Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – Corruption in the courts, rather than within political parties or the police, is the problem that needs the most…
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July 10, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District court sentenced Hidayat Lukman, alias Teddy Uban, to five months in jail plus 10 months…
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Max Lane – On July 11 at the Taman Ismail Marzuki Jakarta Arts Center, more than 30 community, cultural, human rights and other organizations are…
Agence France Presse - July 10, 2003
Dili – Prosecutors in East Timor Thursday indicted 57 people, including 17 Indonesian military officers and four former pro-Jakarta militia…
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Minister of Manpower and Transmigration Jacob Nuwa Wea regretted the low awareness of workers about unionization,…
Jakarta Post - July 10, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Unlike the conflict-plagued province of Aceh, the central government does not have any immediate plans to impose…
Straits Times - July 10, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is scheduled today to re-launch a number of development projects, worth billions of US…
Straits Times - July 10, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia is soon to open two schools where students will learn how to break into buildings, hack into computers, and bug…
July 9, 2003
Straits Times - July 9, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Yet another jet saga is brewing in Jakarta with senior officials and military brass demanding explanations, and possibly…
Green Left Weekly - July 9, 2003
Pip Hinman, Sydney – The Indonesian government has an almost "pathological hostility to separatism", Dr Ed Aspinall, lecturer in South-East Asian…
Associated Press - July 9, 2003
Daniel Cooney, Jakarta – The soldiers who killed a peace-advocating separatist leader were "heroes." Two Germans shot by troops were "stupid" for…
Green Left Weekly - July 9, 2003
James Balowski, Jakarta – The Indonesian military's (TNI) vicious little war against the people in its northern-most province of Aceh is reaching…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – The good news is that Indonesia has been making progress in almost all facets of human development. The not so good news…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Chief security minister Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono renewed the government's warning against separatists in the…
Agence France Presse - July 9, 2003
Jakarta – At least 71 members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) will face charges of subversion, police in the Indonesian…
Reuters - July 9, 2003
Jakarta – Growing numbers of Indonesians are being jailed for their political views under "draconian" laws that call into question President…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
A'an Suryana and Nani Farida, Banda Aceh/Lhokseumawe – Despite the military's recent claim of territorial control over Aceh, the war between the…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
Surabaya – Around 5,000 workers of shoe company PT Fortune Mate Indonesia (FMI) staged a demonstration here on Tuesday to demand…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
Jakarta – An angry mob set fire to a police station in South Sumatra province in protest against the police's failure to curb a series of crimes,…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) urged the Indonesian government on Tuesday to phase out the worst forms of…
Jakarta Post - July 9, 2003
Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Villagers from Selapanjang in Tangerang have threatened to stage a protest at the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.…
July 8, 2003
Agence France Presse - July 8, 2003
Children as young as 13 are engaged in the drugs trade in the Indonesian capital and about four percent of all users are aged under 17, the…
New York Times - July 8, 2003
Jane Perlez, Jakarta – The Indonesian military has now declared that its tough offensive against rebels in the northern province of Aceh,…
Reuters - July 8, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia's military has warned rebels in Aceh province to free five hostages, including a local TV crew, by a Tuesday evening deadline…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 8, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – A new tactic by East Timorese prosecutors to bring war crimes suspects to trial has resulted in nine Interpol arrest…
Detik.com - July 8, 2003
Jakarta – Minister of Defence Matori Abdul Djalil has criticised a number of NGOs which only talk about human rights when considering…
July 7, 2003
Antara - July 7, 2003
Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR), in its plenary meeting presided over by Deputy House Speaker Soetardjo Soerjogoeritno here on Monday…
Jakarta Post - July 7, 2003
Jakarta – An estimated two million Indonesians have abortions each year, mainly through unsafe procedures, a researcher told an abortion seminar…
Straits Times - July 7, 2003
Ambon – Even as the military campaign to quell the separatist movement in Aceh shows no sign of coming to a speedy end, fresh trouble is brewing…
Jakarta Post - July 7, 2003
Jakarta/Lhokseumawe – The number of Acehnese who have fled their homes has soared to 48,000 as the Indonesian military (TNI) intensifies its…
Jakarta Post - July 7, 2003
Meidyatama Suryodiningrat, Jakarta – News of the affirmation by Nurcholish Madjid, better known as Cak Nur, that he would enter the Golkar Party…
July 5, 2003
Melbourne Age - July 5 , 2003
Matthew Moore, Jakarta – In Indonesia's better hotels you will sometimes see signs that read: "No Durians Past This Point." Because the prickly…
Jakarta Post - July 5, 2003
Jakarta – At least 150 civilians have died, 80 have been wounded, and another 71 have gone missing since the government launched the integrated…
Sydney Morning Herald - July 5, 2003
Matthew Moore, Jakarta – After 13 years studying it, and eight years living in it, Thomas Walton feels confident to nominate his No. 1 issue: "…
Jakarta Post - July 5, 2003
A'an Suryana, Lhokseumawe – At first she refused to be interviewed but then relented on the condition that she be quoted under a false name,…
Straits Times - July 5, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – Indonesia's top general says Aceh operations are "ahead of schedule", but admit the authorities may extend martial law for…
Jakarta Post - July 5, 2003
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) said on Friday that the military operation against the…
Jakarta Post - July 5, 2003
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The management of 68H radio news lodged a strong protest on Friday with the martial law administration in…
Straits Times - July 5, 2003
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – The Indonesian government has declared it will proceed with buying Russian fighter jets despite controversy raging in…
Jakarta Post - July 5, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – High school graduates, suspects, or convicted persons can be nominated as presidential candidates in 2004 when the…
Jakarta Post - July 5, 2003
Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – The presidential race kicked off within the country's second biggest party, Golkar, on Friday, with five would-be…
Kompas - July 5, 2003
Jakarta – It is not enough to hold a judicial review of the anti-terrorist laws numbers 15/2003 and 16/2003 which were promulgated three months…
July 4, 2003
Radio Australia - July 4, 2003
Indonesia's military claims it now controls all of Aceh province, six weeks after imposing martial law to crush separatist rebels. But local human…
The Guardian (UK) - July 4, 2003
John Aglionby, Jakarta – Separatists in the Indonesian province of Aceh yesterday dismissed military claims that Jakarta had taken…
Asia Pulse - July 4, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia's Director General of Foreign Trade Sudar yesterday said the purchase of Russian-made jet fighters and helicopters was free…
July 3, 2003
Jakarta Post - July 3, 2003
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – Following increasing allegations of torture and civilian deaths, the Army withdrew on Wednesday 98 of its 158 elite…
Jakarta Post - July 3, 2003
Tertiani ZB Simanjuntak, Jakarta – Nothing was as usual on Wednesday at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta), located at Jl. Mendut No. 1…
Jakarta Post - July 3, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Experts criticized President Soekarnoputri on Wednesday for supporting the establishment of citizens' defense groups,…
Jakarta Post - July 3, 2003
Moch. N Kurniawan, Jakarta – Public outrage is increasing over the government's move to allow mining in conservation forests in Sulawesi and…
The Economist - July 3, 2003
Jakarta – The most senior Indonesian military officer indicted by Jakarta's special tribunal for the violence in East Timor in 1999, Major-General…