Palembang – The 24 anniversary held on the grounds of the headquarters of the South Sumatra PDI offices on Wednesday (9/4), became a…
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April 11, 1997
South China Morning Post - April 11, 1997
Agencies in Dili – Independence leader Jose Ramos Horta said he had evidence troops killed four students who clashed with police in the East Timor…
The Nation, Bangkok - April 11, 1997
Jakarta – When thousands of people gathered in Dili on Christmas eve last year to welcome home East Timor Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo from Oslo,…
Lusa - April 11, 1997
Geneva – 378 people were reported missed from November 1995 to the same month last year in East Timor, according to a report by the…
Kompas - April 11, 1997
Jakarta – Three of the accused in Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) subversion case, Budiman Sudjatmiko, Garda Sembiring and Ignatius Pranowo, who…
April 10, 1997
Peoples Democratic Party - April 10, 1997
On April 7 members of the Struggle Alliance for Democracy and Human Rights (APDHAM) entered the courtroom where Dita Sari and Coen Pontoh were…
Various - April 10, 1997
According to reports today from AFP (in Jakarta) and Reuter (in Dili), the resistance has killed six and wounded five others in two ambushes in…
Republika - April 10, 1997
Parts of Central Java appear to be turning into a battleground between GOLKAR and the PPP. These clashes, now being fought out in several towns in…
April 9, 1997
Associated Press - April 9, 1997
Dili – Secessionist rebels ambushed a vehicle in East Timor, killing four members of a village defense force and two others in the…
Asiaweek - April 9, 1997
Keith Loveard – When armed men robbed a bank in the northern town of Lhokseumawe earlier this year, Indonesia's top brass noticed. Not because the…
South China Morning Post - April 9, 1997
Jenny Grant and Agencies in Jakarta – Troops were called out in the town of Pekalongan yesterday as political violence flared again.
"Armed…
South China Morning Post - April 9, 1997
An ethnic Chinese man has been jailed for 3.5 years for triggering a race riot in West Java. Tjio Kim Tjang, 55, was convicted of…
Straits Times - April 9, 1997
Susan Sim, Semarang – Troops were called out to guard a housing estate in the coastal city of Pekalongan yesterday following fresh clashes between…
SiaR - April 9, 1997
Jakarta – President Soeharto's health has been an issue in the foreign media all week. It was reported that Suharto (77) suffered a mild stroke on…
April 8, 1997
Tapol - April 8, 1997
According to reports in Monday's Republika and Media Indonesia, there were more disturbances in the northern Central Java city of Pekalangan.…
Bali Post - April 8, 1997
Surabaya – The Jatim Indonesian Legal and Justice Defence Team (TPHKI) handling the defence of the subversion case against two Peoples Democratic…
Kompas - April 8, 1997 (Posted by Tapol)
Andi Syahpputra, 31 years old, has been sentenced by a Jakarta court to thirty months in prison for printing the journal, Suara…
Republika - April 8, 1997
Surabaya – A strike by around 2,000 workers from PT Ria Star Indonesia (RSI) Surabaya [East Java] followed a confrontation with security forces.…
Kompas - April 8, 1997
Surabaya – A sticker calling for the failure of the 1997 general election has been distributed in Surabaya. Measuring 10x20…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 8, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – The central Javanese town of Pekalongan was under military control yesterday after further political riots…
April 7, 1997
Tapol - April 7, 1997
34 people accused of being involved in the demonstration in Dili during the visit last month of Jamsheed Marker, the UN special envoy…
Ruters - April 7, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia said on Monday that Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta's claim that he had fresh evidence of widespread torture…
Reuters - April 7, 1997
Geneva – The camera zooms in to show a man's blood-covered wrist, nailed to his prison plank. Men in khakis torture inmates with sticks, chair…
Indonesian Observer - April 7 1997
Indonesian Ambassador-at-large, Lopes Da cruz, has refuted foreign allegations that a special program has been developed to spread Islam in the…
April 6, 1997
Guardian Weekly - April 6, 1997
When Jose Ramos Horta won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with his fellow East Tmorese, Monsignor Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, there were hopes…
ASIET - April 6, 1997
ASIET has received the following message (abridged translation) from the East Timorese underground in Java.
