LATEST NEWS MARCH 2010
Expected Obama Administration Backing for Indonesian State Terror
2010-03-31 02:35:15
By Stephen Lendman (about the author) Page 1 of 4 page(s) opednews.com Permalink For OpEdNews: Stephen Lendman - Writer - by Stephen Lendman Indonesia's National Armed Forces (TNI)....News Source
ASEAN human rights body non-committal yet
Minda News 2010-03-30 00:58:02
Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia's representative to AICHR, said no substantive discussion had taken place, although they expected the rules to be drafted anytime ...Continue.
ASEAN human rights body fails kin of massacred journalists
ABS CBN News 2010-03-29 19:30:44
Not yet," an apologetic Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia 's commissioner to the AICHR, explained to Naomi Parcon, wife of slain Koronadal-based journalist Joel ...Continue.
KPK arrests judge, lawyer in bribery case
2010-03-30 15:33:42
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) caught a judge and a lawyer red-handed and arrested them on alleged bribery Tuesday.read more....News Source
Anti-U.S. views rise in Indonesia
2010-03-29 12:07:04
Amid cries of 'God is Great,' the former chief of staff of the Indonesian army joined hard-line Muslim activists in a Jakarta ballroom last week to denounce the United States -- an....News Source
Indonesian soldier denies Balibo role
2010-03-29 08:03:49
The Indonesian soldier alleged to have stabbed Australian journalists to death at Balibo has denied any involvement in the 1975 killings and intends to move back to East Timor, where his daughter works for the government. Speaking in his first interview Continue.
Indonesia: Prominent cleric says sharia highest law
2010-03-28 22:45:30
(AKI/Jakarta Post) - A prominent cleric from Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation, the Nahdlatul Ulama, says that Islamic sharia law should take precedence over laws passed by t....News Source
Anti-pornagraphy law worries non-Muslim faithful
2010-03-28 02:08:14
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 'If it continues like this, will even the naked body of Christ on the cross be considered pornography?' This is what Catholics in Indonesia are asking aft....News Source
Indonesian corruption watch demands suspension of two Generals
2010-03-28 00:35:43
The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has urged National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri to suspend two generals due to alleged corruption cases, Antara News ....News Source
Activists urge military to investigate Aceh killings
2010-03-27 01:50:40
The military should conduct an independent investigation to prove its personnel were not involved in the killing of political activists in Aceh as accused by US journalist Allan Na....News Source
Construction of Two Churches Stopped in Indonesia
2010-03-27 01:50:40
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Compass Direct News) An Islamic mob stopped construction of Santa Maria Immaculata Catholic Church in Citra Garden, West Jakarta earlier this month even a....News Source
Indonesia's Indigenous People Map their Territory
2010-03-27 05:38:00
Indigenous people in Indonesia are mapping their land in order to protect their land rights from government and business interests. Intense development pressures threaten the h ....News Source
TNI Seeking To Sue American Journalist
2010-03-26 07:13:14
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Military (TNI) intends to sue an American journalist for tarnishing its image by stating its Special Force was involved in political murders ....News Source
Obama potentially takes a step backwards in Indonesia
2010-03-26 03:43:15
News is breaking in Indonesia about the role of the Indonesian military in the murder of political activists in the province of Aceh last year, in the lead-up to elections.News Source
US Firm Queries Indonesian Palm Oil Supplier
2010-03-26 02:24:03
US food company Cargill has become the latest multinational to demand answers from Indonesian palm oil giant Sinar Mas about claims it is devastating forests rich in carbon and wil....News Source
TNI Pertimbangkan Tuntut Wartawan AS Allan Nairn
2010-03-25 16:51:23
TNI mempertimbangkan untuk menuntut wartawan AS Allan Nairn, yang telah mencoreng citra institusi militer Indonesia. Baca selengkapnya.
