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April 4, 1997
South China Morning Post - April 4, 1997
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,…
April 1, 1997
Straits Times - April 1, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's minority parties said yesterday that election funding given by the government was too small to cover campaign costs for the…
South China Morning Post - April, 4 1997
Deutsche Presse Agentur in Jakarta – A court has sentenced 30 people to between three days and three months in jail following riots…
Straits Times - April 1, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's main Muslim party has accused a number of ulamas of inciting last week's riots in a small Central Java town, a report said…
South China Morning Post - April 1, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The appearance of President Suharto's daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, with Indonesia's most influential Muslim leader,…
KPDI - April 1, 1997
Today on April 1 the repressive apparatus of the New Order has acted even more brutally against the movement to establish democracy in Indonesia…
Radio Australia - April 1, 1997
Indonesian police have freed 33 East Timorese who had been held since last Thursday after entering the Austrian embassy in Jakarta in…
Granada - April 1, 1997
Granada, Spain – Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) was awarded the International Press Institute's "Free Media…
Tapol - April 1997
On 29 May this year, the Indonesian people will be expected, indeed required, to take part in a general election, the results of which will have…
Tapol - April 1997
On 29 May this year, the Indonesian people will be expected, indeed required, to take part in a general election, the results of which will have…
March 31, 1997
Tapol - March 31, 1997
In a letter dated 31 March 1997 to the chief of police of Jakarta, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, the YLBHI, has asked whether…
Stop the Hawks coalition - March 31, 1997
Four East Timorese refugees and a Catholic priest arrested in East Trespass at British Aerospace Warton
This Easter morning, 31 March, four…
Lusa - March 31, 1997
Lisbon – The Indonesian police has demanded 33 East Timorese youths arrested last week after breaking into the Austrian embassy in…
Lusa - March 31, 1997
Jakarta – A member of Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission has accused the country's police of physically maltreating East…
Reuters - March 31, 1997
Jakarta – An East Timorese man has been jailed for one year for spreading hatred against Indonesian President Suharto after displaying a banner in…
March 30, 1997
Agence France Presse - March 30, 1997
Jakarta – Trials for about 30 people charged with involvement in riots in Indonesia's Central Java last week have already begun.
…Straits Times - March 30, 1997
Susan Sim, Jakarta – Indonesia's favourite guessing game – who will be the next Vice-President – has been moved up a notch this past week with…
March 29, 1997
Dow Jones News - March 29, 1997
Jakarta – More than 30 people have been arrested since riots broke out in central Java early this week, the official Antara news…
Antara - March 29, 1997
Semarang – The Central Java provincial branch of the United Development Party (PPP) is asking the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM…
Down To Earth - March 29, 1997
Leading members of the Dayak community have been blamed for the violent ethnic conflict which took place in West Kalimantan earlier this year. The…
March 28, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - March 28, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Police fired rubber bullets into a rioting Muslim mob ahead of an appearance by President Soeharto's daughter Mrs Siti…
March 27, 1997
Reuters - March 27, 1997
Jakarta – The United Nations special envoy for East Timor, Jamsheed Marker, said he met jailed rebel leader Xanana Gusmao on Thursday at the end…
Agence France Presse - March 27, 1997
Jakarta – The UN special envoy on East Timor on Thursday met Jose Xanana Gusmao the jailed leader of the troubled territory's pro-…
Radio Australia - 27 March, 1997
A group of 33 East Timorese who sought refuge in Jakarta's Austrian embassy have left the complex for an undisclosed destination.
…South China Morning Post - March 27, 1997
Agencies in Jakarta – Rioters attacked the homes of ethnic Chinese around a town in central Java yesterday during a rampage apparently sparked by…
Wall Street Journal - March 27, 1997
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's government Thursday halted development of the Busang gold deposit, once touted as the world's richest, one day…
The Independent - March 27, 1997
[Sue Lloyd-Roberts, BBC Special Correspondent, exposes the trade that gives the Indonesian regime the muscle to clamp down on dissent.]…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 27, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has cancelled its invitation to foreign observers to monitor the May national elections,…
Far Eastern Economic Review - March 27, 1997
John McBeth, Jakarta – Just back from Germany in early February, Science and Technology Minister B.J. Habibie was summoned to a five-hour meeting…
ASIET News - March 27, 1997
The New Order military regime apparently has still not ended its hunt for PRD cadre. Miranti, a Surabaya PRD cadre was kidnaped on 18…
South China Morning Post - March 27, 1997
Agencies in Jakarta – Police on Bali have detained four members of the Indonesian Democracy Party (PDI) who were planning to hold a…