[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a report sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
At 1am yesterday night,…
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July 29, 1997
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 29, 1997
Toronto Star - July 29, 1997
Allan Thompson, Ottawa – Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy last year approved the sale of military equipment to Indonesia, which has been…
Jakarta Post - July 29, 1997
Jakarta – About a third of the World Bank's loans to Indonesia have leaked and disappeared into the bureaucracy, an export on Indonesia's economy…
July 28, 1997
Text of report by Portuguese radio - July 28, 1997
The UDT [Timorese Democratic Union] has reservations regarding [South African President] Nelson Mandela's diplomatic initiative on East Timor. The…
Tapol - July 28, 1997
TAPOL is bitterly disappointed that the Government's proclaimed ethical foreign policy was today killed off in its infancy with Robin Cook's…
Info Pembebasan - July 28, 1997
[This is the second part of translation sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD). The first part was published in ASIET NetNews Number…
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 28, 1997
[The following is a translation of a statement sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
74 people of the 75 arrested…
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - Posted July 28, 1997
[The following is an abridged translation of a report sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party]
As reported in the mass…
Peoples Democratic Party Statement - July 28, 1997
[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a press statement sent to ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) by the…
Voice of America - July 28, 1997
Jakarta – Jakarta police are holding 85 people arrested in opposition protests Sunday marking the one year anniversary of riots in the capital.…
Jeffrey A. Winters - July 28, 1997
The World Bank has a public face and a private face. The public face I call the Rhetorical Bank. This is the part of the Bank we are all familiar…
World Bank Press Release - July 28, 1997
Washington – World Bank loans to Indonesia are thoroughly supervised and audited to ensure that they are devoted to the poverty-alleviating…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - July 28, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) fears for the safety of Santina Morreira Belo, aged 22, and her baby aged under one, who disappeared…
July 27, 1997
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 27, 1997
[The following is a translation of a chronology sent to ASIET written on Sunday, July 27, 12 midnight and by the underground Peoples Democratic…
Digest No. 38 (Indonesian news with comment) - July 27, 1997
[A version of this appears in the latest edition of the Darwin-based AustralAsian]
Picture the scene. East Timor resistance hero Xanana…
Voice of America - July 27, 1997
Jakarta – Riot police and soldiers blocked hundreds of demonstrators from holding a prayer service in front of the Indonesian Democracy Party…
Radio Australia - 27 July, 1997
East Timor's Bishop Belo says he is declining an invitation to South Africa to meet President Nelson Mandela.
He says he has a…
Info Pembebasan - July 26/27, 1997
[The following are translations of a number of reports on the July 26 and 27 commemoration actions held in Jakarta and sent to ASIET by the…
July 26, 1997
Voice of America - July 26, 1997
Jakarta – around 2,000 people gathered for a memorial service in Jakarta Saturday to mark one year since violent riots in the capital. Jenny Grant…
July 25, 1997
Voice of America - July 25, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesian police have banned weekend commemorations marking one year since riots in Jakarta left five people dead and more than 100…
July 24, 1997
Voice of America - July 24, 1997
Jakarta – Hundreds of supporters of ousted opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri marched (Thursday) in Central Jakarta celebrating a minor court…
Human Rights Defender - July 24, 1997
The International Secretariat has been informed by a reliable source of the grave concern that exists for the physical and psychological integrity…
July 23, 1997
Info-Pembebasan (info-Liberation) - July 23, 1997
[The following is a translation of a leaflet sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD). The original source of the leaflets and posters…
Republika - 23 July, 1997 (from Tapol)
Johannesburg – South Africa's President Nelsom Mandela issued a statement through the President's Office confirming reports of his meeting with…
July 22, 1997
Radio Australia - July 22, 1997
Indonesian authorities are reported to have released two journalists jailed for insulting the Government.
