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October 14, 1999

Agence France Presse - October 14, 1999

Jakarta – Hundreds of protestors Wednesday demonstrated at the Australian embassy here Wednesday, hurling abuse, tomatoes and stones at the premises over the perceived arrogance of Aust

October 9, 1999

Agence France Presse - October 9, 1999

Jakarta – Families of Indonesian veterans of East Timor protested at the Australian embassy here on Saturday, burning an effigy representing Australian soldiers.

September 27, 1999

Jakarta Post - September 27, 1999

Jakarta – Fearing being visited and taken away by security authorities, at least four patients suffering injuries sustained in a violent rally in Semanggi cloverleaf on Thursday and Fri

August 2, 1999

Agence France Presse - August 2, 1999

Jakarta – Some 5,000 people in the remote Indonesian province of Irian Jaya held a peaceful rally Monday to call for an independent Melanesian state, witnesses said.

December 20, 1998

Agence France Presse - December 20, 1998

Dili – A special envoy of the UN secretary general was airlifted by helicopter from the Komoro airport here Sunday as hundreds of protestors stormed the terminal, witnesses said.

December 19, 1998

Jakarta Post - December 19, 1998

Jakarta – A day after clashes between students and security personnel in Jakarta ended with dozens injured on both sides, noted scholars, religious leaders and the military renewed thei

December 7, 1998

Reuters - December 7, 1998 (abridged)

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – Thousands of East Timorese protesters rallied in the troubled territory's capital Monday to mark the anniversary of its invasion by Indonesian troops 23 years

November 25, 1998

Business Times - November 25, 1998

Shoeb Kagda, Jakarta – As thousands of student demonstrators kept up their pressure on the Habibie government by continuing their protest movement into the third straight week, politica

November 6, 1998

Straits Times - November 6, 1998

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – More than 10,000 Muslims yesterday gathered here to rally in support of next week's special session of Indonesia's highest legislative body which will set a da

November 1, 1998

Straits Times - November 1 1998

Derwin Pereira, Jakarta – Fifty organisations not represented in the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) are planning to stage massive protests here during the assembly's special plena

October 22, 1998

Associated Press - October 22, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – The Indonesian parliament Thursday passed a new bill that controls demonstrations and protests in the country, which is being plagued by violence and protests.

October 12, 1998

Associated Press - October 12, 1998 (abridged)

Dili – About 15,000 East Timorese staged a second consecutive day of protest today and demanded the provincial governor quit over a threat to fire government employees who support an in

October 11, 1998

Agence France Presse - October 11, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Thousands of protestors rallied in the troubled East Timorese capital of Dili Sunday demanding the replacement of the Indonesian government-appointed governor of the territory

October 6, 1998

Associated Press - October 6, 1998

Jakarta – Hundreds of people protested in a town in South Sulawesi Tuesday after failing to get their money out of a financially troubled local savings agency.

August 5, 1998

Business Times - August 5, 1998

Surabaya – Thousands of people in East Java armed with knives, sticks and metal chains blocked a planned visit yesterday by Muslim leader Amien Rais to a town near Indonesia's second ci

June 29, 1998

MateBEAN - June 29, 1998 (posted by ETISC)

Indonesian military along with the Governor Abilio Jose Osorio, forced civilian population, civil-servants and young boys to hold a counter demonstration during the time of Europe Union

June 28, 1998

Agence France Presse - June 28, 1998 (abridged)

Dili – Thousands of people shouting "independence or death" on Sunday mobbed a three-man European Uniondelegation in troubled East Timor, witnesses said.

February 21, 1998

Sydney Morning Herald - February 21, 1998

David Jenkins – As Indonesian street demonstrations go, it may not have seemed much to write home about.

November 14, 1997

Associated Press - November 14, 1997

Dili – Indonesian troops fired shots into the air to disperse hundreds of students today in East Timor.

November 11, 1997

MateBEAN - November 11, 1997 (Posted by the East Timor International Support Center)

Lospalos – Last 3 November 1997, dozens of East Timor youth conducted a demonstration in Los Palos, Lautem.