Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Kuala Lumpur – President Megawati Soekarnoputri made her first address on the Iraq crisis when she spoke before the Non-…
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February 25, 2003
Kompas - February 25, 2003
Jakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators from the People's Democratic Party (PRD) demonstrated on Monday against US plans to attack Iraq.
They…
Jakarta Post - February 25, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – An employers association hailed on Monday the planned endorsement of the labor bill, but trade unions remained…
Radio Australia - February 25, 2003
The United Nations Serious Crimes Unit has indicted General Wiranto, the former governor of East Timor, Abilio Soares and six other senior…
Jakarta Post - February 25, 2003
Yemris Fointuna and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta/Kuala Lumpur – The military commander overseeing the West Timor province promised tighter…
Jakarta Post - February 25, 2003
Jakarta – Police used tear gas, water canons and sticks to disperse 1,000 protesters who attempted to storm the House of…
Agence France Presse - February 25, 2003
Dili – East Timorese officials blamed anti-independence militias Tuesday for an attack that killed two people, injured four and heightened…
Detik.com - February 25, 2003
Suwarjono, Jakarta – An action by workers against the promulgation of a new labour law at the national parliament in Senayan, Jakarta, on Tuesday…
Jakarta Post - February 25, 2003
Tangerang – Hundreds of workers of bag producer PT Tasindo in Carewet village of Cikupa district and security guard supplier for Soekarno-Hatta…
Agence France Presse - February 25, 2003
Jakarta – The Indonesian military has withdrawn from Papua province a special forces unit, some of whose members are on trial for the murder of a…
February 24, 2003
Jakarta Post - February 24, 2003
Kanis Dursin, Jayapura – The decision to split up Papua into three provinces has eroded what little trust the Papuans had developed toward the…
Agence France Presse - February 24, 2003
Dili – Anti-independence militias have launched a "terrorist strategy" to undermine Timor Leste's government before the planned United Nations…
Agence France Presse - February 24, 2003
Jakarta – Lawyers for the Indonesian armed forces said Monday they have agreed to settle their dispute with the Washington Post over a report that…
Straits Times - February 24, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – As war clouds loom nearer and the prospects for more mass demonstrations against a United States-led invasion against Iraq…
Radio Australia - February 24, 2003
The separatist Free Aceh Movement in Indonesia's restive province of Aceh has accused government forces of several serious violations…
Jakarta Post - February 24, 2003
Jakarta – The military on Monday denied accusations by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) that troops had raided a rebel base in…
Jakarta Post - February 24, 2003
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government has been preparing a controversial bill giving authority to the Indonesian military commander to deploy…
Laksamana.Net - February 24, 2003
The Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM) released investment figures for the month of January late last week revealing a steep fall in foreign…
Detik.com - February 24, 2003
Hestiana Dharmastuti, Jakarta – Threats by the Minister of Labour and Transmigration, Jacob Nuwa Wea, in which he called for demonstrators to end…
Jakarta Post - February 24, 2003
Jakarta – A senior member of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) warned student protesters as well as a Jakarta-…
Kompas - February 24, 2003
Jakarta – Although the wave of protests and street actions have raised strategic issues, the government of President Megawati Sukarnoputri and…
Jakarta Post - February 24, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has finally settled the issue of dismissal, the most controversial issue in the bill on…
Agence France Presse - February 24, 2003
Dili – Unidentified gunmen killed one person and seriously injured two pregnant women in an attack Monday on a minibus in East Timor, officials…
International Herald Tribune - February 24, 2003
Shepard Forman, New York – Even as the United Nations focuses like a laser on Iraq, it must not lose sight of its other commitments. The UN…
February 22, 2003
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
Bandung – Chairman of the fatwa (legal advice) commission of the Indonesian Ulemas Council (MUI) said here on Friday that the erotic…
Straits Times - February 22, 2003
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Gang Macan (Tiger Lane), a densely populated alleyway in North Jakarta, was notorious for its tiny brothels and deadly…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
Bukittinggi – Scores of students from the West Sumatra branch of the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) rallied here on Friday to…
Australian Financial Review - February 22, 2003
Tim Dodd, Jakarta – With Indonesia facing a new round of instability if war goes ahead in Iraq, the country's top political and military leaders…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
On Thursday, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu met hundreds of active and retired top army officers, where he reiterated that the role of…
Asia Times - February 22, 2003
Jakarta – PT Sony Electronics Indonesia (SEI) is preparing to lay off 884 employees after the closure of its Indonesian branch next…
Agence France Presse - February 22, 2003
Banda Aceh – Twelve days have passed since the crucial "demilitarisation" phase of the Aceh agreement but separatist rebels have not…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) demanded on Friday that it be given extra powers that would enable it to carry out…
Straits Times - February 22, 2003
Robert Go, Jakarta – The turf battle between Indonesia's police and the military (TNI) over who should be in charge of Indonesia's domestic…
Melbourne Age - February 22 2003
Marian Wilkinson, Washington – The police chief who led the Bali bombing investigation has pleaded for training assistance from the US for a…
Laksamana.Net - February 22, 2003
The election bill passed by the parliament last week, with its demand for a 2% electoral threshold, predictably created dissatisfaction and…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
Jakarta – Villagers demanding road improvementshave ended a blockade of an oil field owned by US company PT Caltex in Riau after…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
Yuliansyah, Banjarmasin – Fearing the legal consequences, some South Kalimantan legislative councillors say they are planning to return a "reward…
Jakarta Post - February 22, 2003
The police have blamed easily obtained police and military uniforms and badges and a lack of regulation governing the trade on the emergence of…
Associated Press - February 22, 2003
Kuala Lumpur – Saying the US government deserves more credit for its Iraq policy, East Timor's Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta on Saturday…
February 21, 2003
Evening Standard (New Zealand) - February 21, 2003
East Timor's foreign minister Jose Ramos Horta, in New Zealand this week on a private visit, once had 10 brothers and sisters. Now he has six.…
BBC - February 21, 2003
The United States ambassador to Jakarta has said that Indonesia must make better progress in holding its military to account for human rights…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 21, 2003
Deborah Snow – Charges are understood to have been laid against a former senior soldier in the Special Air Service after a long investigation into…
February 20, 2003
Jakarta Post - February 20, 2003
Jakarta – Six student protesters were in police detention after police cracked down on an anti-government demonstration involving…
ASAP media release - February 20, 2003
Over the past week in Aceh, Indonesia has repeatedly violated the December 10 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA), arresting civil movement…
Radio Australia - February 20, 2003
Linda Mottram: A West Papuan human rights campaigner says that ongoing unrest in the Indonesian province is being caused by the violently radical…
Elsham News for Cendrawasih Post - February 20, 2003
Port Vila – On Tuesday, 18 February, approximately 1300 non-Papuans traveled in convoy from Abepura to Jayapura in support of the recent…
Jakarta Post - February 20, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Trying to ease the mounting controversy over its decision to split Papua into three provinces, the government is…
Jakarta Post - February 20, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – The International Labor Organization (ILO) called on the Indonesian government to work more seriously to uphold…
Asia Times - February 20, 2003
Richel Dursin, Bekasi – "We're Indonesians. Why do we have to get a citizenship certificate proving that we're Indonesians?" asked Tjiong Tjoei…
Reuters - February 20, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia has won universal praise for the nimble footwork its police have shown in investigating the Bali bombings and arresting nearly…