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Youth & Student Activism

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May 23, 2002

Jakarta Post - May 23, 2002

Damar Harsanto, Jakarta – The police admitted on Wednesday that some officers were out of control when they beat and kicked students during Tuesday's demonstration to mark the fall of f

May 22, 2002

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2002

Jakarta – Hundreds of students of various universities from Jakarta, Bogor and Bekasi on Tuesday threatened to stage huge rallies if the government was unable to improve the condition o

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2002

Jakarta – Hundreds of students staged rallies in at least six cities throughout the country on Tuesday to mark the downfall of former president Soeharto and to remind the government und

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2002

Jakarta – At least 40 protesters were detained at Jakarta Police headquarters following clashes that broke out separately in Megaria and Jl.

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2002

Denpasar – Some 150 students from various groups staged a peaceful demonstration here on Tuesday at the Bali Legislative Council, protested what they called the continuing state-sponsor

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2002

Jakarta – Unlike other historical days, the fourth year of the reform movement was observed in a bitter mood on Tuesday, with students nationwide taking to the streets to vent their dis

April 25, 2002

Jakarta Post - April 25, 2002

Jupriadi, Makassar – Thousands of students in the South Sulawesi capital of Makassar marched on Wednesday to commemorate the killing of three local students in a clash with security for

April 9, 2002

Jakarta Post - April 9, 2002

Medan – Hundreds of students from six state-owned elementary schools in Medan Maimoon subdistrict held a rally on Monday to protest a land swap involving their school buildings.

April 5, 2002

Jakarta Post - April 5, 2002

Batam – As many as 30 student representatives from four universities and colleges in Batam, Riau, have urged the local prosecutor's office to arrest all related parties involved in a Rp

April 3, 2002

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2002

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – Students, at the forefront of the reform movement in 1998, have been urged to take up their old role once more in the face of a political elite widely blamed for

November 27, 2001

Jakarta Post - November 27, 2001

Yongker Rumthe, Manado – An alliance of student associations in Gorontalo and North Sulawesi has called on the central government to annul the results of the recent gubernatorial electi

November 14, 2001

Jakarta Post - November 14, 2001

Approximately 100 students from Atma Jaya University asked the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) on Tuesday to continue investigating the fatal shootings of Trisakti and Sem

May 14, 2001

Suara Timor Lorosae - May 14, 2001

The leader of the Catholic Church in Dili, Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo urged academics at the National University of Timor Lorosae to use the campus grounds solely for the pursuit of hig

April 11, 2001

Jakarta Post - April 11, 2001

Jakarta – Rector of the Jayapura Institute of Science and Technology (ISTJ) Tuesday threatened to close down the school following student protests demanding his resignation.

October 5, 2000

Jakarta Post - October 5, 2000

Jakarta – Hundreds of students of privately-run Krisna Dwipayana University mobbed four members of the student paramilitary regiment (Menwa) and razed two campus facilities to the groun

September 23, 2000

Straits Times - September 23, 2000

Jakarta – A full-scale brawl, involving more than a thousand students from the Christian University of Indonesia (UKI) and the University of Bung Karno (UBK), left scores of people inju

July 29, 2000

Temo - July 29, 2000

Lisbon – East Timorese youth rejected the foreign military base.

March 12, 2000

Jakarta Post - March 12, 2000

Jakarta – Here's a riddle: A plane carrying 20 professors suddenly develops engine trouble. The passengers discuss among themselves ways out of their dilemma.

April 1, 1999

Kompas - April 1, 1999 (BBC summary)

Dili – The calling back of thousands of East Timorese students currently pursuing studies in various cities throughout Indonesia has been deplored.

June 2, 1998

Tapol - June 2, 1998

At least 1,500 students took part in a free-speech assembly at the University of East Timor in Dili today, 1 June, according to a report received by TAPOL from local sources.