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March 12, 2001

Detik - March 12, 2001

Haidir Anwar Tanjung/FW & GB, Pekanbaru – Twenty villagers representing 439 families came to Riau Provincial Legislative Council to file a…

Jakarta Post - March 12, 2001

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – With unrest, bomb attacks and separatist violence affecting various parts of the country in recent times, many people…

Time Magazine - March 12, 2001

Blood. countless gallons of blood soaked deep into the clay of a soccer field. There have been two heavy thunderstorms in the four days since 118…

Jakarta Post - March 12, 2001

Jakarta – Despite mounting political support for the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) chairperson, Vice President Megawati…

March 11, 2001

Jakarta Post - March 11, 2001

Jakarta – Student groups traded accusations on Saturday of being used by the political elite ahead of the massive antigovernment rally planned on…

Straits Times - March 11, 2001

Jakarta – Women in this city are often harassed sexually when they take the extremely crowded public trains.

"Almost every day a man will…

Straits Times - March 11, 2001

Devi Asmarani, Jakarta – They wanted perfect noses, fuller lips and voluptuous breasts. What they ended up with instead were grotesque snouts,…

March 10, 2001

Jakarta Post - March 10, 2001

Jakarta – The House of Representatives Commission II for home and legal affairs selected 11 members on Friday for the new General Election…

Jakarta Post - March 10, 2001

Jakarta – All economic reform targets stated in the latest Letter of Intent (LoI), which has been agreed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF…

Jakarta Post - March 10, 2001

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office will not stop the investigation into the riotous 1984 incident in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, regardless…

Jakarta Post - March 10, 2001

Jakarta – The United States has reiterated its continuing support for Indonesia to resolve its internal conflicts by peaceful and…

Reuters - March 10, 2001

The country's long and brutal economic crisis is sending increasing numbers of people living in the capital insane, a local newspaper…

Jakarta Post - March 10, 2001

Jakarta – Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Amien Rais said on Friday that should Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri replace…

Jakarta Post - March 10, 2001

Jakarta – Some 1,000 activists grouped in the University of Indonesia Student Executive Body (BEM-UI) began a campaign on Friday for a general…

March 9, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - March 9, 2001

Complex and enduring rivalries over natural resources are the real cause of the horrific violence in Kalimantan, writes John Walker.

The…

Agence France Presse - March 9, 2001

Jakarta – Police fired warning shots on Friday to disperse hundreds of Dayaks who burned at least seven police traffic posts in the Borneo city of…

March 8, 2001

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2001

Jakarta – President Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid arrived home after midnight on Thursday, an hour after some 4,000 youths from different camps…

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2001

Jakarta – Former minister of mines and energy Ida Bagus Sudjana revealed on Wednesday that ex-president Soeharto told him to "protect" a company…

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2001

Jakarta – The legal battle between the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and the mining giant PT Freeport Indonesia opened on Wednesday…

Straits Times - March 8, 2001

Shefali Rekhi – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid might well hold on to power, despite the criticism against him in the wake of…

Far Eastern Economic Review - March 8, 2001

John McBeth – In jumper, skirt and sandals, Dita Sari looks more like a rural schoolteacher than a trade unionist. But working out of a converted…

March 7, 2001

Straits Times - March 7, 2001

Jakarta – Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri should treat mounting support from Islamic political parties with suspicion as the parties might be…

Green Left Weekly - March 7, 2001

Pip Hinman – The recent well-publicised report by Global Alliance for Workers and Communities on sexual harassment of women workers in Nike…

Jakarta Post - March 7, 2001

Purwokerto – Some 200 supporters of President Abdurrahman Wahid from Banyumas took to the streets here on Tuesday, burning the Golkar…

Green Left Weekly - March 7, 2001

Max Lane – Despite the humiliating forced resignation of Indonesian President Suharto in May 1998, the political machine that he built during his…

Associated Press - March 7, 2001

Jakarta – The Indonesian distributor of Time magazine censored photos of headless corpses in Borneo in the weekly's latest Asian edition, fearing…

