By S. Eben Kirksey and Andreas Harsono

Asia has hardly been the poster-child for Human Rights; in fact, its track-record of human rights violations has grown progressively worse over recent years. Indonesia is no exception.

By Peter King, Sydney University

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I. Introduction

Executive Summary

Summary

By Richard Chauvel

[The following Aceh backgrounder was prepared by the Australian solidarity organisation Asia Pacific Solidarity Network (APSN) to provide an background to the three-decade conflict i

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On 18 February, the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced the establishment of an independent commission of three experts to review the progress made by judicial processes in Indone

By Teuku Samsul Bahri

A. Grassroots economic situation

East Timor became a fully independent republic on May 20, following approximately 2½ years under the authority of the U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET).

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Indonesia's sham prosecutions, the need to strengthen the trial process in East Timor, and the imperative of UN

I. Overview

Results of Investigation into the attack on Freeport employees in Timika, Papua, finds corporation allows impunity of criminal acts by Indonesian armed forces

The International Finance Institutions (the IMF, World Bank, the ADB) present a real threat to East Timorese economic independence.

Chris Ballard – Wellem Korwam's dismembered body was found wrapped piece by piece in plastic bags and floating in a river in the Wasior area of West Papua in September 2001.

[Ford and Kissinger gave green light to Indonesia's invasion of East Timor, 1975: New Documents Detail Conversations with Suharto.

By Tim Anderson for AID/WATCH

1. World Bank dictating terms of development in East Timor

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Section 1: Respect for the Integrity of the Person

Indonesia lurched further toward democracy during the year, but serious regional conflicts, a weak legal system, and delicate civil-military relations posed ongoing obstacles to the pro

[The following is the full text a secret report for the Indonesian Government which makes it clear that the TNI directed the militia violence against East Timor's independence vote and

[Source: Sydney Morning Herald - January 2, 2000]

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Introduction

By Max Lane

Earlier this year, in April 1998, the Swiss Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, became entangled in a diplomatic and humanitarian scandal of international proportion.

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Executive summary

A. Introduction