Neil Campbell – An incident during my recent visit to Timor-Leste gave a useful insight into the difficult security conditions in the small, young…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – One more member of the Medan District Court judicial panel that refused punishment for logging boss Adelin Lis has been…

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – Threats and intimidation against rights defenders increased in Papua and West Papua provinces in 2007 while efforts at…

Maryadi, Jakarta – Jakarta will again be decorated by protest actions on the first day of February 2008, so be on the lookout so as to…

Jakarta – While promoting transparency, the public information bill poses a threat to the nation's hard-won press freedom as it contains articles…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Over two-thirds of 278 existing regional ordinances across Java island are not eco-friendly, allowing locals to…

Backgrounder on the Indonesia/Timor-Leste Commission of Truth and Friendship

1. This backgrounder provides a brief summary of the…

Kopassus and Brimob are the worst of the worst among Indonesia's security forces. Both organizations have long histories of violating human…

• Police and security forces
• Freedom of expression…

[The following article was submitted for publication in Green Left Weekly in February 2008 but rejected.]

Jakarta – On January 31 the…

[The following article was submitted for publication in Green Left Weekly in response to a Dita Sari interview published on December 12, 2007…

• Events of 2007
• Police
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Jakarta – The reform movement that started 10 years ago has failed to produce significant changes because of the corrupt political and economic…

Peter Symonds – Anyone who harbours any illusion that the current Labor government in Canberra will establish a more enlightened Australian…

Dili – It was in October 2007 that 27-year-old Guillermina Freitas Corte Real entered Timor Leste national hospital in Dili, the capital city, for…

Peter Rodgers – "Enigma" has had a big workout this week. Around the globe it's been the word of first resort for obituarists, commentators and…

Syed Badrul Ahsan – Mahathir Mohamad's assessment of the recently deceased Suharto does not hold up to scrutiny. The former Malaysian prime…

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – On Thursday afternoon, January 31, hundreds of people from the Try Suharto People's Committee (Koras) held a protest…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of protesters from the Yogyakarta People's and Worker Alliance (ARPY) held an action in the Central Java…

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The old general is in the ground and, in theory, Indonesia is marking seven days of mourning, with flags across the…

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – An Indonesian court yesterday said a civil lawsuit against former president Suharto will now target his children, amid…

Ben Terrall – In the last days of his life, the former Indonesian dictator Suharto, who died at the weekend, was visited in his private Jakarta…

The death of Indonesia's former dictator, General Suharto, must lead to a re-evaluation of his long years at the head of a regime mired in…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Only two out of 10 local political parties in Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam have satisfied requirements to participate in the…

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Amid mounting calls for the government to grant Soeharto a hero status, the National Commission on Human Rights said…

Ambassador Cameron R. Hume
US Embassy
Jakarta, Indonesia
Via e-mail

Dear Ambassador Hume,

As U.S. organizations that…

Wellington – New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Tuesday that former Indonesian President Suharto's human rights record was…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono yesterday gave extraordinary praise for former dictator Suharto's role…

Jakarta – The national media are coming under fire for their "exaggerated" coverage of Soeharto's funeral.

Ever since the presidential…

The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) said the late former president, Suharto, does not deserve the title of "national hero"…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Green activists called on the government to use the momentum of the centennial anniversary of National Awakening…

Abdul Khalik, Nusa Dua, Bali – The Indonesian legal system, from police and prosecutors to the judicial system, have all been involved in power…

Karen Michelmore, Jakarta – A truth commission into the violence in East Timor in 1999 risks becoming a "diplomatic charade" unless it delivers a…

Muhammad Nafik, Nusa Dua, Bali – Indonesia's democratization and decentralization have virtually "opened new avenues for corruption" at the…

Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Former strongman Soeharto who died Sunday and was buried at a family mausoleum Monday, ruled Indonesia like a Javanese…

Greg Sheridan's Blog – Indonesia's Suharto was an authentic giant of Asia, a nation-builder, a dictator, a changer of history.

He was also,…

Marilyn Berger – Suharto of Indonesia, whose 32-year dictatorship was one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century, died Sunday in…

A religious leader in Indonesia's Papua has called for Jakarta lawmakers to consult with Papuans before going ahead with their plan to…

East Timor's Prime Minister wants international peacekeepers in his country to move away from security duties and focus instead on mentoring and…

It is hard to exaggerate the damage inflicted on Indonesia by the former dictator Suharto who died today, during the 32 years when he ruled the…

Jakarta – Activists and human rights abuse victims on Sunday refused to join the week-long national mourning for former president Soeharto, saying…

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – How much did Maj. Gen. Soeharto know about the plot to kidnap and murder six of his peers in the Army on the night of…

Louise Williams – "I thank the people for their help and support during my leadership of this country and I beg forgiveness for any mistakes and…

Hamish McDonald, Asia-Pacific Editor – For three decades Australian leaders looked to Indonesia as the key to acceptance in South-East Asia, and…

Indonesia has gone into mourning with the passing away of former president Soeharto on Sunday. He was 86. The nation's second president, he led…

Richard Woolcott – The death of Suharto in Jakarta last night, at the age of 86, will give rise to different evaluations of his contribution to…

The death of Suharto is a reminder of the west's ignoble role in propping up a murderous regime

John Pilger – In my film Death of a Nation,…

Despite his many failings, Australia has reason to be thankful for the steadying hand former Indonesian president Suharto brought to the world's…

GE.08-10340 (E) 300108
United Nations General Assembly
GENERAL A/HRC/7/28/Add.2

Original: ENGLISH
HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
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Government should investigate crimes of former dictator's regime

New York - – The death of former president Suharto at age 86…