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December 7, 2005

Asia-Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) Press Statement - December 7, 2005

Delivering justice for Timor: 31 years and still counting

Daily Telegraph (Sydney) - December 7, 2005

Keith Suter – Thirty years ago, one of last century's most brutal conflicts began when Indonesia invaded the former Portuguese colony of East Timor.

About 10 per cent of the East Timorese people were killed. Their resistance lasted until 1999, when Indonesia finally packed up and left. Much of Timor's history is a story of invasion.

New Matilda - December 7, 2005

Carmela Baranowska – Thirty years ago today, on 7 December 1975, nine US-supplied C-130 aircraft took off from Madiun in East Java, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Suakadirul. It was five minutes past midnight. Suakadirul's operation was highly secretive and he'd only had two days to prepare his crew and aircraft.

Democracy Now - December 7, 2005

Amy Goodman: We're going to turn first to a documentary I did in 1992. It was a year after the Santa Cruz massacre, in which the Indonesian military gunned down more than 270 Timorese. I had gone to East Timor with my colleague, journalist Allan Nairn. We produced this document when we came back. It's called Massacre: The Story of East Timor.

Agence France Presse - December 7, 2005

Jakarta – Every workday morning, a small but expanding community in the traffic-clogged megacity of Jakarta brave fume-belching buses, aggressively driven cars and steamy heat to indulge in an unlikely passion: bike riding.

Financial Times (UK) - December 7, 2005

Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – Saturday nights in Banda Aceh for years meant ducking off the streets to avoid curfews, enforced by soldiers and paramilitary police in armoured personnel carriers or trucks wrapped in crude armour plating and bearing sinister insignia.

"No one went out after dark," says Taufik Iskandar, a maths lecturer at the city's Syah Kuala University.

Tempo Interactive - December 7, 2005

Banda Aceh – The Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Board (BRR) of Aceh and Nias has received 206 complaints from the public, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the government up until the end of November.

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Jayapura – After a racial dispute delayed the process, the Papua General Election Commission (KPUD) officially named on Tuesday five candidates for Papua Governor.

The five candidates are incumbent Jaap Salossa nominated by the Golkar Party, Constant Karma (current deputy governor), Lucas Enembe, Barnabas Suebu, as well as Dick Henk Wabiser.

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Breaking a long-held tradition of secrecy, the Indonesian Military disclosed on Tuesday that 48 of its soldiers in Papua had contracted HIV/AIDS since 2000, with 12 of them having died so far.

Sydney Morning Herald - December 7, 2005

James Dunn – The 30th anniversary of the invasion of Dili by a large Indonesian force, is a time for sober reflection in Australia as well as in East Timor. While the invasion began earlier with the Balibo attack, it was the assault on Dili that captured world attention, an operation that claimed an estimated 200,000 Timorese lives in the following years.

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla was not feeling well, according to his aides, but his face was wreathed in smiles as he boarded the Fokker F-28 presidential plane that would take him back to Jakarta on Monday night.

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Jakarta – The limited Cabinet shakeup announced by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday night appears to be a blessing in disguise for the fractured National Awakening Party (PKB).

Radio Australia - December 7, 2005

Indonesia's president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyno has opted for a steady hand on the wheel, with changes to his cabinet. The moves are restricted to key economic posts.

Presenter/Interviewer: Karon Snowdon

Speakers: Ross McLeod, economist, Australian National University; Arief Budiman, professor of Indonesian Studies at Melbourne University

Radio Australia - December 7, 2005

A new survey of foreign executives has ranked Indonesia the most corrupt country in the Asia Pacific region.

Presenter/Interviewer: Emily Bourke

Speakers: Robert Broadfoot, managing director of Political and Economic Risk Consultancy, Hong Kong

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A leading non-governmental organization (NGO) has opposed a plan by the government to grant forest concessions to 11 businessmen intended to secure a supply of timber for reconstruction work in Aceh.