"Indonesia's Papua: Of roads and road maps"
2010-03-25 20:20:51
It seems to be unpleasant for some to digest that the Free Papua Movement (OPM) was most likely involved in the string of attacks near the Freeport mine road in Indonesia's eastern....News Source
Allan Nairn: A Challenge to the Indonesian Armed Forces, and to the US Government. Statement of Allan Nairn in Response to Arrest Threat from TNI.
2010-03-24 16:57:19
In response to my report revealing their assassinations of political activists (see posting of March 21, 2010 - http://http//www.allannairn.com/2010/03/breaking-news-indonesian-army-kopassus.html ), the US-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI) are Continue.
A Challenge to the Indonesian Armed Forces, and to the US Government. Statement of Allan Nairn in Response to Arrest Threat from TNI.
2010-03-23 01:47:47
I welcome this threat from TNI, a force which has murdered many hundreds of thousands, and challenge them to arrest me so that we can face-off in open court.
I will be glad to stand in court before the Indonesian public and detail TNI's role in numerous tortures, disappearances, massacres and assassinations.
Allan Nairn Cut Off By Indonesian TV
2010-03-25 14:50:40
This afternoon METRO TV, a major Indonesian news channel, invited me to come on the air live for 30 minutes at 8pm tonight WIB (Western Indonesia Time) to discuss my recent report ....News Source
TNI Tuding Wartawan AS Sebar Berita Bohong
2010-03-25 01:09:53
JAKARTA--MI: Wartawan investigatif asal Amerika Serikat Allan Nairn dituding membuat ulah dengan memasang berita yang mengandung kebohongan tentang pasukan elite Angkatan Darat Kopassus yang dituding membunuh aktivis Partai Atjeh pada 2009 lalu. Baca selengkapnya.
Obama’s Bad Prescription for Indonesia
2010-03-24 23:07:45
Allan Nairn reported that the TNI "assassinated a series of civilian activists during 2009 ... as part of a secret government program, authorized from Jakarta, coordinated in part by an active-duty, U.S.-trained Kopassus special-forces general who has just acknowledged on the record that his TNI men had a role in the killings." News Source
Indonesia's Special Forces Unit Still Doesn't Respect Human Rights
Wall Street Journal 2010-03-24 01:05:56
Since Suharto's ouster in 1998, Kopassus has been implicated in numerous serious human-rights abuses in East Timor, Aceh, and Papua. News Source
Indonesia sees need for more troops in Papua
AFP 2010-03-24 01:09:08
The Indonesian military is considering sending thousands of extra troops to restive Papua province where it stands accused of widespread human rights abuses, a spokesman said Tuesday. News Source
Pemerintah Harus Jawab Tuduhan Allan Nairn
2010-03-23 11:30:03
Tulisan wartawan AS, Allan Nairn, yang mengindikasikan keterlibatan Kopassus dalam pembunuhan aktivitas Aceh saat Pemilu 2009, dinilai serius. Baca selengkapnya.
Kopassus Dituduh Terlibat Pembunuhan Politik di Aceh
2010-03-23 11:17:08
Korps pasukan khusus TNI AD, Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopassus), dituduh terlibat dalam sejumlah operasi berlatar belakang politik di Aceh. Baca selengkapnya.
