We have been informed by Solidamor in Jakarta that major military operations are underway in sub-district Alas, district of Manufahi.…

Lisbon – Portugal Friday suspended a New York meeting with the United Nations and Indonesia over East Timor, following intelligence reports of a…

Jakarta – Members of the University of Indonesia faculty, in a moving eulogy to their students slain last Friday in a clash with security…

Jakarta – Some 3,000 students Thursday began to march in central Jakarta in the second attempt this week to protest outside the posh residence of…

Jakarta – An Indonesian rights group has accused the military of provoking clashes between security forces and students that left 16 dead last…

Paul Daley – Australia's relationship with Indonesia will be further strained by new revelations that the Indonesian Army has bolstered its forces…

Jakarta – An estimated 10,000 students returned to rally in the streets on Wednesday afternoon (18 Nov). They scattered flowers in memory of their…

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The former governor of East Timor has broken his silence on the 1991 Dili massacre, claiming dozens more people were…

Hamish Mcdonald – Australia's ambassador in Jakarta was told by a key Indonesian army officer a few weeks after the massacre at Dili's Santa Cruz…

Jakarta, – Seven students were seriously injured and rushed to the hospital after clashes with soldiers in eastern Indonesia, reports here said…

Jakarta – A number of "mysterious" people armed with a type of UZI-type handguns were discovered by Team of Volunteers for Humanity and KONTRAS…

Louise Williams and Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Claims that opposition figures were guilty of inciting rebellion meant the Habibie Government was…

Jakarta – Tight security remained in force in Central Jakarta Tuesday despite a semblance of calm as flags were flown at half-mast in memory of…

Louise Williams, Jakarta – Student protesters have switched tactics and called a three-day general strike and a period of national mourning after…

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Indonesian President B. J. Habibie has conceded for the first time that he may have to speed up presidential elections…

Greg Earl, Jakarta – As a line of Marines suddenly broke formation on the main road to Indonesia's Parliament about 3pm on Saturday, the students…

Jakarta – East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao has spelled out his blueprint for the territory's gradual independence from Indonesia, a…

Jakarta – Two people were shot dead and five others injured during a five-hour stand off between police and a rebel group in Indonesia…

Jakarta – A number of well know figures including retired high ranking military officers have been "secured" by the police following the riots in…

This preliminary data was obtained from a number journalists and checked against data from Kontras (Committee of the Disappeared and Victims of…

Louise Williams – Tens of thousands of anti-Government protesters marched on Indonesia's symbolic Parliament building today as security forces…

Jakarta – The bloody tragedy at the Semanggi bridge apparently has sparked even more extensive action than the previous days. On Saturday (14/11)…

Jakarta – A former Jakarta governor was picked up by police here Sunday for questioning, the fifth opposition figure netted in a subversion probe…

Seth Mydans, Jakarta – Faced with a huge student protest and a wild outbreak of rioting and arson, President B.J. Habibie said Saturday that he…

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Jakarta – Fallen Indonesian president Suharto has criticized the government of his successor, B.J. Habibie, for failing to prevent the…

Jakarta – The following are excerpts of the 12 decrees adopted by the Special Session of the People's Consultative Assembly on Friday.

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Canberra – Australian Prime Minister John Howard said Saturday he had faith in Indonesian President B.J. Habibie implementing the reforms…

Four months after scores of Irian Jaya villagers were allegedly brutalised and murdered by Indonesian troops for raising an independence flag, the…

Lisbon – A Portuguese former governor of East Timor said Saturday that the 1991 massacre by Indonesian troops at a Dili cemetery was…

Louise Williams, Jakarta – Five people were reportedly killed and scores injured after riot troops and tanks rammed student lines in at least…

Michael Dorgan, Jakarta – In the worst day of violence since riots brought down President Suharto in May, about a dozen people were killed Friday…

Louise Williams – Inside Indonesia's imposing Parliament building the remnants of former President Soeharto's political elite were preparing to…

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Opposition leaders and human rights groups pressured Indonesian President B.J. Habibie and military chief General…

Keith B. Richburg, Jakarta – Troops opened fire with rubber bullets, tear gas and water cannon here today to disperse thousands of chanting, flag-…

Jenny Grant – In one of the ironies of Indonesia's tightly guarded National Assembly meeting, 150 local journalists staged a protest on the front…

[The following is a summary of developments in Jakarta as of Friday, November 13, which was prepared by ASIET (Action in Solidarity with…

Jakarta – Troops in the troubled Indonesian territory of East Timor were hunting for rebels who killed three soldiers and were holding…

Lewa Pardomuan, Dili – East Timorese on Thursday marked the killings of scores of unarmed protesters on this day in 1991 with tears and renewed…

Jakarta – The management of an American-based oil company denied on Tuesday that it should share the blame for human rights abuses in…

Jakarta – Indonesian opposition leaders yesterday issued a joint declaration calling for a presidential election in August next year, three months…

Jakarta – One day before the MPR Special Session (SS) in Jakarta, Monday (9/11), the group of supporters and opponents of the SS are competing in…

Jakarta – A violent battle between rival Jakarta neighborhood gangs ended with a huge fire in the early hours of Sunday.

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A fact-finding team issued a report last week confirming that gang rapes did occur during the May riots in Jakarta and that the upheaval could be…

Jakarta – Thousands of students here and in several other cities staged peaceful rallies on Friday to demand the upcoming Special Session of the…

Jakarta – The number of abortions in Indonesia had reached an estimated one million cases a year, most of them carried out on teenagers, an expert…

Jakarta – Indonesia's highest legislative body, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), will hold a special session on November 10-13 to decide…

Jakarta – The rupiah rose again to 8,450 against the US dollar on Friday and local stock prices inched down 0.4 percent on profit taking, currency…

Appointed secretary of the fact-finding team in July, she now says, following the publication of its report last week, that there is not enough…

As terrorised villagers turn to murder, the May riot findings have fuelled fears that disgraced Indonesian special forces are running death squads…