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Eramed Aims for Halmahera's Nickel
2011-02-28 16:31:49
Eramed, a France-based mining company, is interested in investing US$ 4-5 billion in nickel mining and smelting on Halmahera Island, Maluku.

A Statement from a Group of Papuan Church Leaders
2011-02-28 16:47:14
Today on January 26th, 2011 we, Leaders of churches in the Land of Papua, along with Christian congregations, gather to declare our stance and position with regard to the state of government and its development policies pursued in the Land of Papua since annexation of Papua by the Unitary Republic of Indonesia, specifically with the introduction of the Law No. 21/2001 regarding the Special Autonomy for Papua.

ETimor, Indonesia seek Melanesian engagement
2011-02-28 16:00:20
East Timor and Indonesia have applied for official observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group.The MSG is an intergovernmental organisation made up of the four Pacific Melane....

Media Group reports cabinet secretary to police over statement
2011-02-27 19:23:15
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Media Group, a company owning Metro TV and Media Indonesia daily, on Saturday reported Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam to the police over his recent call  ....

Four more parties to merge into Gerindra
2011-02-26 02:52:53
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Following the example of the Star Reform Party (PBR), four more small political parties are going to merge with the Greater Indonesia Movement (Gerindra) Pa....

A worm inside the new Indonesia
Sydney Morning Herald 2011-02-25 20:52:14
Yet Chauvel says West Papua has become an ''Achilles' heel'' for a democratising Indonesia over the last 10 years. ''Papua is Indonesia's last and most intractable regional conflict,'' he said. ''Papua has become a battleground between a 'new' and an 'old' Indonesia.

West Papua activists want dialogue with Jakarta
Radio Australia2011-02-24 23:10:23
The ramifications of the fast moving events in Libya and the middle east could be felt as far away as Papua in Indonesia, a Sydney Conference has been told. A movement for greater autonomy or even independence from Indonesia has been active since Papua was absorbed by the Muslim state in 1969.

Dateline Jakarta: Indonesian Hard-Liners Get Egypt All Wrong
2011-02-23 14:19:18
Pardon me if this sounds like a silly question, but can someone please explain why violent, radical Islamic militants get away with threatening to overthrow Indonesia’s democratically elected government, while non-violent activists in Maluku and Papua who raise independence flags are arrested, allegedly tortured and given lengthy prison sentences?

Political Reform in Indonesia After Soeharto
2011-02-23 06:38:40
Peaceful transitions to democracy are as rare as they are desirable. As one of the most striking success stories, Indonesia offers important lessons. Crouch, a longtime Indonesia o...

Widespread impunity in Papua aggravating tensions
2011-02-22 13:42:56
Press Release: Asian Human Rights Commission February 22, 2011 A written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC), a n....

S Korean intelligence officials break into hotel room of Indonesian delegates
2011-02-21 16:32:22
South Korean spy agency officials broke into a hotel room of visiting Indonesian presidential envoys last week in Seoul, local newspapers reported Monday.South Korea's Chosun ....

A democratic Islam?
2011-02-20 16:43:06
What I think is important is the Philippines, but even more so Indonesia, have shown that they can do it right, and that, as they did, i....

Indonesian Islamists demand ban on Ahmadiyahs
AFP 2011-02-19 22:13:46
JAKARTA - Hundreds of hardline Islamists rallied in the Indonesian capital on Friday to demand President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono disband a minority Muslim sect or resign. The wh...

Christians seek to defend themselves from Muslim assaults
2011-02-19 00:38:37
From the Indonesian courtroom where the defendant is on trial for inciting religious hatred, Murhali Barda, radical Muslim leader of the Islamic Defenders Front, now suspended from....

Could Indonesia's democracy be Egypt's model?
Christian Science Monitor 2011-02-19 06:06:28
Abu Bakar Bashir's trial demonstrates the struggles Indonesia faces a decade after transitioning from authoritarian rule to the world's largest Muslim democracy.

Indonesia is no longer a poster child for pluralism
The Guardian 2011-02-18 16:06:02
But proceedings were marred by the cruellest of events in Indonesia, with celebrations tarnished by a str....

Indonesia must become a common house for all faiths says WCC Vice Moderator
2011-02-18 06:19:02
Addressing the Central Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches today, the Rev Dr Margaretha Hendriks-Ririmasse said the conditions for Christians had changed for the wor...

Special: 'What Can I Say: Indonesia'
2011-02-18 14:19:47
Indonesia under the dictator Suharto's New Order regime suffered violence and institutionalised corruption and corruption continues to be a problem, thirteen years after Suharto's ....

Religious tensions grow in Indonesia
2011-02-18 15:06:35
A loudspeaker announces afternoon prayers and residents quietly file out of homes with boarded up windows, wearing wraparound sarongs and Muslim caps. The Ahmadi, a sect considered....

Timor-Leste, Indonesia allowed as observers at Melanesian Spearhead Group meeting in Fiji
2011-02-18 20:22:05
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) has welcomed the request by Timor-Leste and Indonesia to be part of its March meeting in Fiji after an earlier request by t....

East Timor, Indonesia Want Seat At Melanesian Meet
2011-02-17 13:14:42
SUVA, Fiji - Asian neighbors Timor Leste and Indonesia have requested permission to attend the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) meeting to be hosted by Fiji next month.

VIEW: An Indonesian massacre
2011-02-16 07:19:01
The baying crowd lynched three men to death and critically injured six others. The horror played out in full view of the authorities as the police and other law-enforcement officials stood aside and watched the tragedy unfold.

Indonesia - Land of Tolerance or Terror
2011-02-15 10:11:51
Three months ago, President Obama praised Indonesia as a model of religious tolerance when he said that Indonesia and the United States share principles of unity and tolerance. ....