Indonesian Army Implicated in New Assassinations; Forces Receiving US Aid Ran '09 Activist Murders
2010-03-23 17:40:40
According to senior Indonesian officials and police and details from government files, the US-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI), now due for fresh American aid, assassinated a s....News Source
Exchange Of Fire Breaks Out In Papua
2010-03-23 14:18:53
Jayapura (ANTARA News) - Indonesian soldiers were involved in an exchange of fire with a group of separatists around Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency, Papuan Province, on Monday....News Source
Protesters Arrested In Papua Protest
2010-03-23 14:18:53
Tue, 03/23/2010 11:48 AM | The Archipelago JAYAPURA, Papua: The police apprehended 15 activists from the West Papua National Committee protesting outside Waena Expo complex in Jay....News Source
Indonesia Walks a 'Tricky' Path Toward Growth and Sustainability
New York Times 2010-03-22 21:17:56
Four decades of aggressive development have stripped Indonesia's forests nearly half bare since the time when a young Barack .......News Source
Ri’s Mangrove Forests Shrinks To 2 Million Ha
2010-03-22 01:40:20
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 03/21/2010 11:31 PM | National Indonesia’s mangrove forest area has shrunk from 4.2 million hectares in 1982 to 2 million hectares, accordi....News Source
KPK grills former PLN president
2010-03-22 17:40:25
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has questioned Fahmi Mochtar, a former president of state electricity company PT PLN, in its investigation into a possible graft i....News Source
Indonesia: Poor majority struggle for justice
2010-03-21 19:39:44
World Bank researchers estimate that 60% of Indonesians (115 million people) live on less than US$2 a day (a common international standard for poverty). News Source
Indonesia's ex-intel chief defiant toward threat of charges
Asia News Network 2010-03-21 13:03:11
Indonesia's former detective chief Susno Duadji says he is unperturbed by the possibility of the National Police taking him to court for defamation.....News Source
Nestle to stop using rain-forest palm oil, amid Facebook fracas
Ha'aretz 2010-03-21 07:55:18
Nestle to stop using rain-forest palm oil, amid Facebook fracasHa'aretzNestle, the world's biggest food conglomerate, said it had stopped buying palm oil from Ind....News Source
Maluku artist team to Grace Indonesia fair in Netherlands
2010-03-21 01:42:55
Ambon (ANTARA News) - A Maluku artist team is being prepared to grace an Indonesia Fair to be organized by the Indonesian Embassy in the Netherlands early next month. The chief of ....News Source
Obama's Missed Opportunity in Indonesia
Council on Foreign Relations 2010-03-20 21:14:52
When Barack Obama decided on March 18 to postpone--again--his planned trip to Indonesia, Australi....News Source
Indonesia disappointed after Barack Obama delays trip
Christian Science Monitor 2010-03-20 00:21:47
Indonesians had already hung welcome home banners when US President Barack Obama delayed his visit to Jakarta. While disappointing to many, some hope it will allow him to stay longer in Indonesia in June.News Source
Obama's Indonesia Pledge
2010-03-19 22:32:36
In an interview airing Friday on RCTI, Indonesia's largest commercial television network, Obama said it makes sense to wait until June so he and his family are not rushed when they visit Indonesia, where he lived for four years as a child.News Source
Kpk Warns Local Elections Will Be ‘prone To Corruption’
2010-03-19 13:48:56
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warned Thursday that direct elections across the region would be prone to corruption and reminded candidates vying for governor, mayor and regent posts to refrain from illegal methods. News Source
Obama Is Not Yet Coming To Jakarta
2010-03-19 05:12:32
Authorities removed a statue of Barack Obama from a park in the Jakarta due to a public backlash.It was moved today to a elementary school nearby where the U.S. president went to a....News Source
US-funded Detachment 88, elite of Indonesia security
2010-03-19 04:01:38
JAKARTA: Indonesia has won praise for cracking down on Islamist militants behind a string of deadly attacks and at the core of the fight have been the heavily armed black-clad o....News Source
Santorum: Obama May 'Bow to More Muslims' in Indonesia
Atlantic Online (blog) 2010-03-18 05:42:10
Mediaite.comSantorum: Obama May 'Bow to More Muslims' in IndonesiaAtlantic Online (blog)That's what Rick Santorum had to say about President Obama's pending trip to....News Source
Obama to highlight democracy in his speech
Jakarta Post 2010-03-18 10:41:31
The US Embassy here said US President Barack Obama will deliver a speech in Jakarta highlighting the “democracy and progress that has been made since Obama’s speech in Cairo”, on the second day of his visit in Indonesia on March 24. News Source
Indonesia: Protests planned for Obama visit
2010-03-18 08:24:56
Jakarta, 17 March(AKI) - US president Barak Obama's forthcoming trip to Indonesia has provoked a strong reaction from conservative Muslim leaders who are calling for protesters to ....News Source
Terrorists’ issue just a distraction: Observer
2010-03-17 19:28:00
Observers have expressed suspicion of the recent crackdown on terrorist suspects as part of the government's efforts to distract the public's attention from the high-profile Bank ...News Source
Convicted criminals still active as legislators: NGOs
2010-03-17 14:03:09
A coalition of parliamentary watchdogs reported six lawmakers to the House of Representatives? disciplinary council on Wednesday for various violations of the legislative body’s code of ethics, Continue.
