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News & analysis

• News reports and articles on Aceh are archived in the Indonesia News Digests.
• Recent news updates on Aceh are located under the Regional news roundup section on the front page.

• Indonesia: Open letter about the Islamic Criminal Code in Aceh - Amnesty International. November 5, 2009
• Indonesia: New Aceh law imposes torture - Human Rights Watch News Release. October 11, 2009
• Indonesia must repeal 'cruel' new stoning and caning law - Amnesty International Statement. September 17, 2009
• Indonesia: Postpone ratification of Qonun Jinayah and law procedure of Qonun Jinayah for law certainty in Aceh - Joint Statement. September 17, 2009
• Indonesia: A theft suspect is tortured to death by police in Aceh - Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. August 26, 2009
• From bullets to ballots: Aceh elections bolster peace process - TAPOL Press Release. June 24, 2009
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• Aceh Kita (Aceh Today)
• Aceh Links
• Aceh Net
• Aceh News
• Acheh Times

News & analysis

• Financial crisis forces more Cambodian teenage girls into labour - Interpress Service. December 23, 2009
• Rift in Khmer Rouge trial - Agence France Presse. November 30, 2009
• Trial for Khmer Rouge prison chief concludes - Associated Press. November 23, 2009
• Khmer Rouge tribunal ends testimony - Interpress Service. September 23, 2009
• Hun Sen opposes more Khmer Rouge arrests - Associated Press. September 8, 2009
• Khmer Rouge torturer details his technique - Agence France Presse. July 22, 2009
• Khmer Rouge prisoner tells of torture - Agence France Presse. June 30, 2009
• Witness testifies at war crimes trial - Agence France Presse. June 29, 2009
• Khmer torturer Kaing Guek Eav shocked by horror - Agence France Presse. June 24, 2009
• Khmer Rouge bashed babies against trees - Agence France Press. June 8, 2009
• Khmer Rouge defendant: Pol Pot feigned ignorance - Associated Press. April 23, 2009
• Khmer Rouge jail boss Kaing Guek Eav turned peasants into killers - Agence France Presse. April 8, 2009
• Court hears of Khmer Rouge torture methods - Agence France Presse. April 1, 2009
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• Asia Human Rights Commission Cambodia

• World Report Cambodia 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010

News & analysis

• Burma frees Suu Kyi's deputy - Agence France Presse. February 15, 2010
• Karen villagers flee as Burma army escalates attacks - Irrawaddy. February 11, 2010
• Burmese-American activist gets three years in prison - Irrawaddy. February 10, 2010
• Burmese opposition parties face election uncertainty - Irrawaddy. February 10, 2010
• In darkness, Karen refugees dread forced return to Burma - Sydney Morning Herald. February 5, 2010
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• Burma/Myanmar: Extensive use of torture by police in recent cases - Asian Human Rights Commission Open Letter. January 18, 2010
• Burma: A human rights defender jailed for helping farmers over land disputes with officials - Asia Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. November 13, 2009
• Burmese political prisoner Ma Ni Mo Hlaing in critical condition - Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (Burma) Media Statement. November 7, 2009
• Burma: Use of torture in ordinary criminal cases - Asian Human Rights Commission Statement. October 29, 2009
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• Alternative ASEAN Network on Burma
• Assistance Association for Political Prisoners Burma (AAPP)
• Australian Coalition for Democracy in Burma
• Burma Campaign Australia
• Burma Campaign UK (United Kingdom)
• Burma Action Group (South Australia)
• Canadian Friends of Burma
• Democratic Voice of Burma
• Free Burma Action Committee
• Global unions' list of multinationals linked to Burma
• Initiatives for International Dialogue - Burma updates
• International Burmese Monks Organization (IBMO)
• Irrawaddy - Burma and South-East Asia news
• Network for Human Rights Documentation - Burma
• Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma
• US Campaign for Burma
• Women's Legue of Burma

• World Report Burma 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010
• Burma's Forgotten Prisoners - Human Rights Watch. September, 2009 (PDF format)
• The Resistance of the Monks: Buddhism and Activism in Burma - Human Rights Watch. September, 2009 (PDF format)
• Perilous Plight: Burma’s Rohingya Take to the Seas - Human Rights Watch. May, 2009 (PDF format)
• “We Are Like Forgotten People” - The Chin People of Burma: Unsafe in Burma, Unprotected in India - Human Rights Watch. January, 2009 (PDF format)
• Vote to Nowhere - The May 2008 Constitutional Referendum in Burma - Human Rights Watch. May, 2008 (PDF format)
• Crackdown - Repression of the 2007 Popular Protests in Burma - Human Rights Watch. December, 2007 (PDF format)
• Sold to be Soldiers - The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma - Human Rights Watch. October, 2007 (PDF format)
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Thai Policy toward Burmese Refugees - Human Rights Watch. February, 2004 (PDF format)

News & analysis

• News reports and articles on East Timor are archived in the East Timor News Digests.
• Recent news updates on East Timor are located under the Regional news roundup section on the front page.

