LATEST NEWS SEPTEMBER 2010
Polri Bantah Ada Penganiayaan Tahanan di Maluku
2010-09-15 17:40:03
Mabes Polri membantah adanya penganiayaan terhadap tahanan separatis di Polda Maluku. Polri menyatakan semua tahanan menjalani pemeriksaan dengan baik. Baca selengkapnya.
Activist's death blamed on anti-terrorism squad 'abuses'
2010-09-15 03:20:02
JAKARTA: In his last interview, the Malukan political prisoner Yusuf Sipakoly, said: ''I believe the truth will surely arrive, although it walks slowly.''
Indonesia must investigate death of Maluku activist
2010-09-14 04:12:28
The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison.Yusuf Sapakoly, 52, died of k....News Source
Indonesia: Authorities must hold inquiry into death of Maluku political activist
2010-09-14 04:27:40
The Indonesian government must immediately initiate an independent, effective and impartial inquiry into allegations that a peaceful political activist was repeatedly denied access....News Source
Crack force to pull out of Ambon
2010-09-14 03:06:49
AN ELITE Indonesian counter-terrorism force that receives funding from Australia will be removed from a key province following allegations of brutality and torture of peaceful poli....News Source
Indon torture claims no surprise: expert
Sydney Morning Herald 2010-09-13 12:56:56
Australia should press Indonesia to ensure its elite anti-terrorism squad obeys the law and upholds human rights, an expert says.
Allegations that members of the Australia-funded Special Detachment 88 force recently brutalised peaceful political activists in the province of Maluku should come as no surprise, Deakin University's Damien Kingsbury says. News Source
Australia hold talks over Indonesia police brutality allegations
2010-09-13 10:22:31
Anti-terror squad Detachment 88 receives some funding and training from Australia and the United States. [Reuters] Austraila's Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has he....News Source
Indonesia's new danger from within
2010-09-13 00:22:15
Ambonese prisoners claim they have been tortured and beaten by Detachment 88, Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit funded and trained by Australia.....News Source
Australia funding Indonesian 'brutalisers'
2010-09-13 07:44:34
Australia has sent an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate allegations Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit brutalised a group of separatists last month....News Source
Australia paying Indonesian troops who 'torture' and 'brutalise'
2010-09-11
Ambonese prisoners claim they have been tortured and beaten by Detachment 88, Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit funded and trained by ...
Rains cut hopes for Indonesian palm and rice
2010-09-11 06:08:16
Rains blamed on the La Nina weather pattern have slashed hopes for two of the major crops in Indonesia, the Asian agricultural powerhouse, including bringing to an end a period of ....News Source
Indonesia: Maluku political activist in critical condition after ......
10 September 2010
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 21/022/2010. 10 September 2010. The Indonesian prison authorities must ensure that political activist Yusuf Sapakoly receives full and immediate access to the medical care he urgently requires, in accordance with provisions set out in international human rights law and standards, as well as in Indonesian law.
The Grudge: Barry Soetoro's Indonesian Expatriate Hell
2010-09-10 19:21:27
Where did Barack Obama acquire the self-evident disdain he has for major corporations, especially oil companies, and for the striving classes who have made America prosperous and s....News Source
Indonesians observe Idul Fitri festivity in peace
2010-09-10 20:20:51
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Millions of Indonesians took part in peaceful morning prayers on Friday before celebrating the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting month. With family and ....News Source
Remnants of Ambon’s Religious Harmony
2010-09-09 01:17:18
While the conflict may now be over, the religious harmony that was once an integral part of daily life in Ambon remains elusive. Clear delineations between Muslim and Christian areas, remnants of the violence, still exist. News Source
Indonesian Christians plead for end to threats
2010-09-09 01:17:18
Indonesian Christians expressed deep concern yesterday over plans by a US fringe group to burn copies of the Qur’an to mark the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, amid fears of violent reprisals.....News Source
Indonesia: New vice minister of defense
2010-09-08 18:14:26
Indonesia: Key perpetrator of student crackdown and riots in 1997/98 promoted to vice minister of defense The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and t....News Source
Munir’s Spirit Defies the Mockery of Justice < click here
2010-09-07 16:29:13
Amnesty International said that the lack of full accountability for Munir’s murder contributes to an ongoing climate of fear among human rights defenders, some of whom have recently come under attack.
Unlike in Africa, Indonesia’s Bandits Come With a Smile
2010-09-07 16:29:13
In 2004, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated: “I myself will lead the war against corruption.” Interestingly, this statement is similar to President Suharto’s remark on Independence Day in 1971, when he said: “There is no hesitancy that I myself will lead the war against corruption.” News Source
Indonesia's lax gun control a boon for militants – report
Reuters 2010-09-06 21:18:05
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's poor gun control and corruption are allowing jihadist networks access to arms that may be used in sniper-style killings or bank robberies to help fu....News Source
Protest rallies against "Burn A Qur`an Day" continue
2010-09-05 17:07:19
Kendari, S E Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Protests against an American church`s "Burn a Quran Day" campaign to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 incident continu....News Source
Papuans' future an open question after failure of autonomy < click here
SMH 2010-09-04 14:15:43
JAKARTA: A broad consensus is emerging in Indonesia that special autonomy for the country's fractious provinces of Papua and West Papua has failed miserably.
