Jakarta – More than 60,000 police and troops will be deployed to safeguard the Indonesian capital when election campaigning starts…

Dili – Hundreds of East Timorese students in Dili demonstrated peacefully Thursday, for the third day in a row, waving banners and…

For twenty-three years, the people of East Timor have awaited this agreement which acknowledges their right to self-determination.

The…

New York – The people of East Timor will be asked to to choose between two questions in the territory's August 8 plebiscite.

The accord…

Jakarta – Student groups from several universities disclosed on Tuesday that they plan to mobilize thousands of students on May 12 to join a…

Dan Murphy, Jakarta – Lucrative deals no longer flow to former President Suharto's children and some of his best-known cronies. But for most of…

Lhokseumawe – A regional military commander in troubled Aceh province has defended the army's shooting of protesters, as officials said Wednesday…

Jakarta – The recent violence in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province may make it impossible for people there to take part in the June 7 elections,…

Last Wednesday, 5 May, the autonomy proposal of Indonesia for East Timor was signed in Jakarta and Lissabon. In three months time, the East…

[The following is the text of the "Agreement between the Republic of Indonesia and the Portuguese Republic on the question of East Timor"…

[FORTILOS received the following information today from Yayasan HAK, Dili, Timor Lorosae.]

Yayasan HAK reported that…

Jakarta – President B.J. Habibie is concerned over clashes involving Muslim sympathizers of political parties. "He is concerned over clashes…

New York – The two main East Timor opposition parties, FRETILIN and the UDT (Timorese Democratic Union), want the UN to guarantee that…

Jakarta – Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) Marzuki Darusman has said the defiance of East Timor's pro-integration…

Mark Dodd, Dili – Pro-Indonesian paramilitary groups formed and in some cases armed by the Indonesian military are continuing their campaign of…

The Medan-based daily, Waspada in its Tuesday May 4 edition has confirmed that the number shot dead in the massacre in North Aceh on Monday 3 May…

Jeremy Wagstaff, Soreang – This country has endured wrenching change in the past year. Violence is so commonplace that killings of fewer than 50…

Jakarta – Indonesian Justice Minister Muladi said Monday he believed jailed East Timorese leader Xanana Gusmao should be released so…

Jakarta – A protest by hundreds of farmers claiming rights to land developed by a state plantation company in West Java left thousands…

N. Priharwanto, Jakarta – Thousands of workers from the Jabotabek industrial zone gathered on the grounds of the University of…

Jakarta – Hundreds of labourers and university students held a protest here Saturday demanding the release of jailed labour defender Dita Sari as…

Brian Toohey – An audience of two. That's all the Western Australian Liberal Senator, Sue Knowles, wanted when she rose to speak in Parliament on…

Jakarta – Indonesia's president pleaded with his country's wealthy elite Saturday not to flee abroad ahead of a landmark June 7 parliamentary…

Jakarta – Police suspect 11 victims found in a mass grave in East Timor were members an anti-independence militia group that has been…

Jakarta – Five weeks ahead of the June 7 general election, poll watch organizations warned on Friday of various disruptions, including separatists…

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Mobs of angry Balinese have been rampaging through the usually tranquil beach resort of Kuta this week – an area…

Clashes between local residents, staff and members of the security forces have resulted in at least six deaths and hundreds of injuries at the…

Marianne Kearney, Jakarta – Riau, Indonesia's most oil-rich province in central Sumatra, has demanded that it become a semi-autonomous federal…

Jose Manuel Tesoro and Tom McCawley – "We were hunted like pigs." That's how Madurese farmer Amidi describes being driven from his West Kalimantan…

Elizabeth Bukowski – Pramoedya Ananta Toer may have lost more than a decade of his life to the forced labor camp on Indonesia's Buru Island. But…

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Of course there was corruption under former President Suharto, said his half-brother recently, acknowledging a fact of life…

Jakarta – Hundreds of employees of the state-run water company, PAM Jaya, staged peaceful demonstrations at the British and French…

Jakarta – The last batch of the 3,000-member People's Security (Kamra) civilian force have just completed their 12-day military training course,…

Jakarta – President B.J. Habibie warned Thursday against any revival of communism in Indonesia, urging people to remember the mistakes of the past…

Jakarta – The Indonesian government will be unable to introduce meaningful legal or political reform if the army remains involved in politics, a…

John McBeth, Jakarta – The flyer from the East Timor Pro-Integration Information Centre billed it as an "Invade Dili" rally. Three days later, on…

Simon Ingram, Bali – A leading activist for independence in East Timor has fled the territory with members of his family saying he intends to seek…

Sydney – Reports that a document has been made public by Amnesty International which comes from a group called Red Blood Commando (Komando Darah…

Dili – Violence by militias has risen so sharply ahead of an August 8 vote on autonomy from Indonesia that a UN peacekeeping force is needed in…

In a statement issued on his behalf by his lawyer, Hendardi, chair of the PBHI, Xanana Gusmao, the president of the CNRT said that generally…

Jakarta – 150 students who went to Timor ro assist in the reconciliation process were forced to return to Java following threats from…

Jakarta – Three prominent Muslim parties have formed a coalition for the next general election, saying they want to grab a sizeable…

Cameron Stewart – The size of the planned UN observer force to East Timor next month may need to be increased because of unstable security in the…

Democratisation in Indonesia has forced president Suharto to end his 32 years of rule. International pressure, specifically by donor countries,…

Jay Solomon, Pekanbaru – One of Indonesia's richest provinces is slowly prying control of its natural wealth from the central government, posing a…

[The following statement drafted by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor is being circulated for endorsement. To add your name to…

On Monday, 26 April, FOKUPERS received news from a resident of Liquisa that ABRI has threatened people living in the countryside, in places remote…

Nusa Dua – Indonesian President B.J. Habibie said on Tuesday he fully accepted a UN-brokered autonomy package for troubled East Timor and that his…

Peter Hartcher – John Howard's emergency summit today with the President of Indonesia is not the high-risk event as advertised - both men want the…

Tual – Police fired shots Tuesday to disperse battling mobs of Muslims and Christians in a region of eastern Indonesia that has been…