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August 21, 1997
Straits Times - August 21, 1997
Far Eastern Economic Review - August 21, 1997
John McBeth, Jakarta – Before it began buying American in the 1970s, the Indonesian air force was comprised entirely of top-of-the-line Soviet-…
August 20, 1997
South China Morning Post - August 20, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights intervened yesterday on behalf of 14 students detained for holding a protest on…
August 19, 1997
Republika - August 19, 1997 (Summarised posting by Tapol)
Four lawyers organisation, the legal aid institute, YLBHI, the Association of Indonesian Advocates AAI, the Indonesia Bar Association (Ikadin) and…
August 17, 1997
George J. Aditjondro - August 17, 1997
[The following is a slightly abridged letter from George J. Aditjondro to the Norway Rainforest Foundation in reponse to a an inquiry about…
Peoples Democratic Party - August 17, 1997
[The following is a translation of a statement sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
Today, August 17, is an…
August 16, 1997
Jakarta Post - August 16, 1997
Jakarta – Observers criticized as inappropriate and groundless a motion to reintroduce a People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) decree that would…
SiaR - August 16, 1997 (posted by Tapol)
Three leading Jakarta dailies, Republika, Suara Pembaruan and Merdeka, have been warned by Information Minister, retired General Hartono. The…
August 14, 1997
Far Eastern Economic Review - August 14, 1997
John McBeth, Jakarta – The long-awaited generational change in the Indonesian armed forces is now taking shape. But if the new wave of 1970s…
August 13, 1997
Reuters - August 13, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's Supreme court has said it will not review the conviction of independent labour leader Muchtar Pakpahan jailed on charges…
Pacific Asia Resource Center - August 13, 1997
Saeki Natsuko – Nike is one of the biggest sports goods manufactures in the world. Ohmae Kenichi, a well-known Japanese commentator who is an…
August 12, 1997
Asiaweek - August 12, 1997
Keith Loveard, Jakarta – Cafe Galeri in Jakarta's upmarket suburb of Menteng is a trendy testament to the success of Indonesia's economy. On its…
August 9, 1997
Human Rights Solidarity Action Committee - August 9, 1997
[The following is an abridged translation of a statement sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party]
Haris Musi Akbar was a…
August 8, 1997
Human Rights Solidarity Action Committee - August 8, 1997
[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a chronology sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party]
On Friday,…
Straits Times - August 8, 1997
Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Indonesia's Information Minister, Mr Raden Hartono, has denied any political motives in joining the influential Islamic…
August 7, 1997
Straits Times - August 7, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesian police have suggested that local journalists receive special training and shooting lessons to help them with the…
Wall Street Journal - August 7, 1997
Richard Borsuk, Mangakajang – Plywood baron Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, longtime confidant of President Suharto, has finally fulfilled his dream of…
Agence France Presse - August 7, 1997
Jakarta – Jailed East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao said his release, as called for by South African President Nelson Mandela,…
South China Morning Post - August 7, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – A war between police and criminals is escalating in Jakarta following the killing of a mobile-brigade policeman last week…
Agence France Presse - August 7, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's independent trade union leader filed a judicial review to the Supreme Court, asking the body to review his…
August 6, 1997
Lusa - August 6, 1997
Lisbon – Portugal has urged South Africa to resist pressure from Indonesia after Pretoria expelled the Portuguese ambassador Vasco Valente over…
The Jakarta Post - August 6, 1997
Dili – Col. Suryo Prabowo, former secretary to the chief of general affairs of the Armed Forces, was installed yesterday as deputy…
Jakarta Post - August 6, 1997
Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights promised yesterday to urge the government to form an independent medical team to seek a third…
The Star - August 6, 1997
Peter Fabricius – South Africa's dramatic expulsion of Portugal's ambassador at the weekend for allegedly holding and leaking to the press a…
Agence France Presse - August 6, 1997