From Hiding, Indonesian Defends Free Expression
New York Times 2010-09-04 01:19:45
From Hiding, Indonesian Defends Free ExpressionNew York TimesRather than turn himself in by a Monday deadline, Mr. Arnada went underground, setting off the latest stage of Indonesi....News Source
People urged not to become provoked by Koran burning rumor
2010-09-03 16:13:51
Ambon, Maluku (ANTARA News) - Rumors on burning of the Koran in Florida, USA, on September 11, 2010 is expected not to trigger anger to Muslims in Maluku. According to a local Isl....News Source
Corrupt Indonesian police provide weapons to militants
2010-09-03 15:17:05
Indonesian prosecutors have detailed claims that corrupt police provided weapons used by a new terrorist cell allegedly funded by the radical Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir. The p....News Source
Why Indonesia has left
2010-09-03 18:13:52
Indonesia is only one of our Asian neighbors which are leaving the Philippines behind in terms of economic and political development.....News Source
Indonesia's National Defence Forces: Recent Strategic Changes And Implications
2010-09-03 07:41:24
Following President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s re-election in November 2009, the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) have been undergoing several significant structural change....News Source
Update: Civilian Death Toll Climbs to Five after Attack on Indonesian Police Station
2010-09-02 06:06:43
Palu, Central Sulawesi. Indonesian police opened fire and killed five people when an angry mob attacked their station with firebombs in a protest over the death of a man in custody, police said on Wednesday.....News Source
PT Freeport in Indonesia's Papua province pays millions of dollars in taxes.
2010-09-01 14:11:18
PT Freeport Indonesia, the Indonesian unit of US-owned mining firm Freeport McMoran, says it has paid the government up to 899 million US dollars in financial obligations in the first semester of the year.News Source
2010-09-15 17:40:03
Mabes Polri membantah adanya penganiayaan terhadap tahanan separatis di Polda Maluku. Polri menyatakan semua tahanan menjalani pemeriksaan dengan baik. Baca selengkapnya.
Activist's death blamed on anti-terrorism squad 'abuses'
2010-09-15 03:20:02
JAKARTA: In his last interview, the Malukan political prisoner Yusuf Sipakoly, said: ''I believe the truth will surely arrive, although it walks slowly.''
Indonesia must investigate death of Maluku activist
2010-09-14 04:12:28
The Indonesian government has been urged to investigate today's death of a Maluku political activist who was denied urgent medical care in prison.Yusuf Sapakoly, 52, died of k....News Source
Indonesia: Authorities must hold inquiry into death of Maluku political activist
2010-09-14 04:27:40
The Indonesian government must immediately initiate an independent, effective and impartial inquiry into allegations that a peaceful political activist was repeatedly denied access....News Source
Crack force to pull out of Ambon
2010-09-14 03:06:49
AN ELITE Indonesian counter-terrorism force that receives funding from Australia will be removed from a key province following allegations of brutality and torture of peaceful poli....News Source
Indon torture claims no surprise: expert
Sydney Morning Herald 2010-09-13 12:56:56
Australia should press Indonesia to ensure its elite anti-terrorism squad obeys the law and upholds human rights, an expert says.
Allegations that members of the Australia-funded Special Detachment 88 force recently brutalised peaceful political activists in the province of Maluku should come as no surprise, Deakin University's Damien Kingsbury says. News Source
Australia hold talks over Indonesia police brutality allegations
2010-09-13 10:22:31
Anti-terror squad Detachment 88 receives some funding and training from Australia and the United States. [Reuters] Austraila's Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed it has he....News Source
Indonesia's new danger from within
2010-09-13 00:22:15
Ambonese prisoners claim they have been tortured and beaten by Detachment 88, Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit funded and trained by Australia.....News Source
Australia funding Indonesian 'brutalisers'
2010-09-13 07:44:34
Australia has sent an official to the Indonesian province of Maluku to investigate allegations Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit brutalised a group of separatists last month....News Source
Australia paying Indonesian troops who 'torture' and 'brutalise'
2010-09-11
Ambonese prisoners claim they have been tortured and beaten by Detachment 88, Indonesia's elite counter-terrorism unit funded and trained by ...
Rains cut hopes for Indonesian palm and rice
2010-09-11 06:08:16
Rains blamed on the La Nina weather pattern have slashed hopes for two of the major crops in Indonesia, the Asian agricultural powerhouse, including bringing to an end a period of ....News Source
Indonesia: Maluku political activist in critical condition after ......
