Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – A group of Indonesian legislators on Thursday endorsed a proposal that would give rebellious Irian Jaya province more…
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May 3, 2001
Reuters - May 3, 2001
Jakarta Post - May 3, 2001
Jakarta – Manpower and Transmigration Minister Al-Hilal Hamdi revealed on Wednesday that some 80,000 Indonesian laborers overseas have little…
Sydney Morning Herald - May 3, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Jakarta has dropped prosecutions against six people who have been under investigation over crimes against humanity in…
Detik - May 3, 2001
Bagus Kurniawan/FW, Yogyakarta – Students from various universities across the ancient royal city of Yogyakarta took their action to the street to…
Jakarta Post - May 3, 2001
Jakarta – In the reform era where journalists have more freedom to write, they apparently face violence and intimidation, mostly from the public,…
Indonesian Observer - May 3, 2001
Jakarta – The Gramedia bookstore here has withdrawn from its shelves all books related to communism, socialism, Marxism and Leninism including the…
May 2, 2001
Green Left Weekly - May 2, 2001
Pip Hinman – The International Monetary Fund is tightening the screws on President Abdurrahman Wahid to deliver on austerity measures in return…
Timor Post - May 2, 2001
The labor sector must be allowed to participate in the political process because they too have rights, said the Secretary-General of…
Green Left Weekly - May 2, 2001
Vanya Tanaja, Dili – Thousands of small traders at the Dili market (Mercado Lama) are being pressured to move to two refurbished markets in Comoro…
Green Left Weekly - May 2, 2001
Jon Land – In the wake of the second round of negotiations between Australia and East Timor on the Timor Gap Treaty and the disputed seabed…
Indonesian Observer - May 2, 2001
Jakarta – An increasing number of Indonesian migrant workers find themselves in grim circumstances these days due to unjust salary reductions,…
Indonesian Observer - May 2, 2001
Jakarta – Labor rallies held in several major cities to commemorate World Labor Day were predominantly marred by vandalism and clashes between…
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2001
Jakarta – A list of the declared wealth of 77 officials and legislators issued by the State Officials' Wealth Audit Commission (KPKPN) here on…
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2001
Jakarta – Police shot four people and detained another seven following a riot that broke out in Manokwari, Irian Jaya, Monday…
Jakarta Post - May 2, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesian workers took the opportunity of Labor Day on Tuesday to hold rallies and voice their demand for better pay and working…
Jane's Defence Weekly - May 2, 2001
John Haseman, Bangkok – Indonesia is resuming extensive military operations in the troubled province of Aceh after almost a year of fruitless…
Green Left Weekly - May 2, 2001
Max Lane – Between 100,000 to 500,000 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid are expected to gather in Jakarta for a mass prayer meeting on…
May 1, 2001
Jakarta Post - May 1, 2001
Manado, North Sulawesi – Environmentalists said here over the weekend that the submarine tailing disposal (STD) used as a waste disposal system by…
Detik - May 1, 2001
Djoko Tjiptono/HD, Jakarta – Around on thousand of Indonesia workers from greater Jakarta marched to flood at the Monas National Monument square…
Business Times - May 1, 2001
Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – Indonesia's Parliament yesterday issued a second censure against embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid, raising the…
Straits Times - May 1, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – As Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's legislators lobbed their strongest shot yet against President Abdurrahman…
Jakarta Post - May 1, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of people braved heavy rain on Monday as they marched through the city's thoroughfares in a display of support for President…
The Age - May 1, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – The United Nations' Serious Crimes Unit, the taskforce gathering evidence to prosecute perpetrators of the violence that swept…
Sydney Morning Herald - May 1, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The notorious East Timorese militia leader Eurico Guterres will be free within weeks after a Jakarta court yesterday…
April 30, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - April 30, 2001
Craig Skehan – The Australian Government yesterday urged Indonesia to push ahead with the prosecution of all those involved in killings and other…