State losses from forestry graft could reach 30 trillion: NGOs
2010-03-17 10:55:23
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been slow to investigate corruption in the forestry sector, despite it being declared a priority, say officials from Indonesia Corr....News Source
E Timor 'still needs Indonesia apology'Sydney Morning Herald 2010-03-16 17:25:26
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta says Indonesia still needs to apologise over its brutal occupation o....News Source
US Indonesia military deal uncertain
Sky News Australia 2010-03-16 17:23:45
The US says it cannot predict when it will resume full military ties with Indonesia, as it laid out the details of President Barack Obama's trip to Jakarta.....News Source
Unilever Will Still Buy Palm Oil From Indonesia
2010-03-16 13:32:15
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Unilever Global said it will still buy crude palm oil from Indonesian producers grouped in the Sustainable Palm Oil Roundtable. 'We will still use Ind....News Source
Obama To Visit Indonesia From March 23
2010-03-15 23:57:30
(RTTNews) - United States President Barack Obama's postponed tour of Indonesia will take place next week, starting March 23.Reports quoting Indonesian Presidential spoke .News Source
Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia uncertain
2010-03-15 12:42:33
US president Barack Obama is due to visit Indonesia and Australia beginning later this week but difficult politics in Washington over the President's health care bill are proving an obstacle to his travel. News Source
OPM military wing calls for UN-mediated dialogue
2010-03-15 11:55:31
The military wing of the separatist Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM) said it welcomed dialogue with Jakarta as long as an international organization, preferably the UN, acted as the mediator.News Source
Journalists Still Face Threat Of Censorship In Digital Age
2010-03-15 11:55:30“
Indonesian journalists are now facing more regulations than they would have back in 1910-1930, during the colonial era,” said Andreas Harsono of Pantau Foundation. News Source
Protest Over Obama Indonesia Visit Continue
Tempo Interaktif 2010-03-15 14:19:13
Jakarta: More protest over President barack Obama's visit to Jakarta follows last week's protests in different cities in Indonesia. News Source
Advisor won't confirm Obama trip
ABC Online 2010-03-15 03:35:37
The United States president's chief adviser has deflected a question about the possibility Barack Obama's trip to Indonesia and Australia will end up being cancelled. News Source
Indonesia to seek ties with other countries if U.S.' ban on elite unit continues: official
2010-03-15 14:21:57
The Indonesian military mulls to seek ties with other countries should the U.S. military continues its ban on cooperation with the country's armed forces elite unit of Kopassus, th....News Source
Obama reconsiders Indonesia military
2010-03-14 17:30:27
WASHINGTON - The United States is looking to break a taboo and train an elite Indonesian force linked to past abuses, as President Barack Obama courts the world's largest Muslim-ma....News Source
M 6.4, Kepulauan Obi, Maluku
2010-03-14 17:30:27
220 km (135 miles) N of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia 285 km (180 miles) SSE of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia 1230 km (760 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia 2415 km (....News Source
Obama in Indonesia: The sweeps begin
GlobalPost 2010-03-13 22:44:56
Obama in Indonesia: The sweeps beginGlobalPostTwo suspected militants were killed and eight arrested after a gunfight in Indonesia's Aceh province where police have been ....News Source
Ri-US Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement Being Prepared
2010-03-13 22:07:50
Jakarta - Preparations for the signing of a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (CPA) with the United States are continuing despite a delay in President Barrack Obama....News Source
AS Keluarkan Laporan Soal HAM di Indonesia
2010-03-12 08:39:35
Pemerintah Amerika Serikat pada Kamis mengeluarkan laporan yang berisi catatan-catatan mengenai praktik dan masalah hak asasi manusia yang terjadi di Indonesia sepanjang tahun 2009, dari korupsi dalam sistem peradilan dan praktek main hakim sendiri hingga kasus Prita Mulyasari dan artis Luna Maya. Baca selengkapnya.
