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June 6, 1997

Antara - June 6, 1997

Canberra – Australia's labor federation will support Indonesia at an International Labor Organisation (ILO) conference to be held in…

SiaR - June 6, 1997

A quite surprising reorganisation of the cabinet and changes in the leadership of the army by the president were announced on Wednesday. This was…

June 5, 1997

USIS foreign media reaction report - June 5, 1997

The record margin achieved by Indonesia's ruling Golkar Party in parliamentary elections in that country last week moved foreign analysts to weigh…

South China Morning Post - June 5, 1997

Darwin – Twelve people have been killed and more than 200 arrested in the town of Baucau in the past two days, East Timorese activists…

Straits Times - June 5, 1997

Sampang – Indonesia held an unprecedented re-vote on Madura island yesterday following violence in last week's general election, but many in the…

Human Rights Watch/Asia - June 5, 1997

New York – We have received new information about the killing of seven civilians at the home of Castelho, a teacher at the local…

Reuters - June 5, 1997

Jakarta – Human Rights Watch/Asia on Thursday voiced concern over what it described as widespread arrests of civilians and dissidents in East…

June 4, 1997

Jose Ramos-Horta - June 4, 1997

The East Timorese armed resistance is very much alive, despite the propaganda claims by the Indonesian armed forces in the Suharto regime that the…

Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - June 4, 1997

On Tuesday June 3, around 50 youths from the Megawati Supporters Group (Gerakan Pendukung Megawati, GPM) held an action at the national…

Asia Monitor Resource Centre (Abridged) - June 4, 1997

On June 16, 1997, the Indonesian Government will introduce the Manpower Bill to parliament and force its passage into law, thereby consolidating…

Human Rights Watch/Asia - June 4, 1997

A series of attacks between May 27 and May 31 by resistance forces in East Timor, leading to the deaths of at least nine civilians and more than…

Antara - June 4, 1997

Jakarta – The French government has decided to award Indonesian Research and Technology Minister BJ Habibie with the "Grand Officier…

June 3, 1997

National Council of Maubere Resistance/Executive Committee of Fight of Armed Front - June 3, 1997

[ETAN/US received the following document as a fax, in English, from the resistance in East Timor. This is the first direct report we have seen…

SiaR - June 3, 1997

Jakarta – The alliance between the puppet Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI) lead by Soerjadi and those who have so far supported them, the…

SiaR - June 3, 1997

Jakarta – All of the predictions and results of research said that the Golput figure would increase in the 1997 elections, now it has come true.…

June 2, 1997

SiaR - June 2, 1997

Jakarta – The votes obtained by Golkar skyrocketed leaving the United Development Party (PPP) trailing behind at the end of vote counting. In…

Agence France Presse - June 2, 1997

Cologne, Germany – East Timor resistance spokesman Ramos Horta said Monday a bloody weekend rebel attack is a warning to the Indonesian…

June 1, 1997

Siar - June 1, 1997

Sampang – At least 11 United Development Party (PPP) supporters were wounded when shot by the military during a riot which occurred in the…

The Scotsman - June 1, 1997

Rob Stokes – "Made in Britain - used in faraway places to kill dissidents". The government is being challenged to ban UK arms and related sales to…

The Daily Hammer - June (posted July 23, 1997)

Three East Timorese refugees took part in further nonviolent resistance to British weapons exports to Indonesia at the beginning of May, painting…

May 31, 1997

Voice of America - May 31, 1997

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – provisional results show that President Suharto's Golkar Party won another landslide victory during Indonesian elections…

South China Morning Post - May 31, 1997

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Riots and protests at alleged vote-rigging yesterday greeted the ruling Golkar party's triumph in the legislative election…

Radio Australia - May 31, 1997

Election analysts in Indonesia are claiming widespread irregularities in the country's general elections.

