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April 8, 1997
Kompas - April 8, 1997 (Posted by Tapol)
Sydney Morning Herald - April 8, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – The central Javanese town of Pekalongan was under military control yesterday after further political riots…
April 7, 1997
Tapol - April 7, 1997
34 people accused of being involved in the demonstration in Dili during the visit last month of Jamsheed Marker, the UN special envoy…
Ruters - April 7, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia said on Monday that Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta's claim that he had fresh evidence of widespread torture…
Reuters - April 7, 1997
Geneva – The camera zooms in to show a man's blood-covered wrist, nailed to his prison plank. Men in khakis torture inmates with sticks, chair…
Indonesian Observer - April 7 1997
Indonesian Ambassador-at-large, Lopes Da cruz, has refuted foreign allegations that a special program has been developed to spread Islam in the…
April 6, 1997
Guardian Weekly - April 6, 1997
When Jose Ramos Horta won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with his fellow East Tmorese, Monsignor Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, there were hopes…
ASIET - April 6, 1997
ASIET has received the following message (abridged translation) from the East Timorese underground in Java.
Statement begins: Suharto regime…
April 5, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - April 5, 1997
Paul Mcgeough and agencies – Dozens of young East Timorese detained since the military broke up a peaceful demonstration in Dili two weeks ago are…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 5, 1997
The Government seems to be widening its crackdown on political dissent but students argue that this tactic will simply cripple the next generation…
ASIET - April 5, 1997
ASIET has received the following message (abridged translation) from the East Timorese underground in Java
Statement begins: Suharto regime…
April 4, 1997
Kompas Online - April 4, 1997
Julisu Usman and Saleh Abdullah, activists from PUDI, were released on 3 April after being held by the Attorney-General for 29 days. This was…
Sydney Morning Herald - April 4, 1997
Gordon Feeney, Jakarta – A new Australian study has accused glamour sports shoe maker Nike of callous exploitation of workers, including children…
Community Aid Abroad - April 4, 1997
New report reveals "worst conditions yet" in Nike contractor's factory.
"It's the most disturbing report we've seen so far," Community Aid…
South China Morning Post - April 4, 1997
Agence France Presse in Jakarta - Foreign Minister Ali Alatas yesterday dismissed rumours that President Suharto had suffered a stroke…
Kompas - April 4, 1997
Jakarta – Foreign Minister Ali Alatas said today that the whole debate around President Suharto's health, which has been given ample coverage in…
April 3, 1997
Bali Post - April 3, 1997
Denpasar – The pro-Soerjadi Indonesian Democratic Party Secretariat in Denpasar, Wednesday (2/4) yesterday at around 1.30pm, was occupied by…
South China Morning Post - April 3, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Indonesia's leader for 30 years, President Suharto, has sounded a note of caution about his age, while his daughter shapes…
Straits Times - April 3, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia banned political parties contesting the May 29 general election from obtaining foreign aid, the Media Indonesia…
Australian Financial Review - April 3, 1997
Ian Howarth – BHP Petroleum was announced yesterday as the operator of a new multibillion-dollar oil and gas development in the Timor Sea, based…
Kompas - April 3, 1997 (Abridged)
Yogya korem commander Col Gaffar has said that the 24 students arrested while demonstrating on the Gadjah Mada University campus are now under…
Amnesty International - April 3, 1997
24 students A protest against the arrest of 24 students in Yogyakarta, Central Java on 1 April has resulted in eight further arrests and beatings…
April 2, 1997
Lusa - April 2, 1997
Lisbon – The Indonesian police has still under custody 25 out of the 33 East Timorese students arrested last week after breaking into…
Amnesty International - April 2, 1997
Some 24 students were arrested and several others injured when members of the Indonesian security forces broke up a demonstration in Yogyakarta,…
South China Morning Post - April 2, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The ousted leader of the Indonesian Democracy Party, Megawati Sukarnoputri, plans to withdraw support for the party in the…
Agence France Presse - April 2, 1997
Jakarta – President Suharto's children and other relatives will contest general elections next month while opposition leader Megawati…
EBRI - April 2, 1997
Opinion leaders say the Indonesian government's plan to invite foreign observers to monitor the implementation of the 1997 general election is a…
Business Times - April 2, 1997
SN Vasuki – As Indonesia's ruling establishment braces itself for crucial parliamentary elections on May 29, analysts are puzzled by the…
Wall Street Journal - April 2, 1997
Jakarta – After years of living contentedly, many import-dependent businesses in Indonesia worry that changes in customs procedures could bring…
KPDI - April 2, 1997
On April 2, 1997 students from several Yogyakarta universities along with members of the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI)- Struggle organised in…
EBRI - April 2, 1997
A score of youths grouped in the Indonesian Youth Committee last week staged a demonstration in front of the Attorney General Office in Jakarta,…
Reuters - April 2, 1997
Jakarta – The ghost of Indonesia's founding president Sukarno still haunts his successor, Suharto, who is intent on stressing the legitimacy of…
April 1, 1997
Granada - April 1, 1997
Granada, Spain – Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) was awarded the International Press Institute's "Free Media…
South China Morning Post - April, 4 1997
Deutsche Presse Agentur in Jakarta – A court has sentenced 30 people to between three days and three months in jail following riots…
Straits Times - April 1, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's main Muslim party has accused a number of ulamas of inciting last week's riots in a small Central Java town, a report said…
KPDI - April 1, 1997
Today on April 1 the repressive apparatus of the New Order has acted even more brutally against the movement to establish democracy in Indonesia…
South China Morning Post - April 1, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The appearance of President Suharto's daughter, Siti Hardiyanti Rukmana, with Indonesia's most influential Muslim leader,…
Radio Australia - April 1, 1997
Indonesian police have freed 33 East Timorese who had been held since last Thursday after entering the Austrian embassy in Jakarta in…
Straits Times - April 1, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's minority parties said yesterday that election funding given by the government was too small to cover campaign costs for the…
Tapol - April 1997
On 29 May this year, the Indonesian people will be expected, indeed required, to take part in a general election, the results of which will have…
Tapol - April 1997
On 29 May this year, the Indonesian people will be expected, indeed required, to take part in a general election, the results of which will have…
March 31, 1997
Lusa - March 31, 1997
Lisbon – The Indonesian police has demanded 33 East Timorese youths arrested last week after breaking into the Austrian embassy in…
Reuters - March 31, 1997
Jakarta – An East Timorese man has been jailed for one year for spreading hatred against Indonesian President Suharto after displaying a banner in…
Lusa - March 31, 1997
Jakarta – A member of Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission has accused the country's police of physically maltreating East…
Tapol - March 31, 1997
In a letter dated 31 March 1997 to the chief of police of Jakarta, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation, the YLBHI, has asked whether…
Stop the Hawks coalition - March 31, 1997
Four East Timorese refugees and a Catholic priest arrested in East Trespass at British Aerospace Warton
This Easter morning, 31 March, four…
March 30, 1997
Agence France Presse - March 30, 1997
Jakarta – Trials for about 30 people charged with involvement in riots in Indonesia's Central Java last week have already begun.
…Straits Times - March 30, 1997
Susan Sim, Jakarta – Indonesia's favourite guessing game – who will be the next Vice-President – has been moved up a notch this past week with…
March 29, 1997
Antara - March 29, 1997
Semarang – The Central Java provincial branch of the United Development Party (PPP) is asking the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM…
Dow Jones News - March 29, 1997
Jakarta – More than 30 people have been arrested since riots broke out in central Java early this week, the official Antara news…