Jill Jolliffe – United Nations investigators have sought international warrants to arrest three men – including a former Indonesian Government…
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February 3, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - February 3, 2001
February 2, 2001
Jakata Post - February 2, 2001 (slightly abridged)
Jakarta – Braving heavy rain, thousands of protesters swarmed the streets around the House of Representatives (DPR) on Thursday to apply pressure…
Jakata Post - February 2, 2001
[The following are excerpts from an interview with sociologist George Junus Aditjondro with The Jakarta Post's Ati Nurbaiti, following his one-…
Wall Street Journal - February 2, 2001
Timothy Mapes, Jakarta – Indonesia's political crisis deepened as Parliament demanded that President Abdurrahman Wahid respond to allegations that…
Business Times - February 2, 2001
Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's chances of staying in power appeared bleak yesterday after the country's…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 2, 2001
Mark Dodd, Aileu – The Falintil guerilla force yesterday became the world's newest internationally recognised army – the East Timor Defence Force…
Sydney Morning Herald - February 2, 2001
Mark Riley, New York – The United Nations Security Council will consider withdrawing troops from East Timor in four months if the…
South China Morning Post - February 2, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid's future looked bleak last night after Parliament's decision to censure him over corruption…
Jakata Post - February 2, 2001
Jakarta – As most factions of the House of Representatives (DPR) accepted on Thursday the recommendations of the special committee on the Bulog…
Jakata Post - February 2, 2001
Ambon – A gunfight between disputed security personnel took place on Thursday in two villages, Lateri and Passo in Teluk Ambon Baguala district…
February 1, 2001
Sydney Morning Herald - February 1, 2001
Mark Dodd, Dili – An argument over a traffic infringement sparked an ugly brawl between East Timorese university students and Portuguese riot…
Jakarta Post - February 1, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of people, supporters and opponents of President Abdurrahman Wahid, are almost certain to flock to the House of…
Jakarta Post - February 1, 2001
Ambon – The second round of troop withdrawal from Maluku was held on Wednesday with Battalion 403 of the Central Java's Diponegoro Regional…
Straits Times - February 1, 2001
Jakarta – A number of test holes drilled in the vicinity of the home of Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra have confirmed suspicions of more underground…
Kompas - February 1, 2001
Jakarta – H. Wartono Karyo Utomo, the father of Budiman Sudjatmiko, chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD), was accused of being an ex…
South China Morning Post - February 1, 2001
From behind the bars of his prison cell, as he awaits his trial for anti-state activities, mild-mannered Aceh independence activist Muhammad Nazar…
Jakarta Post - February 1, 2001
Banda Aceh – Detained chief of the Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA) Muhammad Nazar rejected on Wednesday the proposal to move the trial…
Detik - February 1, 2001
Chaidir Anwar Tanjung/Fitri & GB, Pekanbaru – Around 300 residents of Bangun Sar village, Kampar Kiri sub district, Kampar regency, Pekanbaru…
January 31, 2001
South China Morning Post - January 31, 2001
Vaudine England, Jakarta – The conclusion from a day of rumours and threats was clear. There is nothing approaching a presidential crisis yet in…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 31, 2001
Ben Bohane – The Free Papua Movement's spokesman in Australia, John Otto Oondawami, has outlined a new leadership structure for the guerilla…
Green Left Weekly - January 31, 2001
Max Lane – On January 23, Budiman Sujatmiko, chairperson of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) led a delegation to meet the leadership of the…
Jakarta Post - January 31, 2001
Jakarta – Military observers called on Tuesday for gradual removal of the Indonesian Military (TNI) territorial commands and demanded TNI quit its…
Green Left Weekly - January 31, 2001
Max Lane – In an end of year "state of the nation" report, the central leadership council of the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) described economic…
Straits Times - January 31, 2001
Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Student demonstrators seem to be changing from a force that called the shots and pulled politicians into line into a…
Jakarta Post - January 31, 2001