Canberra backs Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua
2010-03-12 08:25:50
Australia's foreign minister Stephen Smith has reiterated Canberra's support for Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua. Activists have used the visit of Indonesia's president to Australia this week, to call on Canberra to raise alleged human rights abuses Continue.
Group Says Papuan Separatists In Indonesia Becoming More Radicalized
2010-03-13 00:22:02
Indonesians Looking Forward to Obama's Visit A new report documents a surge in separatist violence over the past year in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua. The re....News Source
Indonesia police chief sees risks over Obama visit
Reuters 2010-03-12 19:04:15
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's police chief said on Friday he could not rule out a potential security risk for U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit this month, as more suspected militant violence ... News Source
Obama Delays Trip to Indonesia to Work on Health Care
Fox News 2010-03-12 22:52:50
President Obama has pushed back his trip to Indonesia for three days to work with beleaguered Democrats on trying to wrap up a health care overhaul. ....News Source
Indonesia: US Should Justify Training Counterterrorism Unit
2010-03-12 18:20:40
(New York) - The US government should train members of Indonesia's elite special forces only if Indonesia takes sufficient steps toward accountability and reform to deter future ab....News Source
East Timor denies supporting human rights tribunal
2010-03-11 17:09:20
East Timor's President, Jose Ramos-Horta, says a press release issued by Amnesty International has misrepresented his comments about calls for an international tribunal in East Tim....News Source
Imparisial Minta Obama Tak Latih Kopasus
2010-03-11 18:09:57
"Kopasus belum berubah dan masih berbahaya. Karena itu kerja sama pemerintah Amerika Serikat dan Indonesia sebaiknya dikaji kembali tentang bantuan dana militer dari pemerintah Amerika Serikat," kata Managing Director Imparsial, Poengky Indarti, Kamis 11 Maret 2010. Sumber Berita
Kasad akan Dianugerahi Gelar Adat oleh Latupati
2010-03-10 19:43:54
Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat (Kasad) Jenderal TNI, George Toisutta, akan dianugerahi gelar adat oleh Latupati (pemangku adat) Maluku yang dijadwalkan penyelenggaraannya di Saparua, Maluku Tengah pada 14 Mei 2010. Baca selengkapnya.
Australia, Indonesia Upgrade Relationship To Strategic Partnership
2010-03-10 13:04:02
CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- Australia and Indonesia said Wednesday they have agreed to upgrade their relationship to the level of a strategic partnership, formally cooperating on issues....News Source
Timor-Leste President would support international tribunal
2010-03-09 21:25:52
The President of Timor-Leste has told Amnesty International he would support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 occupation by Indonesia, should the UN Security Council set it up.
Concern over US military training for Indonesia
2010-03-09 17:17:08
An American human rights group has raised concerns about a proposal for the United States to resume training the Indonesian military's special forces group, Kopassus. Continue.
Tribe sues Freeport over customary land dispute
2010-03-09 15:55:33
JAKARTA: One of Timika's native tribes, Amungme, filed a civil lawsuit with the South Jakarta District Court on Monday, against PT Freeport Indonesia for allegedly taking over their customary land for their main pit without paying compensation, the tribe's lawyer said. News Source
Brimob Masih Berjaga di Lokasi Bentrokan Antarwarga
2010-03-09 12:06:36
Situasi Desa Luhu dan Desa Iha, sebelah barat Kepulauan Seram, Maluku, mulai membaik. Aparat Brimob masih berjaga di kawasan perbatasan dua desa itu. Baca selengkapnya.
