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May 2, 2008

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Kompas - May 2, 2008

Neli Triana – Its 10am on Thursday May 1, and nine-year-old Nur Alfi is standing in the middle of a sea of workers at the Hotel Indonesia roundabout in Central Jakarta. Representing her father, a contract worker who is now unemployed after being sacked, Nur Alfi is enthusiastically taking part in this year's May Day protests to demanding justice and a better future for workers.

Agence France Presse - May 2, 2008

Stephen Coates, Jakarta – The future of a major US Navy research laboratory in Indonesia is in doubt amid allegations, dismissed as "crazy" by US diplomats, of espionage and secret experiments.

Jakarta Post - May 2, 2008

Jakarta – The joint Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) announced Wednesday it had completed its final report on human rights violations committed during the 1999 independence vote in East Timor.

Radio Australia - May 2, 2008

Eleanor Hall: It's more than 30 years since five Australian based newsmen were shot dead at Balibo in East Timor.

Few deaths have caused so much controversy in Australia for so long – with several parliamentary inquiries and last year's coronial inquest which found that Indonesian soldiers executed the men as they invaded the former Portuguese territory from West Timor.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2008

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta – Thousands of workers protested Wednesday in front of City Hall, demanding the administration punish employers who do not provide life and accident insurance.

In accordance with the 2006 gubernatorial regulation, all companies must provide life and accident insurance to their workers.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2008

Dicky Christanto, Denpasar – Protesters at a May Day rally held in Denpasar on Thursday accused the government of failing to protect Indonesians working longer hours for no extra pay.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2008

Jakarta – Workers and students across the country took to the streets Thursday to commemorate International Labor Day.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2008

Jakarta – The heat of the capital's sweltering sun on Thursday did not stop thousands of people from joining the World Labor Day rallies, closing down Jakarta's major thoroughfares and halting traffic.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Kompas - May 2, 2008

Jakarta"belonged" to workers yesterday when tens of thousands of protesters flooded on to the main streets of the capital city to commemorate Labour Day, which is popularly known as May Day.

May 1, 2008

Australia West Papua Association (Sydney) Press Release - May 1, 2008

45 years ago on the 1st May 1963, the United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) transferred responsibility for West New Guinea to Indonesia.

Australian Associated Press - May 1, 2008

East Timorese authorities hosted an alcohol-fuelled party for a band of rebels after they surrendered for trying to assassinate the nation's top leaders.

The soiree for the 12 rebels, including their leader Gastao Salsinha, was held at the joint headquarters of the police and military, hours after the men gave themselves up in Dili on Tuesday.

Radio New Zealand International - May 1, 2008

The British-based Free West Papua Campaign plans to deliver a Petition to the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to mark May 1st, the 45th anniversary of Indonesia's occupation of West Papua.

The petition is calling on the British government to push for dialogue on West Papuan self-determination in the international community.

Radio New Zealand International - May 1, 2008

The West Papua National Coalition of Liberation says Indonesia can point to little in the way of progress in the Papua region since its occupation in 1963.

West Papuan activists around the world are using May 1st, the 45th anniversary of Indonesia's occupation of West Papua, to renew their call for international dialogue on Papuan self-determination.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Tempo Interactive - May 1, 2008

Rofiqi Hasan, Denpasar – Hundreds of workers, students and journalists in Bali commemorated International Labour Day at the Bajra Sandhi Monument in the provincial capital of Denpasar, where they called for wage increases, the abolition of contract labour and guarantees of the freedom to associate.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Tempo Interactive - May 1, 2008

Erick Priberkah Hardi, Bandung – Thousands of people from worker, farmer and student organisations inundated the Gedung Sate building complex in the West Java provincial capital of Bandung today.

The Australian - May 1, 2008

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – As East Timorese President Jose Ramos Horta convalesces in Dili, some of his compatriots perhaps are wishing he had taken a while longer to recuperate, not least among them Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Tempo Interactive - May 1, 2008

Factory workers from the East Java Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) held a demonstration to greet International Labour Day on May 1 in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya demanding the abolition of contract labour and outsourcing.