10 September 2010
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL. PUBLIC STATEMENT. AI Index: ASA 21/022/2010. 10 September 2010. The Indonesian prison authorities must ensure that political activist Yusuf Sapakoly receives full and immediate access to the medical care he urgently requires, in accordance with provisions set out in international human rights law and standards, as well as in Indonesian law.
The Grudge: Barry Soetoro's Indonesian Expatriate Hell
2010-09-10 19:21:27
Where did Barack Obama acquire the self-evident disdain he has for major corporations, especially oil companies, and for the striving classes who have made America prosperous and s....News Source
Indonesians observe Idul Fitri festivity in peace
2010-09-10 20:20:51
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Millions of Indonesians took part in peaceful morning prayers on Friday before celebrating the end of the month-long Ramadan fasting month. With family and ....News Source
Remnants of Ambon’s Religious Harmony
2010-09-09 01:17:18
While the conflict may now be over, the religious harmony that was once an integral part of daily life in Ambon remains elusive. Clear delineations between Muslim and Christian areas, remnants of the violence, still exist. News Source
Indonesian Christians plead for end to threats
2010-09-09 01:17:18
Indonesian Christians expressed deep concern yesterday over plans by a US fringe group to burn copies of the Qur’an to mark the anniversary of the September 11 attacks, amid fears of violent reprisals.....News Source
Indonesia: New vice minister of defense
2010-09-08 18:14:26
Indonesia: Key perpetrator of student crackdown and riots in 1997/98 promoted to vice minister of defense The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) and t....News Source
Munir’s Spirit Defies the Mockery of Justice < click here
2010-09-07 16:29:13
Amnesty International said that the lack of full accountability for Munir’s murder contributes to an ongoing climate of fear among human rights defenders, some of whom have recently come under attack.
Unlike in Africa, Indonesia’s Bandits Come With a Smile
2010-09-07 16:29:13
In 2004, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono stated: “I myself will lead the war against corruption.” Interestingly, this statement is similar to President Suharto’s remark on Independence Day in 1971, when he said: “There is no hesitancy that I myself will lead the war against corruption.” News Source
Indonesia's lax gun control a boon for militants – report
Reuters 2010-09-06 21:18:05
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's poor gun control and corruption are allowing jihadist networks access to arms that may be used in sniper-style killings or bank robberies to help fu....News Source
Protest rallies against "Burn A Qur`an Day" continue
2010-09-05 17:07:19
Kendari, S E Sulawesi (ANTARA News) - Protests against an American church`s "Burn a Quran Day" campaign to mark the ninth anniversary of the September 11 incident continu....News Source
Papuans' future an open question after failure of autonomy < click here
SMH 2010-09-04 14:15:43
JAKARTA: A broad consensus is emerging in Indonesia that special autonomy for the country's fractious provinces of Papua and West Papua has failed miserably.
From Hiding, Indonesian Defends Free Expression
New York Times 2010-09-04 01:19:45
From Hiding, Indonesian Defends Free ExpressionNew York TimesRather than turn himself in by a Monday deadline, Mr. Arnada went underground, setting off the latest stage of Indonesi....News Source
People urged not to become provoked by Koran burning rumor
2010-09-03 16:13:51
Ambon, Maluku (ANTARA News) - Rumors on burning of the Koran in Florida, USA, on September 11, 2010 is expected not to trigger anger to Muslims in Maluku. According to a local Isl....News Source
Corrupt Indonesian police provide weapons to militants
2010-09-03 15:17:05
Indonesian prosecutors have detailed claims that corrupt police provided weapons used by a new terrorist cell allegedly funded by the radical Muslim cleric, Abu Bakar Bashir. The p....News Source
Why Indonesia has left
2010-09-03 18:13:52
Indonesia is only one of our Asian neighbors which are leaving the Philippines behind in terms of economic and political development.....News Source
Indonesia's National Defence Forces: Recent Strategic Changes And Implications
2010-09-03 07:41:24
Following President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s re-election in November 2009, the Indonesian National Defence Forces (TNI) have been undergoing several significant structural change....News Source
Update: Civilian Death Toll Climbs to Five after Attack on Indonesian Police Station
2010-09-02 06:06:43
Palu, Central Sulawesi. Indonesian police opened fire and killed five people when an angry mob attacked their station with firebombs in a protest over the death of a man in custody, police said on Wednesday.....News Source
PT Freeport in Indonesia's Papua province pays millions of dollars in taxes.
2010-09-01 14:11:18
PT Freeport Indonesia, the Indonesian unit of US-owned mining firm Freeport McMoran, says it has paid the government up to 899 million US dollars in financial obligations in the first semester of the year.News Source