News & analysis

• News reports and articles on Indonesia are archived in the Indonesia News Digests.
• Recent news updates on Indonesia are located under the Regional news roundup section on the front page.

• Letter to UN Security Council on responsibility to secure justice for crimes committed in Timor-Leste - Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal. February 2, 2010
• Indonesia shelters indicted Timorese suspect - Amnesty International Public Statement. November 4, 2009
• Ten years after murder of Sander Thoenes, 'Frontline Club' commemoration condemns impunity - International Press Institute Press Freedom Advisory. October 26, 2009
• Letter to UN Security council on justice and impunity in East Timor - La'o Hamutuk. October 20, 2009
• Call for justice on East Timor past mass atrocities - September 12, 2009
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• Indonesia: Guarantee domestic workers' rights in 2010 - Human Rights Watch News Release. February 12, 2010
• Indonesia: Reopen inquiry into activist's murder - Human Rights Watch News Release. February 11, 2010
• Indonesia: No prosecution 21 years after Talangsari incident - Joint Statement by the AHRC and Kontras. February 8, 2010
• New Indonesian activist alliance calls for national protest action on January 28 - Asia Pacific Solidarity Network News Release. January 23, 2010
• Indonesia: Military business reforms 'totally inadequate' - Human Rights Watch Media Release. January 11, 2010
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• ASIET Publications & videos on East Timor
• Background reports & articles - Archive reports & articles on East Timor
• East Timor News Digest – Archive of news reports and articles on East Timor (2002-2009)
• Green Left Weekly - Archive of articles on East Timor (1997-2002). Articles after 2002 are archived here.
• Statements & press releases on East Timor (1999-2009)
• Hands off the Timor Sea!
• Timor Sea Justice Campaign, 
• A fair go for East Timor demonstrations in Melbourne and Sydney
• Banned ads supporting the campaign
• ETAN's Timor Sea site
• East Timor government's Timor Sea Office.
• Reports and articles on the Timor Sea are archived in the East Timor News Digests.

• Anti-war movement - Archive of reports & statements from the Indonesian anti-war movement (2003)
• ASIET publications & videos on Indonesia
• Background reports & articles - Miscellaneous reports & articles on Indonesia
• Green Left Weekly - Archive of articles & reports on Indonesia (1996-2008)
• Indonesia News Digest  – Archive of news reports and articles on Aceh, Indonesia and West Papua (1997-2009)
• Indonesia Roundup - Weekly compilation of actions, demonstrations and protests taken from Indonesian language news sources (2006)
• People's Democratic Party - Archive of news reports, statements, press releases, Pembebasan & other PRD publications
• Statements & press releases on Indonesia (1999-2009)

• Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor (APCET)
• Avelino Coelho for President of East Timor
• Balibo film history site - Clinton Fernandes
• Balibo official film site
• Back Door – E-news on East Timor
• East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) - Formerly the East Timor Action Network
• East Timor and Indonesia Action Network Timor Sea site
• East Timor directory
• East Timor Law Journal
• East Timor Legal Information Site
• East Timor News
• East Timor NGO Forum
• East Timor: Who Cares? (Progressio)
• East Timor women's self-help group
• Estafeta - ETAN's newsletter
• Friends of Balibo
• Government of East Timor - Timor Sea Office
• Human Rights Watch East Timor
• Initiatives for International Dialogue - Timor updates
• International Federation for East Timor
• Judicial System Monitoring Program
• La'o Hamutuk - Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring & Analysis
• Oxfam East Timor campiagn
• Save East Timor
• Socialist Party of Timor - Portuguese
• Suara Timor Lorosae (Voice of East Timor) - Portuguese/Bahasa/English
• Tempo Semanal
• Timor-Leste Daily Media News
• TimorNet - Portugal
• Timor News Line - Online searchable news website
• Timorese Resistance Archive & Museum
• Timor Sea Justice Campaign
• UNMISET - United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor

• Amnesty International Indonesia
• Antara News Agency - English
• Asia Human Rights Commission Indonesia
• Asia Observer - Indonesia
• Building Human security in Indoensia - News & reports
• Coordination Group for Support the People's Resistance in Indonesia (CSVI) - PRD archive site
• Human Rights Watch Indonesia
• Indonesia News
• Indonesia News.Net
• Indonesia newspaper & news media guide
• Indonesia Post- Indonesian news
• Indonesia Solidarity Forum (Australia) 
• Inside Indonesia - Quarterly Australian magazine
• Commission for Missing Persons & Victims of Violence (Kontras) - English
• Jakarta Globe - English language Jakarta daily
• Kompas English
• Kontras – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence
• NGOs in Indonesia
• Paras Indonesia - English/Indonesian (formerly Laksamana.net)
• People's Democractic Party On-line - English/Indonesian
• Political Committee of the Poor (KPRM) - English
• Pramoedya Ananta Toer - Indonesia's formost disident writer
• Radio Australia - Indonesia
• Tapol - The Indonesia Human Rights Campaign
• Tempo interactive - English version
• Tempo magazine - English version
• The Jakarta Post - English language Jakarta daily
• Topix- Indonesian news
• WALHI - Indonesian Environment Forum
• Watch Indonesia - Working for democracy, human rights & environmental protection

News & analysis

• Free higher education a must - Malaysia Kini. February 11, 2010
• Malaysian opposition leader calls for sodomy trial judge to be disqualified - Agence France Presse. February 8, 2010
• Sodomy trial against Malaysian opposition leader begins - Agence France Presse. February 3, 2010
• Pig heads left at two Malaysian mosques - Associated Press. January 27, 2010
• Malaysian court overturns book ban - Jakarta Globe. January 26, 2010
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News & analysis

• 2009 bad for working class: Labor-based party-list group - The Sun Star. January 1, 2010
• Philippine journalists expect attacks to continue - Associated Press. November 30, 2009
• Seven murder charges laid against politician - Sydney Morning Herald. November 28, 2009
• People saw mayor Andal Ampatuan Jnr order and carry out massacre - Agence France Presse. November 27, 2009
• Arroyo ally is massacre suspect - Agence France Presse. November 26, 2009
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• Banks have failed the poor, PSM calls on Prime Minister to create easy loans for the poor - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Press Statement. February 10, 2010
• Attack on churches - Najib and Hisham must take full responsibility! - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Statement. January 8, 2010
• Stop the repatriation of the Sri Lankan refugees and asylum seekers now! - Suara Rakyat Malaysia (SUARAM) Urgent Appeal. January 6, 2010
• With our eyes open and our fist clenched, we will face 2010 - Malaysian Socialist Party (PSM) Press Statement. December 31, 2009
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• Philippines: Three journalists who survived the Maguindanao massacre fear for their lives - Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal. November 30, 2009
• Philippines: How could the 'Maguindanao massacre' been allowed to happen? - Asian Human Rights Commission Statement. November 27, 2009
• Philippines: LRWC and ALRC denounce massacre on November 23, 2009 in Maguindanao Province - Joint Statement by the Asian Legal Resource Centre and Lawyers Rights Watch Canada. November 25, 2009
• Philippines: Priests, ethnic minorities go on hunger strike to protest mining operation - Asian Human Rights Commission Press Release. November 17, 2009
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• Aliran– Malaysian independent news
• Amnesty International Malaysia
• Bersih– Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections
• KOMAS Voter Education
• Malaysia Kini (Malaysia today)
• Malaysia Post
• Malaysian Socialist Party
• Malaysian Trade Union Congress
• Oppressed People’s Network (Jaringan Rakyat Tertindas, JERIT)
• Socialist Youth (Pemuda Sosialis)
• Suaram (Suara Rakyat Malaysia) – Struggling for human rights in Malaysia
• The Malaysia Insider
• The Star – Malaysia's largest selling daily

• World Report Malysia 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010

• Akbayan – Citizens action party
• Asia Human Rights Commission Philippines
• BMP - Solidarity of Filipino Workers
• Bayan Muna
• Initiatives for International Dialogue – Mindanao updates
• Partido ng Manggagawa – Philippines Labor Party
• PCIJ Report – Latest updates
• Philippine Centre for Investigative Journalism
• Philippines Inquirer
• Philippines Newspapers Online
• Phillipines Post
• Philippine Revolution Web Central – Communist Party of the Philippines
• The Sun Star – Philippines community news

• World Report Philippines 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010