SBY visit shows need for closer partnership
The Age 2010-03-09 00:27:18
SBY visit shows need for closer partnershipThe AgeThe Department of Foreign Affairs website describes it in these terms: ''Australia and Indonesia co-operate ....News Source
Editorial: Corruption a Cancer Eating Indonesia
Jakarta Globe 2010-03-09 00:13:26
Sydney Morning HeraldEditorial: Corruption a Cancer Eating IndonesiaJakarta GlobeThus it comes as no surprise that Indonesia is perceived as the most corrupt country in the Asia-Pa....News Source
Timor-Leste President would support international tribunal
2010-03-08 21:25:52
The President of Timor-Leste has told Amnesty International he would support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 occupation by Indonesia, should the UN Security Council set it up.
Lessons of success from societies' oppressed minorities
2010-03-08
Like the Chinese in Indonesia, the Jews in Europe dominated their commercial world.
BACK when Indonesian presidents were dictators, not democrats, Suharto banned four issues from public discussion: differences of ethnicity, religion, race and class.
Dozens of PDI-P politicians receive bribes: Prosecutors
2010-03-08 20:30:15
An indictment on a graft case with defendant Dudhie Makmun Murod revealed Monday that 18 of his fellow Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians also received bri....News Source
Indonesia most corrupt of key Asian nations – PERC
Reuters India 2010-03-08 20:00:11
Indonesia, one of the star emerging markets over the past year, was rated the most corrupt of 16 major Asia-Pacific investment destinations in a business survey released on Monday. News Source
Activists voice women's suffering on International Women's Day
2010-03-08 19:33:01
"Many think that violence towards women is limited only to domestic violence, but it is actually beyond that," Wardarina from the Women's Solidarity for Human Rights (Solidaritas Perempuan), said in Central Jakarta. News Source
Indonesia: Forced church closings spike
2010-03-08 00:23:28
BEKASI, Indonesia – Packed into the living room of a small house here, several hundred Christians, all dressed in their Sunday best, whispered to each other over the sermon. News Source
5,000 Hizbut Tahrir supporters to stage anti-Obama rally in Surabaya
2010-03-07 15:40:59
Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia said Sunday it would deploy 5,000 supporters to stage a rally against the visit of US President Barrack Obama to Indonesia later this month.read more....News Source
US plan to train Indonesia's special forces sets off alarm
Christian Science Monitor 2010-03-06 07:27:11
The Obama administration wants to strengthen ties with Indonesia, including training for its special forces. But human rights activists say the US interest in rights and a foreign partner’s accountability to its own people should not be sacrificed for security interests. News Source
Indonesia says Unilever move on palm oil 'unfair'
Daily Times 2010-03-06 07:21:08
Green campaigners and consumers have turned up the heat on European firms such as Unilever, saying these companies' palm oil suppliers are responsible for deforestation and peatland clearence that can speed up climate change.
INDONESIA: U.S. Seeks to Resume Training of Controversial Military Unit
2010-03-05 10:59:28
(IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama hopes to resume U.S. training of an elite Indonesian military unit whose members have been convicted of gross human rights abuses in East Timor and elsewhere in the sprawling archipelago. The Continue.
Indonesia, Netherlands agree to Boost trade, investment relations
2010-03-05 14:58:27
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia and the Netherlands at a meeting here Thursday agreed to step up their bilateral relations in the trade and investment fields. The mutual commitme....News Source
Netherlands to help promote Indonesia's CPO exports
Jakarta Post 2010-03-05 16:06:01
The Netherlands has agreed to provide Indonesia with capacity building programs to help deal with a new European Union directive on imports of crude palm oil (CPO). News Source
Amnesty urges Obama to push Jakarta over rights abuses.