Jakarta Post - March 7, 2001

Cipatat, Bandung – Army Chief of Staff Gen. Endriartono Sutarto warned on Tuesday that no active Army officers are allowed to attend meetings…

March 6, 2001

Associated Press - March 6, 2001

Daniel Cooney, Kualakuayan – Deep in the heartland of Borneo Island, a civil servant named Manarung explains why his tribe is perfectly justified…

March 5, 2001

Asian Wall Street Journal - March 5, 2001

[This is an opinion piece from Tuesday's Asian Wall Street Journal. Mr. Carey is a fellow of Trinity College, Oxford University, where he…

Detik - March 5, 2001

Djoko Tjiptono/Hendra & GB, Jakarta – Students grouped in the Golkar Disbursement Alliance (ABG) wanted to take over the Jakarta offices of…

Jakarta Post - March 5, 2001

Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives Akbar Tandjung has joined calls for the involvement of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in…

Straits Times - March 5, 2001

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Security forces were slow to react to the crisis in Central Kalimantan because ground commanders "misread" the intensity…

March 4, 2001

Jakarta Post - March 4, 2001

Jakarta – National Police chief Gen. Surojo Bimantoro said on Saturday that police had arrested 158 people in connection with the killings of…

March 3, 2001

Agence France Presse - March 3, 2001

Jakarta – Leading Indonesian politicians met at a Jakarta mosque for what media reports said Saturday were talks on dumping President Ambdurrahman…

Indonesian Observer - March 3, 2001

Jakarta – The closed-door meeting between some of the nations top politicians at Al-Azhar Mosque in South Jakarta yesterday was an attempt to use…

South China Morning Post - March 3, 2001

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Anger is growing over the continued absence of President Abdurrahman Wahid at a time of ethnic slaughter on the island…

Straits Times - March 3, 2001

Palangkaraya – "I felt so strong; so powerful." These are the words of a 21-year-old Dayak as he narrated his experience in chopping off the heads…

Jakarta Post - March 3, 2001

Bandung – Around 100 West Java politicians and public figures at a ceremony at the Panghegar Hotel here on Friday signed up to the…

March 2, 2001

Statement by Tapol and Down to earth - March 2, 2001

Down to Earth and TAPOL express deep concern about the horrific violence and ethnic cleansing in Central Kalimantan

Violence has again…

Detik - March 2, 2001

Khairul Ikhwan D/HD & HY, Medan – Around 300 workers of PT Cipta Prima staged a demonstration at north Sumatra Provincial Legislative Council…

March 1, 2001

South China Morning Post - March 1, 2001

Jake Lloyd-Smith, Batam/Vaudine England, Jakarta – Shirley Lau says she fled her home in fear of her life, clutching just a handful of possessions…

Tapol Bulletin - Number 161 March/April 2001

Less than three years after the fall of Suharto amid calls for "reformasi", there are serious signs that the democratically-elected government of…

Financial Times - March 1, 2001

Rohit Jaggi and Tom McCawley, Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid's hold on power grew increasingly tenuous on Thursday after his…

Tapol Bulletin - Number 161 March/April 2001

An explosion of violence in Kalimantan in late February shook the entire province of Central Kalimantan. Thousands of Dayaks, armed with machetes…

February 28, 2001

BBC News - February 28, 2001

Jonathan Head – The clashes in the Indonesian province of central Kalimantan are part of a pattern of violence between the indigenous inhabitants…

South China Morning Post - February 28, 2001

Agencies in Sampit, Palangkaraya and Jakarta – Security forces called in to quell ethnic violence on Borneo instead turned their guns on each…

New York Times - February 28, 2001

Calvin Sims - Jakarta – The ethnic violence that erupted 10 days ago in the Indonesian section of Borneo, where hundreds of people have been…

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2001

Jakarta – Five major factions at the House of Representatives will recommend that faction members, who were on a special committee investigating…

February 27, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - February 27, 2001

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – Indonesia is rushing hundreds of special force troops to its Borneo province in an attempt to end the slaughter of…

Jakarta Post - February 27, 2001

Jakarta – The Indonesian Footwear Association (Apresindo) was cautious on Monday in responding to reported labor abuses in Nike's Indonesian…