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Children's Rights & Underage Workers

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May 29, 2009

Jakarta Post - May 29, 2009

Jakarta – Human rights activists deem history education materials as biased, especially toward the families of individuals who became victims of the nation's bloodiest events in the pas

May 12, 2009

Australian Associated Press - May 12, 2009

Adam Gartrell – East Timorese children were taken from their families and resettled in Indonesia under policies similar to those that created Australia's stolen generation, a Queenslan

September 5, 2008

Jakarta Post - September 5, 2008

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Minister of Social Services Bachtiar Chamsyah called on parents Thursday to take care of their children instead of handing them over to orphanages.

July 28, 2008

Jakarta Post - July 28, 2008

Agnes Winarti, Jakarta – More than half of the street children living in shelters in Central Jakarta have been sexually abused and one third take addictive substances, including cigaret

June 22, 2008

Associated Press - June 22, 2008

Sara Schonhardt, Jakarta – Thirteen-year-old Yulianto has spent half his life in an orphanage, but not because his parents are dead.

June 13, 2008

Tempo Interactive - June 13, 2008

Reh Atemalem S., Jakarta – Head of the National Child Protection Commission, Seto Mulyadi, said 6.5 million children have to work due to poverty.

April 13, 2008

Melbourne Age - April 13, 2008

Tom Hyland – Canberra is maintaining a diplomatic silence over Indonesia's failure to punish anyone implicated in the mass murders that led to Australia's military intervention in East

April 10, 2008

The Economist - April 10, 2008

The birth and infancy of Timor-Leste have been attended by spasms of violence. As the former East Timor separated from Indonesia in 1999, murderous unionist mobs killed hundreds.

April 9, 2008

Lusa - April 9, 2008

Dili – A complete analysis of the 1999 crimes in Timor-Leste "will probably take a generation," affirmed the US Ambassador in Dili during an interview with the Lusa news agency.

April 4, 2008

February 20, 2008

Globe and Mail (Toronto) - February 20, 2008

Geoffrey York, Dili – Passengers arriving at East Timor's airport are greeted with an ominous sign posted by the authorities, warning of the roving gangs of child extortionists who thre

February 18, 2008

Sydney Morning Herald - February 18, 2008

Susan Wellings – One of East Timor's most bloody massacres is finally to be investigated by a team of Australian forensic scientists who plan to excavate a mass grave and identify up to

February 17, 2008

The Ottawa Citizen - February 17, 2008

[Against calls to make Suharto a national hero, human rights activists want the world to remember his deadly legacy.

February 11, 2008

Kyodo News - February 11, 2008

Keiji Hirano, Tokyo – Human rights campaigners in Japan and East Timor have jointly made a set of panels for exhibition showing testimonies of former "comfort women" in the newly indepe

February 2, 2008

Le Monde Diplomatique - February 2, 2008

President Suharto of Indonesia, who died last month, was responsible for the invasion of East Timor in 1975, for its occupation for almost 25 years, for the murder of so many of its peo

February 1, 2008

Lusa - February 1, 2008

Dili – The building of the former Portuguese and Indonesian prison of Balide, Dili, hosts this week-end an exhibition dedicated to former political prisoners of East Timor between 1975

April 14, 2007

Jakarta Post - April 14, 2007

Jakarta – An estimated 50 million children in Indonesia do not have birth certificates despite the presence of laws mandating the provision of free certificates, a children's rights exp

July 24, 2006

Jakarta Post - July 24, 2006

Adisti Sukma Sawitri and Rendi Akhmad Witular, Jakarta – It was a terse, pessimistic message on a day when others chose to salute the country's youngest citizens with songs and stories.

March 1, 2006

Jakarta Post - March 1, 2006

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – An organization has warned that the trafficking of women from Medan to Malaysia is increasing in intensity, with 16 new cases in the first two months of the yea

January 9, 2006

Jakarta Post - January 9, 2006

Tantri Yuliandini, Jakarta – A woman in Tangerang, Banten, was sentenced to five years in jail for torturing her five-year-old daughter, and another mother was accused of burning her tw

December 19, 2005

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2005

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A non-governmental organization (NGO) has reported that child trafficking and illegal adoptions were continuing in the tsunami-ravaged areas of Aceh and Nias.

