Surabaya – A strike by around 2,000 workers from PT Ria Star Indonesia (RSI) Surabaya [East Java] followed a confrontation with security forces.…
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April 8, 1997
Republika - April 8, 1997
April 5, 1997
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…
April 4, 1997
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
April 3, 1997
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…
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…
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…
Straits Times - April 3, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia banned political parties contesting the May 29 general election from obtaining foreign aid, the Media Indonesia…
April 2, 1997
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
April 1, 1997
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,…
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…
Granada - April 1, 1997
Granada, Spain – Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) was awarded the International Press Institute's "Free Media…
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…
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…
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 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…
Down To Earth - March 29, 1997
Leading members of the Dayak community have been blamed for the violent ethnic conflict which took place in West Kalimantan earlier this year. The…
March 28, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - March 28, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Police fired rubber bullets into a rioting Muslim mob ahead of an appearance by President Soeharto's daughter Mrs Siti…
March 27, 1997
Wall Street Journal - March 27, 1997
Jakarta, Indonesia – Indonesia's government Thursday halted development of the Busang gold deposit, once touted as the world's richest, one day…
Far Eastern Economic Review - March 27, 1997
John McBeth, Jakarta – Just back from Germany in early February, Science and Technology Minister B.J. Habibie was summoned to a five-hour meeting…
The Independent - March 27, 1997
[Sue Lloyd-Roberts, BBC Special Correspondent, exposes the trade that gives the Indonesian regime the muscle to clamp down on dissent.]…
South China Morning Post - March 27, 1997
Agencies in Jakarta – Rioters attacked the homes of ethnic Chinese around a town in central Java yesterday during a rampage apparently sparked by…
Sydney Morning Herald - March 27, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government has cancelled its invitation to foreign observers to monitor the May national elections,…
South China Morning Post - March 27, 1997
Agencies in Jakarta – Police on Bali have detained four members of the Indonesian Democracy Party (PDI) who were planning to hold a…
ASIET News - March 27, 1997
The New Order military regime apparently has still not ended its hunt for PRD cadre. Miranti, a Surabaya PRD cadre was kidnaped on 18…
March 26, 1997
Kompas - March 26, 1997
Jakarta – The detention of Sri Bintang Pamungkas (General Chairman of the Indonesian Democratic Union Party (PUDI), Julius Usman (Chairman), and…
Business Indonesia - March 26, 1997
Jakarta – The Indonesian Democracy Defense Team (Tim Pembela Demokrasi Indnesia, TPDI) has confirmed that four PDI pro-Megawati…
Kompas - March 26, 1997 (Slightly abridged)
Speaking to a huge crowd of about five thousand people, Megawati Sukarnoputri (the ousted leader of the PDI who has been excluded from…
Jakarta Post - March 26, 1997
Semarang – Military authorities in this Central Java city are planning to deploy at least 20 pythons to safeguard the May general…
ABC News - March 26, 1997
A judge in Britain has blocked attempts to stop the government from selling military equipment to Indonesia. Judge John Laws says the…
Kompas - March 26, 1997 (slightly abridged)
The prosecutor in the trial of Dita Indah Sari, chair of the Indonesian Workers Centre of Struggle PPBI, and Coen Pontoh, coordinator of the…
Lusa - March 26, 1997
Washington – The US has decided to postpone the sale of nine F-16 jet fighters to Indonesia because of human rights violations in the…
March 25, 1997
Suara Merdeka - March 25, 1997
Surabaya – V/Brawijaya Commander Maj-Gen Imam Utomo has said that his party [the army] will forbid a PDI long-march which will who's…