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Jakarta – With little fanfare, the House of Representatives unanimously agreed on Tuesday to pass the bill on teachers and lecturers, which aims to improve the educators' welfare.

ETAN Press Release - December 7, 2005

On the 30th anniversary of Indonesia's invasion of East Timor, the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today called on the world to listen to East Timor's victims and act on their demands for justice.

Jakarta Post - December 7, 2005

Makmur Keliat, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has relied on three popular arguments to convince the people that the increases in the fuel prices were the right decision.

December 6, 2005

Associated Press - December 6, 2005

Dili – East Timor's president should make public a UN-commissioned report that recommends troops who carried out atrocities during Indonesia's 24-year rule be prosecuted, one of the authors said Tuesday.

Detik.com - December 6, 2005

Intania Nur Kusuma, Jakarta – The World Trade Organisation (WTO) will hold its 6th ministerial level meeting in Hong Kong on 13-18 December. The meeting will face opposition with around 2,000 farmers planning to hold a demonstration – including 50 farmers from Indonesia.

Jakarta Post - December 6, 2005

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – A National Police plan to fingerprint all students of Islamic boarding schools (pesantren) across the country as well as their alumni has irritated the head of a major Muslim organization.

Jakarta Post - December 6, 2005

Yogyakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a Cabinet reshuffle on Monday aimed at boosting his government's economic performance against a background of high inflation and unemployment.

Business Times (Singapore) - December 6, 2005

Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – Nearly one year after 15-metre-high waves smashed into the Aceh coast, the Indonesian province worst hit by the Dec 26 tsunami is slowly but surely regaining its poise.

Jakarta Post - December 6, 2005

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – In a decision eliciting jeers and cheers from the gallery, the government and the House of Representatives agreed on Monday to postpone the implementation of the much-criticized government regulations on broadcasting.

December 5, 2005

Detik.com - December 5, 2005

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – A sentence of five months jail and 10 months probation is being sought by the prosecution for 12 Udayana University students from the People's Struggle Front for Democracy (Front Perjuangan Rakyat untuk Demokrasi, Frontier).

The Times (London) - December 5, 2005

Richard LLoyd Parry Blog – It is a law of guerrilla wars that they are morally murky affairs, in which it is impossible to separate right from wrong or to sympathise unconditionally with either side.

Jakarta Post - December 5, 2005

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – The Free Aceh Movement (GAM) marked its 29th anniversary quietly on Sunday by holding prayers at mosques across Aceh province.

"We're just expressing our gratitude that peace is being upheld in Aceh," the GAM commander in Aceh Besar regency, Muharram, told The Jakarta Post.

Jakarta Post Editorial - December 5, 2005

This nation is learning – the tough way – the hard lessons of democracy. Each new challenge brings forth a new response that either regresses or propels this nascent democracy forward.

Jakarta Post - December 5, 2005

Jakarta – One may have seen it coming. Perhaps not glaringly conspicuous, but the signs where there for a return to the situation where information would be controlled and restricted by the government.

Dominion Post Editorial (New Zealand) - December 5, 2005

Britain, a former foreign secretary once declared, had no permanent allies, only permanent interests. Lord Palmerston, a 19th-century political giant, died 140 years ago but his legacy lives on.

Jakarta Post - December 5, 2005

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – Alleged pollution in Buyat Bay has not been settled yet, but North Sulawesi has yet again become embroiled in an environmental dispute with a mining company.

Jakarta Post - December 5, 2005

Rusman, Samarinda – After illegal logging, coal mining is now the biggest danger to the environment of East Kalimantan. Many coal mines – especially those run by local cooperatives – have abandoned prudent principles in running their mines, leading to environmental destruction in the respective areas.

Detik.com - December 5, 2005

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – An action opposing the arrival of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono that was being organised by the National Students Front (FMN) has ended in a clash. Dozens of students were in the middle of the action when police broke it up. Five students were arrested and police chased scores of others.