Max Lane - May 2008

May 21 will mark the tenth anniversary of the fall of the dictator Suharto. The end of the dictatorship was brought about by a sustained campaign of mass mobilization peaking during the May 1997 parliamentary elections and then again in May 2008, after four months of intensive student protests.

Journal of Unity - May 2008

[The following is a translation of a series of 12 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisations in Indonesia around the theme "Ten Years after the Fall of Suharto - Views from the People's Organisations", which appeared in the first edition of Jurnal Bersatu (Journal of Unity).]

Environmental Investigation Agency and Telepak - May 2008

Extract: Official complicity

For the full report, see: http://www.eia-international.org/files/reports93-1.pdf

Companies involved in timber theft from Papua are aided every step of the way by officials from the military, police and forestry department, as long as the requisite bribe is paid.

April 30, 2008

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Agus Maryono, Banjarnegara – "It's been more than two months since we had side dishes other than boiled vegetables to go with our rice, and only boiled cassava as a snack at most. But we endure it as best we can," said Suwandi, 40, of Watuurip village in Banjarnegara regency, Central Java.

"The most important thing is that our family stays healthy," he said.

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A coalition of civil society groups is warning President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono against banning Ahmadiyah, saying the move would escalate attacks on the Islamic sect.

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Nana Rukmana, ID Nugraha and Panca Nugraha, Kuningan/Surabaya/Mataram – Thousands of followers of the Ahmadiyah sect in Kuningan, West Java, are living in fresh fear of sectarian violence following the burning down of one of their mosques in Sukabumi on Monday.

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Timor Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta has expressed regret for publicly accusing Indonesian elements of being involved in an assassination attempt against him, the neighboring country's prime minister said here Tuesday.

Asia Times - April 30, 2008

Loro Horta, Dili – With its political and security institutions in shambles, East Timor, also known as Timor Leste, is now emerging as a soft landing spot for regional organized crime syndicates.

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Timor Leste and Indonesia agreed Tuesday to greater cooperation on many issues, with the leaders of the two nations expressing a commitment to preserving good bilateral ties.

The agreement followed a meeting between visiting Timor Leste Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao and President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Jakarta – Most Indonesian domestic workers are denied their rights and many fall victim to abuse, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said here Tuesday.

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2008

Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono accepted on Tuesday a proposal from a powerful business lobby to help accelerate private investment in food crops and the energy and mineral sectors in hope of alleviating shortages of the commodities in local markets.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Suara Pembaruan - April 30, 2008

Thousands of workers from various companies held protest actions at different locations in Jakarta on Wednesday April 30 in the lead up to the commemoration of International Labour Day or May Day. Even larger waves of protest actions are planned for tomorrow.

The Australian - April 30, 2008

Paul Toohey – East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta yesterday came face to face with and shook the hand of the rebel he believes shot him on February 11 at a formal surrender ceremony in Dili that marked the end of a two-year rebellion.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Kompas - April 30, 2008

Khairina – The narrow lane in Rawa Terate, Pulo Gadung, East Jakarta, was dirty and suffocating that afternoon. Less than half-a-meter wide, the lane was filled with housewives sitting around and gossiping, young children crying and a small herd of goats.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Kompas - April 30, 2008

Through massive protest actions last year, workers throughout Indonesia united and successfully defeated efforts to enact the proposed draft revisions to Law Number 13/2003 on Labour that they believed failed to side with workers. For the majority of workers however, their struggle is far from over.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Kompas - April 30, 2008

B. Josie Susilo Hardianto – The lunch boxes had only just been handed out when they began to discuss the story of Mardi – a worker in Tangerang, Banten province. He had just sent his two children back to his village."They've being entrusted with Mardi's parents so they can go to school", said Bagus, who provides support to workers.