Statement begins: Suharto regime…
April 5, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - April 5, 1997
Paul Mcgeough and agencies – Dozens of young East Timorese detained since the military broke up a peaceful demonstration in Dili two weeks ago are…
ASIET - April 5, 1997
ASIET has received the following message (abridged translation) from the East Timorese underground in Java
Statement begins: Suharto regime…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 5, 1997
The Government seems to be widening its crackdown on political dissent but students argue that this tactic will simply cripple the next generation…
April 4, 1997
Kompas Online - April 4, 1997
Julisu Usman and Saleh Abdullah, activists from PUDI, were released on 3 April after being held by the Attorney-General for 29 days. This was…
South China Morning Post - April 4, 1997
Agence France Presse in Jakarta - Foreign Minister Ali Alatas yesterday dismissed rumours that President Suharto had suffered a stroke…
Community Aid Abroad - April 4, 1997
New report reveals "worst conditions yet" in Nike contractor's factory.
"It's the most disturbing report we've seen so far," Community Aid…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 4, 1997
Gordon Feeney, Jakarta – A new Australian study has accused glamour sports shoe maker Nike of callous exploitation of workers, including children…
Kompas - April 4, 1997
Jakarta – Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said today that the whole debate around President Suharto's health, which has been given ample coverage in…
April 3, 1997
Bali Post - April 3, 1997
Denpasar – The pro-Soerjadi Indonesian Democratic Party Secretariat in Denpasar, Wednesday (2/4) yesterday at around 1.30pm, was occupied by…
South China Morning Post - April 3, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Indonesia's leader for 30 years, President Suharto, has sounded a note of caution about his age, while his daughter shapes…
Straits Times - April 3, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia banned political parties contesting the May 29 general election from obtaining foreign aid, the Media Indonesia…
Australian Financial Review - April 3, 1997
Ian Howarth – BHP Petroleum was announced yesterday as the operator of a new multibillion-dollar oil and gas development in the Timor Sea, based…
Kompas - April 3, 1997 (Abridged)
Yogya korem commander Col Gaffar has said that the 24 students arrested while demonstrating on the Gadjah Mada University campus are now under…
Amnesty International - April 3, 1997
24 students A protest against the arrest of 24 students in Yogyakarta, Central Java on 1 April has resulted in eight further arrests and beatings…
April 2, 1997
Business Times - April 2, 1997
SN Vasuki – As Indonesia's ruling establishment braces itself for crucial parliamentary elections on May 29, analysts are puzzled by the…
EBRI - April 2, 1997
A score of youths grouped in the Indonesian Youth Committee last week staged a demonstration in front of the Attorney General Office in Jakarta,…
Reuters - April 2, 1997
Jakarta – The ghost of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno still haunts his successor, Suharto, who is intent on stressing the legitimacy of…
Wall Street Journal - April 2, 1997
Jakarta – After years of living contentedly, many import-dependent businesses in Indonesia worry that changes in customs procedures could bring…
EBRI - April 2, 1997
Opinion leaders say the Indonesian government's plan to invite foreign observers to monitor the implementation of the 1997 general election is a…
Agence France Presse - April 2, 1997
Jakarta – President Suharto's children and other relatives will contest general elections next month while opposition leader Megawati…
South China Morning Post - April 2, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The ousted leader of the Indonesian Democracy Party, Megawati Sukarnoputri, plans to withdraw support for the party in the…
KPDI - April 2, 1997
On April 2, 1997 students from several Yogyakarta universities along with members of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)- Struggle organised in…
Lusa - April 2, 1997
Lisbon – The Indonesian police has still under custody 25 out of the 33 East Timorese students arrested last week after breaking into…
Amnesty International - April 2, 1997
Some 24 students were arrested and several others injured when members of the Indonesian security forces broke up a demonstration in Yogyakarta,…