2010-03-04 12:37:12
Amnesty says Indonesian authorities continue to use repressive legislation to criminalise peaceful political activities. It says violations of this right are particularly severe in areas where there has been a history of pro-independence movements such as Maluku and Papua. Continue.
POLITICS: Indonesians Complain About Noise of Democracy
IPS 2010-03-04 15:59:53
Political communications professor Asep Saeful Muhtadi of the Bandung State Islamic University, for his part, remarked that Indonesia’s current politicians are damaging democracy – or at least the people’s perception of it – with their behaviour.
"Now, democracy in their (public’s) mind is merely an opportunity for all to grab power," he said. "So anybody, groups – big and small – are jockeying for power. Power for what? For making fortune. That’s what’s (being) thought of now as real politics." News Source
President of Indonesia Set to Visit Australia
2010-03-03 13:23:06
Because the Indonesian President is visiting Australia this month, I am writing to inform you that we are organising a demonstration against the abuse of West Papuan human rights. The rally is to be held at outside the Australian Parliament in Canberra Continue.
U.S. Military Assistance Will Harm Reform And Set Back Human Rights in Indonesia
2010-03-03 06:23:57
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the Obama administration not to offer increased military assistance to Indonesia. (I-Newswire) February 28, 2010 - "U.S. military assistance harms reform and sets back human rights Continue.
U.S. may train Indonesia's Kopassus unit
2010-03-03 16:23:47
As President Obama prepares to travel to Indonesia, his administration is seeking to reverse a 12-year-old ban on training an elite unit of the Indonesian military whose members ha....News Source
Indonesia welcomes US plan to boost military cooperation
2010-03-03 16:23:46
Officials have said the US plan to fully resume its military and counterterrorism cooperation with Indonesia showed that the world's biggest economy appreciated what the most popul....News Source
Question looms over judges’ impartiality2010-03-02 12:26:00
With the marathon hearings of a judicial review request of the blasphemy law still going on, activists have questioned whether the Constitutional Court’s nine judges can shed their religious leanings and be impartial. News Source
Indonesian reformers’ fate to be decided this week
2010-03-02 14:54:16
JAKARTA - The future of two of Indonesia’s leading reformers, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Vice President Boediono, may be decided this week after the release of a parliamentary probe into a bank bailout. News Source
Indonesia Rejects E-waste Shipment From US
PC World 2010-03-02 06:10:28
A Massachusetts recycler of electronic waste is disputing reports from an environmental group that a recent shipment to Indonesia ....News Source
Key political risks to watch in Indonesia2010-03-01 22:12:50
JAKARTA, March 1 (Reuters) - Strong growth and political stability made Indonesia Southeast Asia's most attractive investment destination last year, but the outlook is threatened by a struggle between reformers and powerful vested interests.News Source
Soeharto a hero? Let the public judge: Tommy
2010-03-01 22:54:12
Whether the late former president Soeharto deserves to be named a national hero should be left to the public to decide, says his youngest son, Hutomo ?Tommy? Mandala Putra.read more....News Source
On SBY and Obama's fiasco
2010-03-01 15:37:38
As an American citizen living in Indonesia I did not favorably read your rather biased point of view on US President Barack Obama and the multitude of problems he faces....News Source
"Group in Aceh are made up of just Intruders, Not Terrorists"
2010-03-01 22:12:50
TEMPO Interactive, Banda Aceh:The activities of the group carrying out military training on Jalin Mountain, Jantho, Aceh Besar, are believed not to be terrorist activities. The act....News Source
Jakarta eyes new deal with US: official
Business Times 2010-03-01 04:20:10
Jakarta eyes new deal with US: officialBusiness Times (subscription)(WASHINGTON) Indonesia hopes to sign a framework agreement with the United States to bolster economic, political....News Source
NGO captures military intelligence officer
2010-02-28 22:18:35
