Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Papua Governor JP Solossa on Wednesday told residents not to celebrate the self-declared independence anniversary…

Jayapura – Security forces clashed with hundreds of rock-throwing protesters at an independence day rally Thursday in Papua province,…

John Aglionby, Nusa – The community noticeboard in Nusa is conspicuously underemployed. There are no updates on reconstruction programmes and the…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Despite the Aug. 15 peace pact that is helping to restore security in the once-restive Aceh, Acehnese devotion to…

Timor has rejected a government commission's recommendation that Australia, Britain and the United States pay compensation for their part in…

Sydney – The widow of one of five Australia-based journalists shot dead in East Timor in 1975 says she is not surprised by new documents revealing…

Sarah Stephen – When seven asylum seekers from West Timor waded ashore near the Western Australian Aboriginal community of Kalumburu on November 5…

Sean O'Neill – For 30 years Maureen Tolfree has suspected that the British Government lied to her about the death of her brother, Malcolm Rennie…

Richard Lloyd Parry – The British Government knowingly lied about Indonesian atrocities in East Timor, including the killing of British…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The former Aceh rebels will be free to celebrate the anniversary of their movement on Sunday as long as it does…

Tb. Arie Rukmantara, Jakarta – It is true what they say, "Money can't buy everything". As in the case of Probosutedjo, a businessman and half-…

Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) found 11 cases of irregularities in the management of state enterprise funds during the…

Amanda Freund, Newcastle – Newcastle City Council will fly the West Papuan flag from City Hall on December 1 as a gesture of support for the West…

Pip Hinman – The Melbourne-based Timor Sea Justice Campaign on November 23 described the Howard government's decision to discontinue funding to 13…

Sian Powell and Richard Lloyd Parry – The Australian, British and US Governments and international arms makers should pay compensation for their…

Jakarta – Indonesian rights activists have condemned a recommendation by East Timor's president that a probe into past human rights violations in…

Kerryn Williams – On November 22, the US State Department decided to override restrictions on US-Indonesian military ties imposed by Congress less…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Less than a week after the country refused entry to American researcher Sidney Jones, President Susilo Bambang…

Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice
US Department of State
2201 C Street, NW Washington, DC 20520

Dear Secretary Rice:

The West…

Tony Hotland and Blontank Poer, Jakarta/Surakarta – Apparently exhausted over pressure to bring the country's former authoritarian leader Soeharto…

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – Enraged by the arrest of terror suspect Syarif Tarabubun, hundreds of people attacked and burned down on Monday a Muslim…

John Aglionby – This Thursday, December 1, marks the 44th anniversary of the West Papuan people's declaration of independence from their Dutch…

Jakarta – Creating internal conflicts within radical groups through infiltration is one of the strategies being pursued by the State Intelligence…

Jayapura, Jakarta – The central government must consistently implement the Special Autonomy Law in Papua in order to help quell the demands for…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) is facing internal conflict following its patrons' decision to renew the party's…

Medan/Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has warned former Aceh combatants against celebrating the anniversary of their organization, saying…

Jakarta – As the forestry-based industry has yet to perform efficiently, the government should review its policy to increase next year's natural…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Recent raids conducted by city police and the immigration office have revealed thousands of foreigners staying in the…

Hera Diani, Jakarta – UNAIDS executive director Peter Piot could be in any city in the world for World AIDS Day, which falls on Thursday. But he…

Amnesty International is deeply concerned at President Xanana Gusmao's lack of political will to disseminate immediately to the public the…

Guido Guilliart, Dili – East Timor's president on Tuesday rejected recommendations made by a national commission to address human rights abuses…

John Aglionby, Jakarta – The East Timorese president, Xanana Gusmao, yesterday presented to parliament the long-awaited report of the nation's…

Richard Lloyd Parry – The British and American governments and international arms makers should pay compensation for their part in Indonesia's…

The Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) is very alarmed that the United States is resuming military ties to Indonesia.

By waiving…

In a surprising and appalling move, the State Department waived all legislated restrictions on US military assistance for Indonesia on November 22…

Blontank Poer, Surakarta – The national celebration of Teacher Day turned sour on Sunday after a poetry-reading that was critical of the poor…

New York – Today, President Kay Rala Xanana Gusmco presented the Timorese parliament and Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri with the final report of the…

Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, Jakarta – The decision by the US administration to resume arms sale and military financing to Indonesia is a foreign…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) very likely elicited a big sigh of relief from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as…

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Former members of the pro-Jakarta militias that rampaged through East Timor in 1999 are forming an organization to…

Dili – East Timorese police exchanged gunfire Monday with infiltrators who appeared to be pro-Indonesia militiamen, leaving one…

Antony Barnett – British military equipment is being used by the Indonesian authorities against civilians in remote parts of the country.

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Emmy F, Kupang – Feeling as if the government is treating him as a stepchild, former pro-Jakarta militia have reassembling their forces by forming…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Vice President Jusuf Kalla has again proved himself to be a more than competent mediator, bringing together…

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Concluding its two-day leadership meeting on Friday, the Golkar Party reaffirmed its position as the main supporter…

Eva C. Komandjaja and Suherdjoko, Jakarta/Semarang – An attempt by the Ministry of Religious Affairs to ban Islamic books thought to foment…

Dean Yates and Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Indonesia will take tough action in its newly declared war on militant ideas that could include shutting…

The United States' decision to restore military ties with Indonesia does more than draw a line under past human rights abuses in East Timor. It…

[Tom Hyland Last Flight Out of Dili. By David Scott Pluto Press, $34.95.]

In late November 1975, with the Indonesian invasion just over a…

Jakarta/Semarang – The amount of money obtained by local terror groups, including Azahari's network, is substantial with a staggering US$75,000…