News ›› Indonesia ›› May Day
Kompas - April 30, 2008

Basic changes in the struggle by the working class before and after reformasi represent a shift from a struggle for wages and conditions to a struggle for job security.

April 29, 2008

Financial Times - April 29, 2008

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Justice for the victims of Indonesia's occupation of East Timor appeared more remote than ever on Tuesday after the two nations' leaders said they would draw a line under the past and forge a relationship focused on co-operation.

West Papua National Coalition for Liberation Press Statement - April 29, 2008

Port Moresby – The leaders representing 29 West Papuan political and civil society organisations have formalized the establishment of the West Papua National Coalition for Liberation [WPNCL]. This coalition represents the 1.5 million West Papuan people from over 600 tribal communities on the western half of the island of New Guinea.

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2008

Jakarta – Women from four Asian countries have gathered to discuss women's issues and gender empowerment from an Islamic perspective.

The symposium – attended by delegates from China, Indonesia, India and Pakistan – is being held by the Women's Empowerment in Muslim Contexts (WEMC) research consortium in Jakarta from April 28 to May 2.

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2008

Theresia Sufa and Panca Nugraha, Sukabumi/Mataram – A group calling itself the Jamaah Al Mubalighin Communication Forum burned down a mosque belonging to the "deviant" Ahmadiyah sect in Parakan Salak village in Sukabumi regency, West Java, early Monday.

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2008

Desy Nurhayati and Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Jakarta/Malang – The government has maintained its silence on Ahmadiyah two weeks after a coordinating board of top government officials recommended a ban against the Islamic sect for "heresy".

Tempo Interactive - April 29, 2008

Sutarto, Jakarta – Lawyers and human rights activists went to the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) offices on Tuesday April 29 to declare their support for the commission's continued investigation into cases of gross human rights violations, particularly the Talangsari case.

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2008

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – A national team established by the President began on Monday efforts to transfer Indonesian Military (TNI) business assets to the state, even as some experts dismissed the process as all show.

Reuters - April 29, 2008

Tito Belo, Dili – The leader of a group of East Timor rebels accused of trying to assassinate President Jose Ramos-Horta surrendered on Tuesday, raising hopes that the troubled young nation can find some rare stability.

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2008

Novia D. Rulistia, Jakarta – The government may again reduce its industrial output growth target for this year as soaring oil prices push up production costs and inflation.

"The revision is automatic. The government also revised its state budget and reduced its growth target from 6.8 percent to 6.4 percent," Industry Minister Fahmi Idris said Monday.

Jakarta Post - April 29, 2008

Nurni Sulaiman, Balikpapan – People of the Dayak indigenous tribe under the auspices of the Dayak Solidarity Organization on Monday staged simultaneous rallies in five cities across East Kalimantan, demanding the gubernatorial election, slated for May 26, be postponed.

Detik.com - April 29, 2008

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Scores of people from the East Java Alliance to Combat New Style Communism (SPKGB) protested at the offices of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday April 29.

April 28, 2008

Jakarta Post - April 28, 2008

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Human rights activists and political experts have criticized retired military and police generals for protesting against attempts to question them in connection to past atrocities.

Usman Hamid, coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence, said Sunday the move only demonstrated their attempts to preserve impunity.

Jakarta Post - April 28, 2008

Usman Hamid, Jakarta – Indonesia has gone through a transitional period over the last 10 years, which has seen improvements in democratization and legal institutional reform, including the elimination of parliament seats granted to the military.

Associated Press - April 28, 2008

Niniek Karmini, Jakarta – Hundreds of protesters chanting "Kill, kill" set fire Monday to an Indonesian mosque belonging to a Muslim sect they claim is heretical, police said.

Jakarta Post - April 28, 2008

Jakarta – Already under threat of a fiscal calamity amid soaring oil prices and unrealistic government fuel subsidy spending, Indonesia is expected to miss this year's oil production target of 977,000 barrels per day (bpd), the Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry said.