Let us unite to overthrow the pro-imperialist government of SBY-Boediono and the rotten political elite. Replace them with a United Government of the Poor!

Hen Hen, Jakarta – A number of social and student organisations held a protest action in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building on May 21 to commemorated 12 years of refor

Yogyakarta – Activists from the United People's Movement (GRB) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a protest action by placing flowers on a grave at the zero kilometer point nea

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Amid strong public demand to name the late former President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid a national hero, the Golkar Party on Sunday called for the same honor to be bestowed on its found

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The reform movement has been gathering pace for the past 11 years but justice and prosperity have not trickled down to the people because the movement has

Harry Bhaskara, Jakarta – In a sense, the media is like an eligible bride who often has a honeymoon with a new government.

Jakarta – Waves of protesters commemorating 10 years of reformasi took to the streets on Wednesday May 21.

Jakarta – Former student activists who took part in the historic rallies of May 1998 have called their struggle for sweeping reforms a disappointment.

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – A number of organisations are endeavouring to thwart the government's plan to increase the price of fuel and are planning to besiege the State Palace in Cent

[The following is a translation of a series of 12 interviews with leaders of labour, peasant, fisherpeople, urban and rural poor, environmental, student and social-political organisa

[The full text of this report is available at http://www.usindo.org/publications/briefs/2008/R

[What explains the extraordinary longevity of Indonesia's 'New Order', and what are the legacies of three decades of dictatorship?

Bandung – Ten years since process of reformasi started, Indonesia has not undergone any significant political or economic reform.

Jakarta – Soeharto's alleged past crimes, including allowing the deaths of thousands and other human rights abuses, should effectively deny him hero status, a political discussion heard

Jakarta – One of Indonesia's top news weeklies apologised Wednesday about the cover of its latest issue, which depicts Suharto and his children in a composition mimicking that of Leonar

John Passant – War criminal Suharto is dead. Look for the tears from his Western supporters.

Most of the severest of Suharto'c critics, inside and outside of Indonesia, rightly concentrate of the gross violations of human rights during his 33 years of power.

Joseph Nevins – The death of Suharto, the strongman who ruled Indonesia for more than three decades, is cause for reflection in the United States, particularly as Americans choose our n

Paul Keating – The death of Soeharto, the former president of Indonesia, gives all Australians a chance to assess the value of his life and the relationship between Indonesia and Austra

Apriadi Gunawan and Nana Rukmana, Medan/Cirebon – Mixed reactions have greeted a proposal to bestow national hero status upon controversial former president Soeharto.

In an article – The nation builder – in today's Sydney Morning Herald, Paul Keating attempts to justify his attendance at Suharto's funeral last week.

Peter Rodgers – "Enigma" has had a big workout this week.

Peter Symonds – Anyone who harbours any illusion that the current Labor government in Canberra will establish a more enlightened Australian foreign policy should examine the reaction th

Syed Badrul Ahsan – Mahathir Mohamad's assessment of the recently deceased Suharto does not hold up to scrutiny.

Jakarta – The reform movement that started 10 years ago has failed to produce significant changes because of the corrupt political and economic systems inherited from the New Order regi

Stephen Fitzpatrick, Jakarta – The old general is in the ground and, in theory, Indonesia is marking seven days of mourning, with flags across the nation being flown at half-mast.

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Amid mounting calls for the government to grant Soeharto a hero status, the National Commission on Human Rights said Tuesday it would continue investigations i

Ben Terrall – In the last days of his life, the former Indonesian dictator Suharto, who died at the weekend, was visited in his private Jakarta hospital room by a parade of notables inc

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – An Indonesian court yesterday said a civil lawsuit against former president Suharto will now target his children, amid calls to pursue his family's allegedly il

The Indonesian Legal Aid Institute Foundation (YLBHI) said the late former president, Suharto, does not deserve the title of "national hero" because a number of legal cases against him

Wellington – New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said on Tuesday that former Indonesian President Suharto's human rights record was "appalling" and she would not sign a condolence bo

Jakarta – The national media are coming under fire for their "exaggerated" coverage of Soeharto's funeral.

Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Former strongman Soeharto who died Sunday and was buried at a family mausoleum Monday, ruled Indonesia like a Javanese king, experts said.

The death of Suharto is a reminder of the west's ignoble role in propping up a murderous regime

Marilyn Berger – Suharto of Indonesia, whose 32-year dictatorship was one of the most brutal and corrupt of the 20th century, died Sunday in Jakarta. He was 86.

Louise Williams – "I thank the people for their help and support during my leadership of this country and I beg forgiveness for any mistakes and shortcomings."

Greg Sheridan's Blog – Indonesia's Suharto was an authentic giant of Asia, a nation-builder, a dictator, a changer of history.

Richard Woolcott – The death of Suharto in Jakarta last night, at the age of 86, will give rise to different evaluations of his contribution to Indonesia, to the Southeast Asian region

Despite his many failings, Australia has reason to be thankful for the steadying hand former Indonesian president Suharto brought to the world's most populous Muslim nation, immediately

Jakarta – Activists and human rights abuse victims on Sunday refused to join the week-long national mourning for former president Soeharto, saying he did not deserve pardon for his alle

Hamish McDonald, Asia-Pacific Editor – For three decades Australian leaders looked to Indonesia as the key to acceptance in South-East Asia, and to one man, Soeharto, as the key to Indo

Endy M. Bayuni, Jakarta – How much did Maj. Gen. Soeharto know about the plot to kidnap and murder six of his peers in the Army on the night of September 30, 1965?

Indonesia has gone into mourning with the passing away of former president Soeharto on Sunday. He was 86.

Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia's Suharto, who died Sunday aged 86, was a ruthless dictator whose success presiding over huge economic progress was overshadowed by a legacy of b

Former president Suharto's stamp on Indonesia was so strong that a decade after his ouster as its leader, the world's fourth-most populous country is still struggling to deal with his l

Jonathan Head, Bangkok – If Suharto had the kind of pumped-up ego we usually associate with powerful politicians, he never let it show. In fact he rarely betrayed any emotion.

Anthony Deutsch, Jakarta – Suharto, the US Cold War ally who led one of the 20th century's most brutal dictatorships over 32 years that saw up to a million political opponents killed, d

Jakarta – The government must consider various avenues to conclude the legal cases around Soeharto, including a special 24-hour trial, said Presidential Advisory Council member Adnan Bu

Jakarta – The uniformity of media reports on Soeharto's hospitalization and his health condition has raised suspicions that the coverage is aimed at motivating sympathy for the former p