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November 28, 2005

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2005

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Former members of the pro-Jakarta militias that rampaged through East Timor in 1999 are forming an organization to protect the rights and privileges they feel the government they fought for is now denying them.

Associated Press - November 28, 2005

Dili – East Timorese police exchanged gunfire Monday with infiltrators who appeared to be pro-Indonesia militiamen, leaving one policeman wounded, an officer said.

November 27, 2005

The Observer - November 27, 2005

Antony Barnett – British military equipment is being used by the Indonesian authorities against civilians in remote parts of the country.

Detik.com - November 27, 2005

Emmy F, Kupang – Feeling as if the government is treating him as a stepchild, former pro-Jakarta militia have reassembling their forces by forming the Ex-East Timor Forum for Struggle.

November 26, 2005

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2005

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has again proved himself to be a more than competent mediator, bringing together officials from Papua and the central government on Thursday and prodding them into an agreement on the legal basis for the controversial formation of West Irian Jaya province.

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2005

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Concluding its two-day leadership meeting on Friday, the Golkar Party reaffirmed its position as the main supporter of the current administration as it seeks more seats in the Cabinet team.

Jakarta Post - November 26, 2005

Eva C. Komandjaja and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – An attempt by the Ministry of Religious Affairs to ban Islamic books thought to foment radicalism has been opposed by a large Muslim organization that fears the move could prove counterproductive.

Reuters - November 26, 2005

Dean Yates and Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Indonesia will take tough action in its newly declared war on militant ideas that could include shutting an Islamic school co-founded by hardline jailed cleric Abu Bakar Bashir if serious teaching deviations are found, the vice president said on Saturday.

Sydney Morning Herald Editorial - November 26, 2005

The United States' decision to restore military ties with Indonesia does more than draw a line under past human rights abuses in East Timor. It brings Indonesia's armed forces in from the cold after decades of embargoes and bans by Western governments.

November 25, 2005

Melbourne Age - November 25, 2005

[Tom Hyland Last Flight Out of Dili. By David Scott Pluto Press, $34.95.]

In late November 1975, with the Indonesian invasion just over a week away, David Scott was among a handful of Australians who witnessed the sad, defiant swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet of the doomed Democratic Republic of East Timor.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Jakarta/Semarang – The amount of money obtained by local terror groups, including Azahari's network, is substantial with a staggering US$75,000 channeled to the terror groups in the country in the past few years, BIN has revealed.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Jakarta – The Golkar Party is discussing whether to demand the corruption charges against former president and party leader Soeharto be dropped, or that the case should proceed to court.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Entrenched cultural traditions as well as the religious teachings of certain religions here say it is causes dishonor if women publicly reveal things that will disgrace husband and family.

It is these two powerful pressures that keep many women from speaking out about domestic violence.

Jakarta Post Editorial - November 25, 2005

Importing rice, like raising fuel prices, is always politically controversial. However, the heightened political emotions set off by the importation earlier this month of 70,000 metric tons of rice from Vietnam seems to be inordinate.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – To step up the fight against terrorism, the State Intelligence Agency (BIN) has demanded that intelligence units be empowered to be able to arrest and interrogate suspects for up to three days.

The request is likely to be accepted by legislators, despite strong reactions from human rights activists.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Tiarma Siboro and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Military analysts cautiously responded to the United States' decision to resume lethal arms sales to Indonesia, warning that Jakarta may become trapped in Washington's foreign policy.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An international aid agency helping tsunami victims in Aceh has temporarily shut down operations after a group of youths ransacked its Medan office on Wednesday because they had not won an aid contract.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Jakarta – The first ever direct gubernatorial election in West Irian Jaya, scheduled for Nov. 28, would almost certainly be postponed until the stalled establishment process for the new province was completed.

Jakarta Post - November 25, 2005

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Environmentalists and foresters suggested on Thursday that more incentives be offered to countries that have vast areas of tropical forests, such as Indonesia, and to timber companies, which all play roles in preventing further deforestation.

Tempo Interactive - November 25, 2005

Malang, East Java – The Indonesian Army is to establish one Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad) division in Papua. This is aimed at deterring separatist action and maintaining security in border areas.

November 24, 2005

Radio Australia - November 24, 2005

The United States has lifted its six year military embargo on Indonesia. Imposed in 1999, after the military ravaged East Timor during the territory's break from Jakarta, Washington now wants to help Indonesia in its fight against terrorism.

Presenter/Interviewer: Kanaha Sabapathy

Speakers: Bob Lowry, consulting analyst on political and military affairs in Indonesia.

Kompas - November 24, 2005

Jakarta – The government has been urged to open the way for broadest possible dialogue with various elements in Papuan society, such as the traditional communities, students, youth, NGOs and also the OPM.

Tempo Interactive - November 24, 2005

Malang – Lieutenant General Hadi Waluyo, Chief of the Indonesian Army Strategic Reserves Command (Kostrad), has stated that the number of Army weapons was sufficient.

Sydney Morning Herald - November 24, 2005

Mark Forbes in Denpasar and agencies – The US has restored military ties with Indonesia, lifting a 13-year ban imposed due to human rights violations, stating the relationship was of the "utmost importance" in the fight against terrorism.

November 23, 2005

Jakarta Post - November 23, 2005

Manokwari, West Irian Jaya – The West Irian Council insisted on Monday that the province should be allowed to hold regional elections on Nov. 28 as planned, saying that there was no legal basis to postpone them. "No matter what happens, we will still hold the poll. There is no constitutional reason to postpone it," said Council Speaker Jimmy Idjie.

Green Left Weekly - November 23, 2005

Doug Lorimer – The Australia West Papua Association (AWPA) has called on the Australian government to follow the Dutch government's example and commission a study into Australia's involvement in the 1969 UN-organised "act of free choice" in West Papua.