The Jakarta-…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 31, 1997

Louise Williams, Jakarta – The Government-backed Golkar Party has won a sweeping victory in Indonesia's national elections, but it was overkill.…

Reuters - May 31, 1997

Jakarta – Indonesia on Saturday replaced its army commander in the heavily militarised province of East Timor, days after the deadliest wave of…

May 30, 1997

Digest No. 33 - 30 May

With only about 7% of the vote counted by 10pm last night, this morning's Indonesian newspaper reports are only an indication of the final result…

Reuters - May 30, 1997

Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta – Indonesia's ruling Golkar party was cruising towards its forecast landslide victory in parliamentary elections on…

Wall Street Journal - May 30, 1997

Richard Borsuk, Jakarta – Early results of Indonesia's parliamentary election confirmed what was known long before the tumultuous campaign –…

Voice of America - May 30, 1997

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Indonesia's poll watchdog on Friday blasted violations and fraud in the nation's general elections held a day earlier. As…

Reuters - May 30, 1997

Jakarta – An independent election monitoring group said on Monday national polls on Thursday would not be fair because they favoured the ruling…

Lusa News - May 30, 1997

Sintra, Portugal – "Portugal does not recognise any validity in the elections that took place in East Timor on May 29, as a result of…

Reuters - May 30, 1997

Washington – The United States called for changes in Indonesia's political system on Friday, as the Asian country's ruling party swept to an…

SiaR - May 30, 1997

Jakarta – The Kopassus commander, Major General Prabowo Subianto, was not present a the Gondangdia polling station, Jl Cendana 31 when president…

Jakarta Post - May 30, 1997

Banda Aceh – Troops repulsed suspected Free Aceh Movement separatist rebels approaching a polling station in Pidie regency yesterday, the police…

May 29, 1997

South China Morning Post - May 29, 1997

Jenny Grant, Idah enjoys the weekend like any other child - playing noisy games with her friends.

But unlike most 14-year-olds, when Monday…

Far Eastern Economic Review - May 29, 1997

Margot Cohen, Jakarta – The partygoers brought their own weapons-rocks, bricks, knives, machetes, even snakes, were brandished in the final weeks…

Reuters - May 29, 1997

Leslie Gevirtz, Boston – A Massachusetts state legislative committee Thursday approved a measure that would impose sanctions against companies…

Radio Australia - May 29, 1997

Indonesian authorities say at least 15 people have died in East Timor, in a series of attacks by suspected separatist rebels.

Voice of America - May 29, 1997

Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians went to the polls for general parliamentary elections Thursday. As Jenny Grant reports from Jakarta…

Reuters - May 29, 1997

Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta – At least 14 people died in a wave of election-eve violence in East Timor and as million of Indonesians voted on…

East Timor Human Rights Centre - May 29, 1997

The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) holds grave fears for the safety of Julio Gomes, 18, from Luca village in the district of…

East Timor Human Rights Centre - May 29, 1997

The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) has received further information in relation to Joao Guterres (also known as Mau-Lana),…

Ramos Horta Statement - 29 May, 1997

For the sixth time in 27 years, the Suharto regime of Indonesia has stage-managed a mock election aimed at legitimizing itself primarily in…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 29, 1997

Louise Williams, Jakarta – When Indonesia's democracy leader, Ms Megawati Sukarnoputri, announced her decision to boycott today's election, she…

Sydney Morning Herald - May 29, 1997

Louise Williams, Jakarta – A jittery Indonesian public prepared to vote in national elections today with 25,000 extra troops securing the capital…

New York Times - May 29, 1997

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Something happened on the way to the thoroughly engineered government landslide that is widely expected on Thursday in a…

Australian Financial Review - May 29, 1997

Greg Earl, Jakarta – Mudrick Sangidoe points to his colourful new hat before his third audience in as many hours: "My brother brought this back…

Kyodo - May 29, 1997

Christine T. Tjandraningsih, Jakarta – The ruling Golkar party took a commanding lead Thursday in Indonesia's general election that is guaranteed…

May 28, 1997

Vancouver Sun - May 28, 1997

Edward Alden, Jakarta - On one side of the lagoon, Arie, his wife and two children live in a tiny shack of scrap wood and rusting corrugated iron…

Reuters - May 28, 1997

Jakarta – Two Indonesian policemen were killed and four injured after rebels attacked their convoy in the troubled territory of East Timor, church…