News & analysis

• Appeal to Thai PM to extend work permits - Irrawaddy. January 18, 2010
• Cambodia rejects Thailand bid to extradite Thaksin - Agence France Presse. November 11, 2009
• Ex Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra gains Cambodian post - The Australian. November 5, 2009
• Thailand fears of chaos if King Bhumibol dies - The Times. October 17, 2009
• Thai protesters mark Thaksin coup anniversary - Agence France Presse. September 19, 2009
• Thai government to mobilise 5,000 troops - Agence France Presse. August 28, 2009
• Thai woman gets 18 years for insulting royals - Agence France Presse. August 28, 2009
• Thai prime minister fears chaos at weekend rally - Associated Press. August 25, 2009
• Thai king 'quite worried' about country's future - Reuters. August 23, 2009
• Thai supporters seek pardon for Thaksin - Associated Press. August 17, 2009
• Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's office comes under fire - Agence France Presse. August 10, 2009
• Thai protesters denounce charges for airport siege - Associated Press. July 16, 2009
• Foreign journalists accused of insulting Thai king - Associated Press. July 3, 2009
• Thai capital braces for pro-Thaksin rally - Agence France Presse. June 28, 2009
• Protestors rally again in Bangkok - Associated Press. May 6, 2009
• Thai protest leader: 'Soldiers attacked me' - Associated Press. May 4, 2009
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• Details of lese majeste charges against Giles Ji Ungpakorn - Giles Ji Ungpakorn. January 20, 2009
• Les majesty charge results from book ‘A Coup for the Rich’ - Appeal for Support from Ji Ungpakorn. January 13, 2009 (see Thai writer: End prosecution for 'insulting king')

• Asia Human Rights Commission Thailand
• Thai Labour Campaign

• World Report Thailand 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010

News & analysis

• Amnesty: Singapore defamation ruling attacks press - Associated Press. November 19, 2009

• Channel News Singapore
• Singaporeans for Democracy
• Singapore News Online
• The Straits Times

• World Report Singapore 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010

News & analysis

• Asean leaders call for political reform in Burma - Irrawaddy. March 2, 2009
• Rights groups call on ASEAN to focus on human rights - Irrawaddy. February 26, 2009
• Thailand points to regional recession - The Australian. February 25, 2009
• Imported biofuel contributing to deforestation in Indonesia and Malaysia - The Australian. January 26, 2009
• South-East Asia - Down and still coupled - Asia Times. December 24, 2008
• ASEAN charter comes into force - Agence France Presse. December 15, 2008
• Childbirth risk never too far away - The Australian. November 7, 2008
• Tuna under threat in key South-East Asia Ecosystem: WWF - Agence France Presse. October 21, 2008
• Two weeks created 44 million new poor in South-East Asia - The Australian. October 14, 2008

• Asian Observer - South-East Asia
• Asia Times - South-East Asia
• Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
• Irrawaddy - Burma & South-East Asia News
• South-East Asia News
• Topix - South-East Asia

News & analysis

• Vietnam marks sacrifices on its trail of blood - Agence France Presse. May 18, 2009
• Vietnam counts cost of development - Asia Times. December 17, 2008

• Communist Party of Vietnam
• Nhan Dan - Newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam
• Vietnam Communist Youth website - English version

• World Report Vietnam 2010 - Human Rights Watch. January 2010

News & analysis

• News reports and articles on West Papua are archived in the Indonesia News Digests.
• Recent news updates on West Papua are located under the Regional news roundup section on the front page.

• The OPM was not involved in the recent shooting in Papua - West Papua National Coalition for Liberation Press Release. January 26, 2010
• AWPA condemns book bans in Indonesia - Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media release. January 12, 2010
• Open letter to Australian minister for foreign affairs, the Hon Stephen Smith - Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media release. December 20, 2009
• Statement on the killing of Papuan leader Kelly Kwalik - East Timor and Indonesia Action Network/West Papua Advocacy Team. December 19, 2009
• The killing of OPM leader Kelly Kwalik - Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Media Release. December 16, 2009
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• ANU, Cendrawasih University and UNIPA resources site
• Australia West Papua Association - Brisbane
• Australia West Papua Association - Melbourne (National website, supported by AWPA groups around Australia)
• Australia West Papua Association - Sydney
• Australia West Papua Association - Western Australia
• Free West Papua Campaign - UK
• International Action for West Papua (IAWP)
• International Parliamentarians for West Papua
• Kabar Irian - Engish news
• Koteka Net - International Action for West Papua 
• Melanesia News - Info on main Papuan organisations
• Papua Lobby - Netherlands
• Papua Web - Documents archive
• West Papua Action - Ireland
• West Papua Report - Monthly reports on developments affecting Papuans
• West Papua National Committee (KNPB)
• West Papua Net - Online news (English/Bahasa)
• West Papua News - English