Washington Post - November 23, 2005

Glenn Kessler – Acting swiftly with new congressional authority, the Bush administration said yesterday that it has restored military ties with Indonesia, formally ending the last of the restrictions imposed after violence in East Timor in 1999.

Agence France Presse - November 23, 2005

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono hailed Washington's decision to resume some military aid as marking a new chapter in relations, but other officials and politicians were more cautious.

Timor Sea Justice Campaign (Melbourne) Media Release - November 23, 2005

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign today labelled the Australian Government's decision to discontinue aid funding to 13 East Timorese Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) as political interference.

Reuters - November 23, 2005

Telly Nathalia and Dean Yates, Jakarta – Indonesia has welcomed the resumption of military relations with the United States while human rights groups expressed concern and said monitoring of the armed forces would need to be tightened.

Associated Press - November 23, 2005

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – Indonesia welcomed a US decision to lift a six-year arms embargo to help the mostly Muslim nation fight terrorism, but human rights groups said Wednesday it betrayed victims of military brutality.

Jakarta Post - November 23, 2005

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Antigraft activists have criticized members of the Aceh and Nias Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency (BRR) as "overpaid and underachieving".

TAPOL press release - November 23, 2005

The decision yesterday by the State Department to override Congress-imposed restrictions on US military relations with Indonesia is a grave setback for Indonesian democracy and human rights, says TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign.

Fpdra.org - November 23, 2005

Ilyas, Langsa – Because the normative and other rights employees have not been accommodated by the leadership board of the Langsa City branch of the All Indonesia Workers Union (SPSI), scores of Langsa SPSI members held a demonstration and issued a motion of no confidence in the SPSI leadership.

Jakarta Post - November 23, 2005

Multa Fidrus and Abdul Khalik, Tangerang/Jakarta – Although the road access to Sang Timur Catholic school in Karang Tengah, Tangerang regency, has again been blockaded by protesting local residents, students keep coming to school.

As their cars cannot reach the school, parents have to drop off their children on the main road and let them to walk to school.

Green Left Weekly - November 23, 2005

Max Lane – The Indonesian government's policy, announced last month, of giving a A$40 handout to people on an income of less than $25 per month as compensation for rises in fuel prices was only due to last for a few weeks, yet was supposed to help people out over a three-month period.

Green Left Weekly - November 23, 2005

Jon Lamb – On October 15, a band of angry villagers and former pro-integration militia from East Timor crossed the border from the Indonesian province of West Timor into the East Timorese province of Oecuessi and attacked two startled East Timorese border police.

Associated Press - November 23, 2005

New Delhi – India and Indonesia, Asia's largest democracies, agreed Wednesday to forge closer defense and economic ties and cooperate in fighting terrorism, Indonesia's president said.

November 22, 2005

Aceh Kita - November 22, 2005

Imran MA, Eastern Aceh – On Monday November 21, Muhammad Nurdin (43), a resident of the Buket Paka village who has been a member of the Rantau Peureulak sub-district Red White Militia (Laskar Merah Putih, LMP) in Eastern Aceh, surrendered a hand grenade to a former member of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) for the Peureulak region.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Labor unions say the government should scrap the current minimum wage system, which according to them does little to protect the vast majority of workers outside the formal sector.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Tight regulations for government officials whose families run businesses will be not enough to keep them from abusing their powers, an expert says.

It would be better for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to replace his Cabinet ministers who had direct links to business enterprises, the expert suggests.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Ambon – Army soldiers and police officers were fought a pitched battle at dawn on Monday in Ambon city, leaving three civilians injured.

The brawl broke out as a wedding reception was winding down into the wee hours in Nusaniwe district of the city.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Bambang Bider, Contributor, Kalimantan – Life becomes more meaningful when one becomes aware that everything in this universe is a whole entity, the parts of which are interrelated and interdependent.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Higher production costs prompted by the government's decision to raise fuel prices on Oct. 1 have forced hundreds of handicraft producers in Yogyakarta to cut production by up to 40 percent.

Hundreds of others have had to halt all production and lay off workers because of a fall in orders in the wake of the Bali bombings in October.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Indonesia's economy has continued growing at a slower rate, official figures from the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) show, as high oil prices and rising interest rates dampened exports and investments, while consumption also stalled under a rising inflation.

Reuters - November 22, 2005

Jakarta – Former rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province successfully ended the third round of a weapons handover on Tuesday after struggling to surrender enough arms that met the criteria of international peace monitors.

Jakarta Post - November 22, 2005

Aboeprijadi Santoso, The Hague – A Dutch study on Papua, charged with political implications for Indonesia, has been greeted with rejoicing by many Papuans, and led to controversy in the Netherlands and growing concern about the prospects for Papua.

November 21, 2005

Jakarta Post Editorial - November 21, 2005

A perusal of the backgrounds of the suicide bombers who wrecked havoc in Bali on Oct. 1 can serve to tell us a lot about why there seems to be no shortage of terrorists. Mat Sukarto, a 57-year-old farmer and father of one of the bombers, said he did not fully understand why his less-than-religiously-inclined son, Misno, had decided to take his own life in such a manner.

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2005

Jakarta – The country's leading Islamic figures, grouped in a special task force set up last week by the Ministry of Religious Affairs, are set to launch a war against militant ideas spread by terrorists using the Islam brand.

Jakarta Post - November 21, 2005

Leony Aurora, Bandung – Analysts and industry players have expressed a wide range of views over the government's target of raising the country's oil production to 1.3 million barrels per day (bpd) by 2009, with some saying it would be challenging and others saying it would be downright impossible.