Indonesia expecting F-16 jets from US
2011-02-15 14:33:23
The Indonesian Military (TNI) has accepted an offer for a grant from the US government in the form of two F-16A/B Fighting Falcon jets, a top military commander....

Russian investors plan to build a $3 billion nickel smelter in Halmahera island in Maluku
2011-02-14 14:25:11

Press Release of the Fourth ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights, Solo, Indonesia, 10-13 February 2011
2011-02-14 20:53:59
The Fourth ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) meeting was held from 10 - 13 February 2011 in Solo, Indonesia. This Meeting was the first....

Intolerant Indonesia: Muslim hardliners kill 'apostates'
2011-02-14 14:26:47
In a jerky video that's shaken up Indonesia, young men take turns whacking three prostrate, nearly naked bodies with wooden sticks. The blows land with sickening thumps. Rocks foll....

Identity Crisis: In Tale of Two Indonesias, Yudhoyono Can Choose the Ending
2011-02-13 06:49:01
In recent weeks, we have seen two Indonesias. One is the rising economic and diplomatic power poised to join the world?s elite emerging economies. The other is a country still unab....

Bishop decries lack of state protections for Christians in Indonesia
2011-02-12 23:45:07
A bishop in Indonesia has strongly criticized national officials for failing to protect Christians and other religious groups after a mob of 1,500 Muslims destroyed three churches....

Death to minorities in Indonesia
Asia Times Online 2011-02-11 16:50:59
JAKARTA - Indonesia's status as a thriving pluralist democracy is under threat as the country's religious minoriti......

Religious turmoil in Indonesia reflects a disturbing global trend.
2011-02-11 14:13:32
reports surfaced in Indonesia of Christian Churches being burned by a Muslim mob after tempers flared at a courthouse in Temanggung, a region about 400 miles from the capital city ....

A long way to go yet for Indonesia
2011-02-11 14:13:32
WHILE the world's attention has been focused of late on the developments in Egypt and across the Arab world, a smaller, though no less important event, took place in Indonesia less....

US concerned about religious violence inIndonesia 
2011-02-10 20:40:52
The United States expressed on Wednesday its concerns about religious violence in Indonesia. "The United States is deeply concerned about the mob violence in Indonesia directed at ...

Indonesian military gets away with torture
2011-02-10 04:17:53
Last July, when the United States lifted its ban on military assistance to Indonesia's elite Special Forces, Kopassus, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates praised the Indonesi....

ICW hands AGO evidence of prosecutor’s alleged corruption
2011-02-09 02:02:35
Activists from the Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) arrived at the Attorney General's Office (AGO) to hand over evidence on the alleged corruption committed by...

Religious freedom in Indonesia in tatters: Amnesty
2011-02-08 15:41:48
The fatal Sunday attack on Ahmadis in Banten has captured the concern of not only local, but also international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, which c....

SBY accused of lying for failure to protect minorities
2011-02-08 16:58:13
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has again been accused of lying in regard to purported efforts to uphold plural....

Indonesian mob burns churches, attack police
The Associated Press 2011-02-08 17:24:19
Hundreds of Islamic hard-liners stormed a courthouse and set two churches on fire Tuesd....

Mob Attack in Indonesia Organized: Kontras
VIVAnews.com 2011-02-07 12:33:31
Indonesian Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) said i....

ICW wants decision on police officers’ suspicious bank accounts
2011-02-06 21:44:46
Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) said the Central Information Commission (KIP) should rule in favor of the ICW in their dispute with the National Police.....

Indonesia Threatened Included in the list of Failed States
2011-02-05 09:02:50
Condition of Indonesia which increasingly slumped and concern, and government that seem to run from problems could plunge this nation into a failed state conditions (Failed State).....

Attacks on Indonesian Churches Spiked in 2010, Group Says
2011-02-04 21:34:47 
Violations of Christians' religious freedom in Indonesia jumped from 12 incidents in 2009 to 75 last year, according to a report from the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace. ....

Australia's support for Soeharto's Indonesia was an example of excusing political repression as a necessary price for stability
2011-02-03 15:11:26
It's democracy at home, but the West foolishly keeps on backing dictators elsewhere. Australia's support for Soeharto's Indonesia was an example of excusing political repression as a necessary price for stability. That policy came unstuck after Indonesia's ......

Washington's affair with Jakarta gets serious
2011-02-03 13:47:13
The 10-month sentences handed down last week to three Indonesian soldiers accused of torturing two Papuan civilians raises fresh questions about the professionalism of Indonesia’s .... 

Light Sentences for Rights Violators Spark Calls for Suspension of Aid to Abusive and Unaccountable Indonesian Military
2011-02-02 12:10:31
The West Papua Advocacy Team (WPAT), East and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and TAPOL condemn the Indonesian government's failure to hold Indonesian military personnel responsible for the grave crime of torture of two Papuans.

Indonesia makes startling admission on ‘forest mafia’
2011-02-02 10:32:11
Indonesia admitted Tuesday that hundreds of mine and plantation companies are operating illegally on Borneo island, and promised to beef up law enforcement to protect forest....

PNG politician accuses government of doing Indonesia’s dirty work.
2011-02-02 16:17:53
The governor of Papua New Guinea’s National Capital District is accusing the government of using a security operation along the Papua border to do Indonesia’s dirty work. More than....

PNG Prime Minister told security operation at Indonesia border inflicting harm.
2011-02-01 15:47:07
The governor of Papua New Guinea’s capital, Port Moresby, has called on the government to end an operation arresting people who’re suspected of illegally crossing the border from Indonesia.

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