Nani Farida, Aceh – The almost two-month-old cessation of hostilities agreement between Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is under threat…
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February 3, 2003
Jakarta Post - February 3, 2003
Detikcom - February 3, 2003
Jafar G. Bua, Palu – The arrest of student activists has not lessened the number of demonstrations. In an action today, Monday, around 1000…
Detikcom - February 3, 2003
Jafar G. Bua, Palu – The Central Sulawesi Poor People's Forum (Forum Rakyat Miskin Sulawesi Tengah, FRMST) protested the arrest of 13 pro-…
Australian Associated Press - February 3, 2003
Karen Michelmore, Darwin – Players in the multi-billion dollar Timor Gas treaty are hopeful of an outcome within weeks, as negotiations drag on.…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 3, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Hatolia – The United Nations is in a quandary after insecure border villagers demanded that it extend a controversial military…
February 1, 2003
Human Rights Watch - February 2003
January 31, 2003
Radio Australia - January 31, 2003
Investigators in Indonesia have begun the first formal probe into mass killings that took place more than three decades ago. The massacres…
Jakarta Post - January 31, 2003
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – The country's forestry-related industry should cut its installed capacity by more than 70 percent in order to protect…
Jakarta Post - January 31, 2003
Jakarta – Papua New Guinea (PNG) has reportedly expelled members of the separatist Free Papua Movement (OPM) from its territory after…
Opinion and Editorial - January 31, 2003
Kiki Syahnakri, Jakarta – All the parties involved in the recent signing of the peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh…
Jakarta Post - January 31, 2003
Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – After a series of debates and delays, the steering committee of the House of Representatives agreed on Thursday to bring…
Straits Times - January 31, 2003
Washington – Indonesian soldiers were the ones who carried out a deadly ambush that killed two American teachers returning from a picnic last…
January 30, 2003
Agence France Presse - January 30, 2003
The Indonesian military has threatened to use force against Aceh separatist rebels if they fail to disarm starting February 9 as required by a…
Far Eastern Economic Review - January 30, 2003
The widow of one of two American teachers shot dead in Indonesia's rugged Papua province last year has been lobbying the United States…
Melbourne Age - January 30, 2003
Jill Jolliffe, Dili – The United Nations' police chief in East Timor is refusing to resign despite criticism from Fretilin government officials…
January 29, 2003
Green Left Weekly - January 29, 2003
Vannessa Hearman, Melbourne – Fivo Freitas is 28 years old, he sought asylum in Australia after leaving East Timor in 1999. Now he is preparing…
New York Times - January 29, 2003
Raymond Bonner – Bush administration officials have determined that Indonesian soldiers carried out a deadly ambush that killed two American…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2003
Kurniawan Hari and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Each faction in the House of Representatives (DPR) agreed to adopt an "open-list" election…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2003
Jakarta – The government threatened on Wednesday to end diplomatic ties with the Republic of Vanuatu if the country continued to…
Radio Australia - January 29, 2003
About 200 students have urged monitors overseeing a peace pact between the Indonesian government and Aceh separatist rebels to…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2003
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono expressed his deep concern over the…
Green Left Weekly - January 29, 2003
Max Lane, Jakarta – On January 22, more than 300 journalists and other observers crammed into a room in the Struggle Museum to hear…
Agence France Presse - January 29, 2003
Lisbon – The Bishop of Dili called Wednesday for the creation of an independent body to oversee the exploitation of Timor Sea oil reserves, the…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2003
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – A human rights watchdog on Tuesday denounced the government for poorly handling the ad hoc tribunal for human rights…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2003
Jakarta – Speaking again before supporters of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) at her private residence in Kebagusan,…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 29 2003
The head of Indonesia's largest Islamic organisation has rejected a breakfast invitation from the US Congress, blaming the possible…
Asia Times - January 29, 2003
Tony Sitathan, Jakarta – A retired stockbroker who once assisted Indah Kiat Paper and Pulp – considered the darling of the paper and pulp industry…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2003
Moch. N. Kurniawan, Jakarta – The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) disclosed on Tuesday widespread corruption in the country's judicial system,…
January 28, 2003
Asia Pulse - January 28, 2003
Denpasar – The chief of Indonesia's National Terrorism Desk, Police Inspector General Ansaad Bay, expressed his belief yesterday that…
Radio Australia - January 28, 2003
The United States is expected to bypass Congressional restrictions on funding the Indonesian military or TNI as early as this week. During the…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2003
Max Lane – In the Jakarta Post, on January 27, Juwono Sudarsono is quoted as stating that there was too much political party involvement in the…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2003
Arpiadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of residents including activists from various non-governmental organizations, clergymen and ulemas again staged…
Reuters - January 28, 2003
Jakarta – Indonesia is considering issuing a decree to allow mining firms to operate in areas protected by the country's forestry law…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2003
Leo Wahyudi S – The antidrug campaign seems to be getting more intensive support from the police as drug abuse problems become more serious. There…
Agence France Presse - January 28, 2003
Indonesian state human rights investigators have begun a wide-ranging probe of violations committed during the long dictatorship of former…
Jakarta Post - January 28, 2003
Ainur R. Sophiaan, Surabaya – Five witnesses testified in court here on Monday that they had never seen any of seven soldiers charged with…
January 27, 2003
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2003
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The highest-ranking commander of the military wing of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has publicly announced his…
Radio Australia - January 27, 2003
There are warnings today about a negative fallout in the region from the Howard Government's decision to deploy forces to the gulf before any…
Radio Australia - January 27, 2003
A former rock star has led three-thousand Indonesian protesters in a rally outside the British embassy to condemn a possible war on…
The Guardian (UK) - January 27, 2003
David Fickling – The spectacle of someone large and powerful picking on a weak and desperate neighbour passes as bullying in the average…
Asia Times - January 27, 2003
Jim Lobe, Washington – The administration of US President George W Bush has moved a major step closer to normalizing military ties with the…
Straits Times - January 27, 2003
Jakarta – Drug trafficking and abuse in Jakarta are increasing at an alarming rate due to big supplies and easy access to it in the market, an…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2003
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Zakki Hakim, Jakarta – Despite staging street rallies almost every day, the current student protests against the…
Radio Australia - January 27, 2003
Reports from Jakarta say large numbers of rare and protected animals are being smuggled out of Indonesia with the complicity of…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2003
Rendi A. Witular, Jakarta – Deforestation of the country's already much-depleted natural forests has accelerated as local administrations are…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2003
Imanuddin, Jakarta – The general elections is still a year ahead, but prospective candidates for the next presidency, who have their roots in the…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2003
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – North Sumatra Police must go all out to stop drug trafficking from the war-torn province of Aceh following last week's…
January 26, 2003
Reuters - January 26, 2003
Jakarta – About 1,000 Muslims chanted anti-American slogans outside the US embassy in Jakarta on Sunday saying any war against Iraq…
Reuters - January 26, 2003
Jakarta – The first weapon-free zone will open in Indonesia's Aceh province this week to help cement a peace deal that both sides have violated…
January 25, 2003
Laksamana.Net - January 25, 2003
After fervently voicing support for alleged terrorists last year in the name of Islamic brotherhood, Vice President Hamzah Haz has ventured onto…