The Jakarta Post…
Reuters - July 22, 1997
Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta – Indonesia on Tuesday published an updated version of its 1995 white paper on defence, stressing the importance of…
July 21, 1997
Reuters - July 21, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia on Monday said it had rejected overseas medical treatment for an ailing independent labour leader on trial for subversion.…
The American Reporter - July 21, 1997
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – In yet another attempt to suppress criticism of the long-running Suharto regime, an Indonesian court here sentenced a…
July 20, 1997
Tapol - July 20, 1997
The speech on Thursday, 17 July, by Robin Cook in which he again stressed that human rights would be at the heart of Britain's foreign policy…
July 18, 1997
Reuters - July 18, 1997
Jakarta – One East Timorese rebel resisting Indonesia's rule in the former Portuguese colony has been killed in an attack on the 21st anniversary…
Financial Times - July 18, 1997
The government is expected to allow British Aerospace to complete the contentious sale of 16 Hawk fighter aircraft to Indonesia, following advice…
July 16, 1997
The Australian - July 16, 1997
Patrick Walters, Jakarta – One of Indonesia's most experienced infantry officers with extensive combat experience in East Timor has been named…
July 14, 1997
East Timor Human Rights Centre - July 14, 1997
Concerns are held for Joaquim Moreira and up to 84 other East Timorese people who may still be in detention following their arrest in June 1997(…
July 12, 1997
ASIET - 12 July, 1997
[The following is a translation of a statement sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party (PRD) and also includes a short report…
July 11, 1997
American Reporter - July 11, 1997
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – Rumors have started to circulate in Jakarta that President Suharto is hinting that Harmoko – like many Indonesians, he…
Info-Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 11, 1997
[The following is a translation of an interview between Mirah Mahardika. Coordinator, Central Leadership Committee, Peoples Democratic Party (KPP-…
Catholic Institute for International Relations Press Release - July 11, 1997
Jose Ramos-Horta, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and representative of the East Timorese resistance, has welcomed the Foreign Secretary's commitment…
July 10, 1997
Agence France Presse - July 10, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities will bring 33 people to court over protests in the capital of East Timor during the visit of a United Nations…
Interfax - July 10, 1997
Moscow – Russia intends to help Indonesia in developing that country's nuclear power industry, in particular in the construction of nuclear power…
Tapol - July 10, 1997
According to an AFP report of 5 July, based on a report from Antara news agency of the same day, 'relatives of the slain East Timorese rebel David…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - 10 July, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) holds grave fears for the safety of five East Timorese men still in military custody following their…
George J. Aditjondro - July 10, 1997
[This is an updated and revised version of sections of a paper presented at the Oslo University public seminar on East Timor, Monday, December 9,…
Tapol - July 10, 1997
According to a report in Media Indonesia on 9 July, Harmoko, who was recently removed as Minister of Information is likely to be named…
July 9, 1997
ITAR-TASS - July 9, 1997
Moscow – Indonesia is analysing the combat characteristics of Russian military equipment and is considering the possibility of acquiring some, […
July 8, 1997
Antara - July 8, 1997
Moscow – Indonesia and Russia on Monday agreed to expand cooperation in the field of aviation technology and electrical power, visiting Research…
July 4, 1997
Agence France Presse - July 4, 1997
Lisbon – UN and Indonesian officials are to set up an inquiry into the death of the deputy leader of East Timorese rebels fighting Indonesian…
Lusa - July 4, 1997
Dili – Indonesian securities forces have killed one East Timorese guerilla member and captured 14 others during an operation on…
Amnesty International - July 4, 1997
It is believed that the fifth man arrested in Kaibada, near Baucau in East Timor on 25 June, is Cesario da Costa. The five included David Alex,…
Wim F. Wertheim - July 4, 1997
It is well known that since 27th July, the day on which the Suharto regime in a most violent manner crushed the peaceful movement in Indonesia…
July 3, 1997
Agence France Presse - July 3, 1997
Jakarta – The Indonesian military commander in troubled East Timor Thursday dismissed reports that rebel leader David Alex was still alive but…