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April 7, 2008

South China Morning Post - April 7, 2008

Fabio Scarpello, Jakarta – A coalition of 30 international human rights organisations has warned that a new US$6 billion gas project could worsen…

Tempo Interactive - April 7, 2008

Sofian, Jakarta – Workers from the Greater Jakarta Workers Federation of Struggle (FPBJ) and the Workers Challenge Alliance (ABM) will be holding…

ABC News Online - April 7, 2008

East Timor's armed forces are being accused of using violence against civilians as they hunt for rebel soldiers involved in February's attacks on…

Jakarta Post - April 7, 2008

Jakarta – The Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) must disclose who was behind the 1999 violence in East Timor despite a Supreme Court…

April 6, 2008

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2008

Aditya Suharmoko and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Following a swift decision by the government Friday to buy back the first lot of Rp 2 trillion (US$…

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2008

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – Three people with HIV/AIDS were recently admitted to Abdul Moeloek General Hospital in Bandarlampung, Lampung…

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2008

Jakarta – After prohibiting state officials from accepting wedding gifts, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) also plans to forbid…

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2008

Nana Rukmana, Cirebon – Thousands of people in Cirebon regency, who were victims of a cheap rice scam, have threatened to abstain from voting in…

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2008

Ridwan Max Sijabat and Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – With little political backing, governor hopeful Robert Edison Siahaan, who is Javanese, and his…

April 5, 2008

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – The government has started calculating the country's total climate emissions as part of efforts to mitigate the…

Agence France Presse - April 5, 2008

Kupang – International aid agencies have evacuated staff from Indonesia's West Timor after violent demonstrations by ex-East Timorese refugees…

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Jakarta – Nearly all female busway passengers support the plan by busway operator TransJakarta to allocate buses exclusively for women, a survey…

Suara Pembaruan - April 5, 2008

Jayapura – The Organisation for Solidarity with the Victims of Human Rights in Papua, along with the Community of Survivors of the Abepura case…

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Jakarta – The Ministry of Finance's Directorate General of Taxation announced Friday a 42.7 percent jump in tax revenue during the…

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told top bankers gathered at the palace Friday to further expand real sector credits,…

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Jakarta – The justice ministry announced Friday that 24 new parties had passed the administrative screening to become legal entities, but would…

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights has accused the Attorney General's Office of obstructing human rights campaigns…

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2008

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – The life sentence given to a traditional dance coordinator for waving a separatist flag in front of President Susilo…

April 4, 2008

Tempo Interactive - April 4, 2008

Sutarto/Rini Kustiani, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) is disappointed by the Attorney General's Office (AGO) as…

Tempo Interactive - April 4, 2008

Cornila Desyana, Jakarta – According to information from the Metro Jaya regional police Intelligence and Security (Intelpam) Directorate, as many…

Jakarta Post - April 4, 2008

Tangerang – Hundreds of people claiming to be employees of money changer firms at Soekarno-Hatta airport staged a rally, causing long…

East Timor and Indonesia Action Network - April 4, 2008

  • United States should support justice, not endorse impunity, says ETAN
  • Administration Should Respond to CAVR Report, not…
Associated Press - April 4, 2008

Chris Brummitt, Jakarta – A court has sentenced the leader of a separatist group in eastern Indonesia to life in prison for waving the flag of a…

Kyodo News - April 4, 2008

Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Jakarta – Former pro-Jakarta East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres, who had been jailed in Indonesia since 2006…

Associated Press - April 4, 2008

Jakarta – The United States has said it would accept the findings of a truth commission probing killings by Indonesian troops during…

Jakarta Post - April 4, 2008

Jakarta – Illegal logging is causing more than the destruction of forests – it is destroying human lives through trafficking of girls to logging…

Jakarta Post - April 4, 2008

Jakarta – The National Awakening Party (PKB) central board investigation team, formed by dismissed chairman Muhaimin Iskandar, accused seven party…

Jakarta Post - April 4, 2008

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Violence is not rooted in Islam or any other religion, but is often linked to religions by those seeking to further…

Jakarta Post - April 4, 2008

Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Thursday passed the freedom of public information bill, obliging all state agencies and public…

April 3, 2008

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2008

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Independent candidates will be eligible to contest regional elections for governor, mayor and regent positions by…

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2008

Indra Harsaputra and Suherdjoko, Surabaya/Semarang – Female leadership has reemerged as a controversial issue ahead of the East Java gubernatorial…

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2008

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The Asian Development Bank has warned Indonesia a large part of its population is still vulnerable to shocks from…

Inter Press Service - April 3, 2008

Setyo Budi, Dili – If the renegade soldiers who attempted to assassinate East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Feb. 11 remain scot-free, it has…

Tempo Interactive - April 3, 2008

Riky Ferdianto, Jakarta – Four protest actions will colour in Jakarta and surrounding areas today. Two of the actions will be…

April 3, 2008

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Tempo Interactive - April 3, 2008

Fanny Febiana/Sukma L, Jakarta – The investigation into the human rights violation in the New-Order is enough for historic revision. "If we want…

Tempo Interactive - April 3, 2008

Purborini, Jakarta – International coordinator for Human Right Advocacy, Rafendi Djamin, stated the Attorney General's Office (AGO)…

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2008

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Protesters continued occupying a legislative building in Atambua, East Nusa Tenggara, on Wednesday, awaiting a central…

Kompas - April 3, 2008

Jakarta, Kompas – Increases in the inflation rate is putting increasing pressure on workers' real wages. Because of this therefore, the government…

Detik.com - April 3, 2008

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – Hundreds of inter-city public transport drivers demonstrated in front of the Jakarta Regional House of Representatives…

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2008

Jakarta – Hundreds of minivan drivers staged a rally in front of the City Council building on Wednesday, demanding privately owned…

April 2, 2008

Jakarta Post Editorial - April 2, 2008

In a few days the taxing, unenviable job of the men and women tasked to dig up the truth about violence around the time of East Timor's 1999…

Jakarta Post - April 2, 2008

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Thousands of former East Timorese refugees occupied the Belu Legislative Council building in Atambua on Tuesday,…

Melbourne Age - April 2, 2008

Lindsay Murdoch, Darwin – Timorese-born Australian Angelita Pires admits she was the lover of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado and says she…

Jakarta Post - April 2, 2008

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The World Bank has revised down its forecast on Indonesia's economic growth for this year from 6.4 percent to 6.0…

Jakarta Post - April 2, 2008

Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – Soaring prices for food, energy and clothes caused inflation to rise at its fastest pace in 18 months in March, making…

Jakarta Post - April 2, 2008

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – In the first-ever informal meeting with the leadership of Regional Representatives Council (DPD) at the presidential…

Jakarta Post - April 2, 2008

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – The House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a bill maintaining the government as the single Islamic haj organizer…

Green Left Weekly - April 2, 2008

Ted Sprague – It is not an overstatement that the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela is a shining beacon of hope for struggling masses around the…

Tempo Interactive - April 2, 2008

Rofiuddin, Semarang – Dozens of students from the National Student League for Democracy (LMND) held a protest action in the Central…