Semarang – Groups of students staged rallies here on Tuesday in support of and in opposition to President Abdurrahman Wahid. The demonstrators…
January 30, 2001
Jakarta Post - January 30, 2001
Jakarta – Thousands of students across the country took to the streets on Monday with divided calls but a unified claim to uphold the reform…
Jakarta Post - January 30, 2001
Jakarta – President Abdurrahman Wahid said on Monday that Indonesia should learn from Nigeria's initiative to reduce its reliance on…
Christian Science Monitor - January 30, 2001
Dan Murphy, Dili – Almost trembling as he awaits a decision, Joao Fernandes, barely literate and desperately poor, looked nothing like the cold-…
Sydney Morning Herald - January 30, 2001
Mark Dod, Maliana – A community radio station is being used to counter propaganda from pro-Indonesia militia groups and convince thousands of…
Straits Times - January 30, 2001
Robert Go, Jakarta – Fed up with Indonesia's political paralysis and craving more stability, foreign investors are not only staying away from the…
Jakarta Post - January 30, 2001
Jakarta – Golkar Party chairman Akbar Tandjung on Tuesday dismissed calls to dissolve the party saying that it is a lawful organization and has…
South China Morning Post - January 30, 2001
Vaudine England – After a peaceful celebration of the Lunar New Year in much of Indonesia, President Abdurrahman Wahid has further burnished his…
Detik - January 30, 2001
Lukmanul Hakim/GB, Jakarta – Monday has seen the reemergence of mass action as a force in Indonesia's political development. One of the oldest and…
Detik - January 30, 2001
Ananda Ismail/Fitri & GB, Jakarta – A recent survey by the Public Interest Research and Advocacy Center (PIRAC) apparently reinforces the…
January 29, 2001
Associated Press - January 29, 2001
Dili – Hundreds of UN workers in East Timor signed a petition Monday against cuts to their daily living allowances.
From February 1, the…
Detik - January 29, 2001
[The following is a compilation of four reports by Detik on the pro- and anti-Wahid demonstrations in Jakarta on Monday. Some sections of the…
Jakarta Post - January 29, 2001
Jayapura – Willem Onde, leader of the Merauke-based separatist Free Papua Organization (OPM) released on Sunday afternoon 13 of 16 hostages who…
January 27, 2001
The Age - January 27, 2001
Christina Sagat's physical wounds have healed but this 32-year-old woman is left with the deep pain of unresolved sorrow and humiliation. There…
The Age - January 27, 2001
Lindsay Murdoch, Ambon – Hundreds of Christians, including children and pregnant women, have been forcibly circumcised as part of a campaign by…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – A local resident was killed and two others severely injured when a bomb went off in a crowd of residents and security…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – The government has eased immigration regulations for Chinese travelers, who during the Soeharto regime faced discriminatory and…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – Lobbying by factions inside the House of Representatives intensified on Friday, as Monday's deadline for the submission of the report of…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – Anti and pro-government rallies continued on Friday ahead of the House of Representatives plenary session next Monday that will mark the…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Banda Aceh – Detained chief of Aceh Referendum Information Center (SIRA) Muhammad Nazar demanded on Friday that the case against him be brought to…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – Irian Jaya local authorities on Friday stepped up negotiation efforts with separatist rebels to free 16 hostages, including three…
Associated Press - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – New fighting in Indonesia's restive Aceh province has killed at least four people, police said Saturday.
Local police…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH) and a federation of bank labor unions (Aspek Indonesia) were united on Friday in deploring the…
Jakarta Post - January 27, 2001
Jakarta – Disputing Shangri-La hotel management and the hotel's labor union lashed out at each other on Friday over what each claimed were…
January 26, 2001
Associated Press - January 26, 2001
Dili – Human rights activists Friday welcomed the first successful prosecution of an East Timorese militiaman implicated in the 1999 post-…
Jane's Defense Weekly - January 26, 2001
John Haseman, Bangkok – India and Indonesia have signed a military co-operation agreement to expand military contacts and training opportunities…