New York Times - April 30, 2001
Seth Mydans, Jakarta – April 30 – Legislators today overwhelmingly censured President Abdurrahman Wahid for corruption and incompetence, setting…
April 28, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - April 28, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – As Abdurrahman Wahid prepares to face a second parliamentary censure of his presidency on Monday, concern is growing in…
Straits Times - April 28, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Several Muslim groups, such as the militant Laskar Jihad and the extremist Muslim Brotherhood, have threatened to take…
Reuters - April 28, 2001
Achmad Sukarsono, Jakarta – Embattled President Abdurrahman Wahid, staring down the barrel of impeachment, has asked Indonesia for forgiveness but…
Detik - April 28, 2001
Lukmanul Hakim/Hendra & HY Detik, Jakarta – The shooting of Tempo weekly magazine journalist, Rudi P. Singgih has been condemned…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 28, 2001
Hamish McDonald – A secret report for the Indonesian Government makes it clear that its military directed the militia violence against East Timor'…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 28, 2001
[The Timor massacres were planned in detail: the guns, the trucks, the burial sites. Hamish McDonald has Jakarta's secret report which details…
Detik - April 28, 2001
Bagus Kurniawan/Hendra & HY, Jakarta – Around 60 students under the Student and Youth Alliances of Yogyakarta (APMY) staged a demonstration at…
April 27, 2001
Straits Times - April 27, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Atambua – Weapons are valued treasures in this border town that has 63,000 East Timorese refugees, and there is always an…
The Age - April 27, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Key people accused of complicity in the bloodshed in East Timor are set to escape prosecution because of the bungled…
Agence France Presse - April 27, 2001
Jakarta – All crimes committed in East Timor in 1999 and investigated by Indonesia's Human Rights Commission (Komnas Ham) will be tried here soon…
Tempo - April 27, 2001
Jakarta – Some Indonesian NGOs – including Kontras (Commission for Missing Persons & Victims of Violence), YLBHI (Foundation of the Indonesian…
Straits Times - April 27, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Mr Abdurrahman Wahid's supporters have one vital weapon up their sleeves – a semi-mystical resistance to bullets,…
April 26, 2001
AID/WATCH - April 26, 2001
Two AID/WATCH volunteers returned from East Timor yesterday and observed that, while East Timorese society has been heartened by the stability and…
Tapol - April 26, 2001
Following Indonesian President Wahid's decision on 23 April to limit the jurisdiction of a new human rights court for East Timor to crimes…
The Melbourne Age - April 26, 2001
Jill Jolliffe, Dara Lata – Evidence is mounting against retired Indonesian Lieutenant-General Prabowo Subianto for his alleged role in atrocities…
Lusa - April 26, 2001
The East Timorese association of non-governmental organizations NGO Forum said Thursday it was "very worried" about the public stance…
South China Morning Post - April 26, 2001
Chris McCall, Dili – They used to supply bombs to Falintil resistance fighters. Now East Timor's Marxists are preparing for battle at the ballot…
Far Eastern Economic Review - April 26, 2001
Sadanand Dhume, Yogyakarta, Bandung and Jakarta – At first glance, there's nothing extraordinary about the small religious school outside…
Straits Times - April 26, 2001
Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – Jaded residents here are going about their business as usual despite the looming threat of unrest as politicians and…
Straits Times - April 26, 2001
By Susan Sim, Jakarta – Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri is not fully convinced that Parliament has sound constitutional reasons to impeach…
Straits Times - April 26, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – An IMF review team slipped out of Jakarta late Tuesday night without resolving its stalled US$5-billion bailout programme…
Straits Times - April 26, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – The Indonesian government appears keen to show that there is little "legal certainty" for foreign investors in the country,…
April 25, 2001
Straits Times - April 25, 2001
Jakarta – Up to US$300 million of mining investments in Indonesia are caught in legal limbo because of a new ban on mining in…
Straits Times - April 25, 2001
Jakarta – Indonesia received a symbolic boost of confidence from donor countries yesterday, but was told in clear terms that further funds will be…