Manila – Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri wants to visit the Philippines but is uncertain if the government of…
International Herald Tribune - August 6, 1997
Michael Richardson, Singapore – Defying its human rights critics in the United States, Indonesia said Tuesday that it would buy Russian fighters…
August 5, 1997
Agence France Presse - August 5, 1997
Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia Tuesday brushed aside US criticism of its human rights record and said it would buy Russian fighter jets…
Reuters - August 5, 1997
Andrei Khalip, Moscow – Indonesia's decision to replace a big defence order from the United States with arms from Russia heralds a big…
Voice of America - August 5, 1997
Jakarta – The private secretary of one of Indonesia's founding fathers was put on trial in Jakarta Tuesday, for insulting president Suharto by…
Kompas - August 5, 1997
A delegation of US senators led by Craig Thomas (Dem. Wyoming) consisting of eleven people met members of the National Human Rights Commission and…
Reuters - August 5, 1997 (abridged)
Lisbon – Portugal said on Tuesday it would not retaliate in kind after South Africa expelled its ambassador over the leaking of a misdirected…
Reuters - August 5, 1997 (abridged)
Cape Town – South Africa, trying to unravel twin diplomatic blunders in its East Timor peace initiative, on Tuesday acknowledged a "…
Antara - August 5, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia has finally decided to purchase 12 Sukhoi 30K (SU-30K) jet fighters and eight multi-purpose MI-17-1V helicopters from Russia…
August 4, 1997
Reuters - August 4, 1997
Brendan Boyle, Cape Town – South Africa has expelled Portugal's ambassador over the leaking of a misdirected note from President Nelson Mandela to…
Reuters - August 4, 1997
Lisbon – Portugal said on Monday it regretted a decision by South Africa to expel its ambassador over the leaking of a misdirected note from…
August 3, 1997
Straits Times - August 3, 1997
Susan Sim, Jakarta – The good news is that the Indonesian forest fires this year are not as extensive as those three years ago.
The bad news…
August 1, 1997
Reuters - August 1, 1997
Jakarta – An Indonesian appeal court has ruled that a lower court has the authority to decide on a challenge by ousted minority party leader…
Tapol - August 1, 1997
A 'Training for Trainers' (TFT) course for members of the unrecognised trade union federation, the SBSI, being held in Lampung, South Sumatra, was…
July 31, 1997
Committee to Protect Journalists - July 31, 1997
New York – On 25 July 1997, Naimullah, a reporter with the Jakarta-based morning daily newspaper "Sinar Pagi" was found murdered.…
Tapol - July 31, 1997
There are moves in Jakarta to press ahead with the subversion trial of Muchtar Pakpahan, chair of the unrecognised trade union, the SBSI, despite…
Tapol - July 31, 1997
According to a report in Media Indonesia (22 July 1997), former MP, Sri-Bintang Pamungkas is to go on trial for subversion during the…
Interpress News Service - July 31, 1997
Samsudin Berlian, Jakarta – The jailing more than two years ago of two journalists who defied the Indonesian government by publishing an…
Jakarta Post - July 31, 1997
Hendardi, Jakarta - Discussions about corruption have re-surfaced recently. This issue became topical during general election campaigning for…
July 29, 1997
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 29, 1997
[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a report sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
At 1am yesterday night,…
Toronto Star - July 29, 1997
Allan Thompson, Ottawa – Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy last year approved the sale of military equipment to Indonesia, which has been…
Jakarta Post - July 29, 1997
Jakarta – About a third of the World Bank's loans to Indonesia have leaked and disappeared into the bureaucracy, an export on Indonesia's economy…
July 28, 1997
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - Posted July 28, 1997
[The following is an abridged translation of a report sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party]
As reported in the mass…
Jeffrey A. Winters - July 28, 1997
The World Bank has a public face and a private face. The public face I call the Rhetorical Bank. This is the part of the Bank we are all familiar…
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 28, 1997
[The following is a translation of a statement sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
74 people of the 75 arrested…
Info Pembebasan - July 28, 1997
[This is the second part of translation sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD). The first part was published in ASIET NetNews Number…