  West Papua 'What Did I Do Wrong?': Papuans in Merauke Face Abuses by Indonesian Special Forces - Human Rights Watch. June 24, 2009 (PDF format) Indonesia: Communal tensions in Papua - International Crisis Group. June 16, 2008 The Last Frontier - Illegal Logging in Papua and China's Massive Timber Theft (Summary) – Report by the Environmental Investigation Agency & Telepak. May 2008 WALHI report on Freeport-Rio Tinto – Executive Summary. Complete report in two parts: Part 1/Part 2 (Acrobat format) Out of Sight - Endemic Abuse and Impunity in Papua’s Central Highlands - Human Rights Watch. July 2007 West Papuan Churches' deepest concern and appeal to the international community- Special Report June 2007 Blundering in? The Australia-Indonesia security treaty and the humanitarian crisis in West Papua - Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Sydney. March 2007 Protest and Punishment: Political Prisoners in Papua - Human Rights Watch - February 2007 Five years of special autonomy have brought no improvements - Human rights situation has got worse - Report by Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy. December 19, 2006 The Denial of Traditional Land Rights in West Papua - Cultural Survival Quarterly (US). Issue 26.3 (Fall 2002) Act of Free Choice: The Papuans of Western New Guinea and the limitations of the right to self determination (Summary) – PJ Drooglever. November 15, 2005 What's wrong with Freeport's security policy? - Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy - October 21, 2002 The life and death of Theys Eluay - Inside Indonesia  Number 70 - April-June 2002 Violence and political impasse in Papua - Human Rights Watch. July 2001  Economy and investment Dollars before refugees - George J. Aditjondro. July 24, 1998 The Great River connections - George J. Aditjondro. March 18, 1998 Book excerpt: Breaking the news on Bre-X - Globe and Mail, August 28, 1997 Call for boycott of all Indonesian businesses related to Suharto's family and cronies - George Aditjondro, August 1996  Labour issues Miltary intervention in labour disputes - Asian Food Worker 28. April-September 1998

Human Rights Watch Unkept Promise: Failure to End Military Business Activity in Indonesia - Human Rights Watch. January 11, 2010 Workers in the Shadows - Abuse and Exploitation of Child Domestic Workers in Indonesia - Human Rights Watch. February 2009 (PDF format) World Report Indonesia 2007 - Human Rights Watch. February 2008 World Reprot Indonesia 2006 - Human Rights Watch Condemned Communities - Forced Evictions in Jakarta - Human Rights Watch. September 2006 (PDF format) Too High a Price - The Human Rights Cost of the Indonesian Military’s Economic Activities - Human Rights Watch. June 2006 (PDF format) World Reprot Indonesia 2005 - Human Rights Watch. January 18, 2006  World Reprot Indonesia 2004 - Human Rights Watch World Reprot Indonesia 2003 - Human Rights Watch. January 1, 2004 World Reprot Indonesia 2002 - Human Rights Watch. February 2003 World Report Indonesia 2001 - Human Rights Watch Asia World Report Indonesia 2000 - Human Rights Watch Asia World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1999 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1998 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1997 - Human Rights Watch World Rport 1996 not available World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1995 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1994 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1993 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1992 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1991 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1990 - Human Rights Watch World Report Indonesia and East Timor 1989 - Human Rights Watch  Amnisty International Unfinished Business: Police Accountability in Indonesia - Amnesty International. June 23, 2009 (PDF format) Amnesty International Report 2008: Indonesia - May 28, 2009 Amnesty International Report: Indonesia - 2007 The need to protect journalists - Amnesty International, September 1997  Human rights general The state of human rights in Indonesia in 2009 - Asian Human Rights Commission. December 2009 Indonesia: The human rights situation in 2006 - Asian Human Rights Commission Special Announcement. December 21, 2006 Tough international response needed to widening crackdown - Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights  US State Department Indonesia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2007 - US State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. March 11, 2008 Indonesia: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2006 - US State Department Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. March 6, 2007  Indonesia 1999 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - US State Department February 25,  2000  Background reports  The Crimes of Suharto - ASIET. July, 1998 How we destroyed Sukarno - The Independent, December 1, 1998 The 1997 general elections in Indonesia - A briefing paper by Tapol, April 1997 Suharto's rise: Communist plot or military coup? - Green Left Weekly. October 2, 1996