July 25, 2005

Jakarta Post - July 25, 2005

Jakarta – Freedom from any form of exploitation topped children's demands conveyed to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the National Children's Day celebration on Sunday.

June 21, 2005

Jakarta Post - June 21, 2005

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Several prominent figures from Nias alleged on Monday that dozens of children had been taken off the island illegally since the tsunami in December.

June 17, 2005

Agence France Presse - June 17, 2005

Barry Neild, Banda Aceh – While most Indonesian child tsunami victims are being cared for by family or friends six months after the disaster, new fears are emerging that young survivors

April 30, 2005

Jakarta Post - April 30, 2005

Indra Harsaputra, Madura – Eyes glistening with tears, Lina (not her real name) slowly, painfully recalled for her visitor the horrors she had suffered in Batam, where the 13-year-old M

March 7, 2005

Jakarta Post - March 7, 2005

Jakarta – Despite the government ban, out-of-court adoptions of children living in refugee camps across tsunami-stricken Aceh remain a cause for concern and could actually be child smug

February 15, 2005

Reuters - February 15, 2005

Banda Aceh – As many as 10,000 children in Indonesia's tsunami-devastated Aceh province may be seeking lost parents, the United Nations and other agencies said on Tuesday.

January 22, 2005

Melbourne Age - January 22, 2005

Deborah Cameron, Jakarta – The tears pool in her deep, wise eyes.

December 10, 2004

Jakarta Post - December 10, 2004

Indramayu, West Java – A woman activist disclosed on Thursday that child traffickers are operating in at least 10 regions of Indonesia.

September 14, 2004

Jakarta Post - September 14, 2004

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – The hopes of Tas (not her real name) of getting a decent job were shattered after she ended up in a karaoke bar on Batam island.

May 6, 2004

Jakarta Post - May 6, 2004

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Child trafficking and violence against children remain a cause for concern in East Java, particularly in Surabaya and Malang, the two biggest cities in the provin

May 31, 2003

Straits Times - May 31, 2003

Robert Go, Banda Aceh – Ten-year-old Embrianda Hassan stayed up later than usual on Tuesday last week.

Straits Times - May 31, 2003

Robert Go, Banda Aceh – Soldiers and policemen strut about in battle gear, machine guns slung from their shoulders and holstered pistols at their waists.

June 21, 2002

Jakarta Post - June 21, 2002

I Wayan Juniartha, Tuban, Bali – A senior official of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said here on Wednesday that returning East Timorese children – currently

May 22, 2002

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2002

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – About a dozen children, each with a piece of paper and a pen in hand, gathered together and were engaged in a serious discussion.

December 4, 2001

Los Angeles Times - December 4, 2001

Richard C. Paddock, Dili – The girl's nightmare began when she was 13 and a pro-Indonesia militia burned down her village.

September 17, 2001

Sydney Morning Herald - September 17, 2001

Lindsay Murdoch, Bali – Eight children and their parents, who were separated at the height of violence in East Timor two years ago, have been reunited after a year-long tug-of-war with

September 12, 2001

Green Left Weekly - September 12, 2001

Jill Hickson – "Where are our missing children? We have nothing – no land, no houses, nothing to do, no materials to work with to make an income.

September 10, 2001

South China Morning Post - September 10, 2001

Vaudine England, Jakarta – Pressure is building on Indonesia to return 124 East Timorese children taken from their parents in West Timor refugee camps following East Timor's 1999 indepe

July 30, 2000

Jakarta Post - July 30, 2000

Ibnu Matnoor, Banda Aceh – He is only nine years old and he does not want to be a beggar. Yet there is no other way to put food on his family's table.

June 17, 2000

Straits Times - June 17, 2000

Jakarta – The prominent Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has been accused of being among those who are conspiring to topple President Abdurrahman Wahid.

June 15, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - June 15, 2000

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta – The Defence Minister, Mr Juwono Sudarsono, says there is a plot to destabilise Indonesia ahead of an August session of parliament at which some MPs are expect

June 13, 2000

Agence France Presse - June 13, 2000

Jakarta – Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid must show at least some direction in tackling the country's economic and political woes or face the risk of an impeachment move in Augus

September 18, 1996

Green Left Weekly - September 18, 1996

James Balowski – Despite the ongoing crackdown against PRD (People's Democratic Party) members and other pro-democracy activists, when John Howard meets with President Suharto this week