December 4, 2005

Deutsche Presse Agentur - December 4, 2005

Banda Aceh – Sympathizers of former rebels in Aceh commemorate the movement's anniversary across the tsunami-ravaged province in a modest way on Sunday, following the rebels' decision to abort the ceremony.

Agence France Presse - December 4, 2005

Jakarta – Authorities are preparing to charge 10 senior local officials from the Indonesian part of Borneo with involvement in illegal logging and embezzlement of state reforestation funds.

The Age (Melbourne) - December 4, 2005

Tim Hume – Teenage tsunami survivors in Indonesia's stricken Aceh province are turning to marijuana to escape the trauma and despair.

"Marijuana use has become much more prevalent since the tsunami," says David Gordon, director of Yakita, Indonesia's largest drug rehabilitation agency. "Kids are starting to use ganja from a younger age and on a more regular basis."

Detik.com - December 4, 2005

Supriyono Pangribowo, Jakarta – The offence of insulting the president is being used again. This time an activist from the Indonesian National Student Movement (GMNI), Monang Johanes Tambunan, has been charged for making a rude remark about President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

December 3, 2005

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Nani Afrida and Tiarma Siboro, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Former Aceh rebels have decided against celebrating the 29nd anniversary of their movement on Sunday to show their commitment to promoting peace in the province.

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Large crowds gathered on Friday in Banda Aceh and Pidie to watch tsunami survivors publicly caned for gambling.

It was the eighth time this year convicted gamblers have been publicly caned in Aceh, under the sharia law implemented in the province two years ago. The first public caning took place in Bireuen regency in June this year.

Indonesia Human Rights Committee Media Release - December 3, 2005

The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has called on the Foreign Minister and the Prime Minister to urge the Government of Timor Leste to release the report of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Papuans have continued protesting the presence of security forces in villages across their troubled province, which they say has caused them to live in perpetual fear, despite the four-year implementation of the autonomy law.

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Although he spends his days and nights in a cramed prison cell, the spirit to fight for Papua's independence still burns brightly in the heart of convicted rebel, Filep Karma.

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Bambang Nurbianto, Jakarta – Junior high school No. 56 in Melawai, South Jakarta, was swapped away by the city administration to a private company, and now parents are fighting to save a junior high school in Tanah Abang, Central Jakarta, from sharing the same fate.

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Jakarta – What you can and cannot see on TV is now practically in the hands of the government, and so is what you can or cannot hear on the radio, say some communications experts.

They were commenting on four recently-issued government regulations on foreign, private, community and subscription-based broadcasters.

Jakarta Post - December 3, 2005

Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, Mataram – Thousands of teachers in East Lombok regency have been on strike since Thursday to protest against the implementation of a bylaw passed two years ago requiring compulsory deductions from their salaries, ostensibly for charitable purposes.

Agence France Presse - December 3, 2005

Jakarta – Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, is scurrying to ready for a potential bird flu pandemic but health and animal husbandry officials warn they so far lack crucial resources.

December 2, 2005

ABC News - December 2, 2005

East Timor's Foreign Minister, Jose Ramos Horta, says his Government hopes to sign the full agreement with Australia over the Greater Sunrise gas field in early January.

Mr Horta says both countries have signed an in-principle agreement over the division of revenue from the gas field in the Timor Sea.

Jakarta Post - December 2, 2005

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Tony Hotland, Jakarta – A political grouping, officially launched here on Thursday by dissatisfied elements of former president Megawati Soekarnoputri's party, is deemed a serious threat to the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan).

Jakarta Post - December 2, 2005

Jakarta – Higher crude palm oil and rubber production contributed to a 19 percent increase in the country's non-oil and gas exports during the first 10 months of the year, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) has reported.

Non-oil and gas exports during the period increased to US$54.5 billion from $45.9 billion compared to the corresponding period last year.

Jakarta Post - December 2, 2005

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The October bombings in Bali have proved to be a severe blow to Indonesia's tourism sector, with the number of foreign visitors dropping by nearly 31 percent to 267,800 during the month, the Central Statistics Agency (BPS) reported on Thursday.