Activists of the United Indonesia Movement (GIB) has captured a military intelligence officer red handed spying the non-governmental organization?s meetings to prepare an anti-gove....News Source
HRW wants Obama to press Jakarta over rights
2010-02-27 16:33:36
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on US President Barack Obama to press Indonesia over rights progress, military reform and religious freedom during his visit to Jakarta next month. ....News Source
Obama Urged to Examine Indonesia's Rights Record
Jakarta Globe 2010-02-27 02:38:29“We ask that you do this by publicly calling for the Indonesian government to make critical human rights improvement and by implementing the Comprehensive Partnership,” Roth wrote in the letter to Obama, which was also published on HRW’s Web site on Friday.....News Source
‘Obama’s trip to Indonesia should promote human rights’
2010-02-26 19:21:20
Washington: US President Barack Obama should reaffirm that human rights and the rule of law are essential pillars of America's engagement with Indonesia during his upcoming ....News Source
Muslim Groups Demand Closure of Large Church in Indonesia
2010-02-26 16:47:47
Hundreds of Muslims from outside the area where a 600-member church meets in West Java staged a protest there to call for its closure this month in an attempt to portray lo....News Source
Human Rights Watch Letter to President Obama Ahead of his Trip to Indonesia
2010-02-26 08:30:09
Dear President Obama, We write as you prepare to depart for Jakarta to launch the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. We urge you to seize this opportunity to reaffirm that human rights and the rule of law are essential pillars of US engagement in Indonesia.Continue.
Up cooperation with Indonesia
2010-02-25 10:19:00
WASHINGTON - SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton says the United States wants more counterterrorism and military cooperation with Indonesia. But Mrs Clinton told lawmakers on Wednesday that the US must make sure that human rights abuses do not resume before......Continue.
West Papuan rights lawyer calls for peaceful dialogue with Jakarta
2010-02-25 16:42:26
A prominent West Papuan human rights lawyer is using a speaking tour of Australia to promote the need for a peaceful solution to problems in Indonesia's troubled Papua region. Yan Christian Warinussy, who is the winner of Canada's John Humphrey FreedomContinue.
Maluku governor to visit Australia with president
2010-02-25 00:39:37
Ambon (ANTARA News) - Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu has been asked to accompany President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the latter's visit to Australia on March 13, 2010.....News Source
Indonesian police arrest 3 militants in Aceh raid
Washington Post 2010-02-25 20:13:19
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Indonesian police arrested three suspected Islamist militants Thursday as part of an ongoing crackdown in restive Aceh provinceContinue.
East Timor, a friendly and cooperative partner
2010-02-25 19:44:12
The Democratic Republic of East Timor, the world's newest nation and a developing island country of Southeast Asia, will celebrate its eighth anniversary of independence on May 20.....News Source
Listrik Sering Padam, KNPI Maluku Gugat PLN
2010-02-24 09:11:46
AMBON - Komite Nasional Pemuda Indonesia (KNPI) kota Ambon membentuk tim kuasa hukum untuk mengugat PT PLN (Persero) Wilayah Maluku dan Maluku Utara untuk mengganti kerugian masyarakat akibat pemdamanBaca selengkapnya.
Terrorism Persists in Indonesia Despite Progress
Jakarta Globe 2010-02-24 02:50:58
A number of events on Tuesday highlighted the paradox of Indonesia’s fight against terrorism — as law enforcement gains ground against extremists and terrorists, we are reminded yet again that the threat is far from eradicated. News Source
Timor-Leste has made 'remarkable progress' but faces daunting challenges – UN
2010-02-24 04:50:21
Timor-Leste has made “remarkable progress” since the violence that disrupted it in 2006, but the long-term goals of recovery and development may prove even more challenging, the top United Nations envoy to the small South-East Asian country said today.News Source
Discover Jakarta's Hidden Drinking Hotspot
2010-02-24 02:50:30
JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - Clark Kent turned into Superman in a phone booth, and television detective Maxwell Smart entered his secret lair through one. And if you discover what lie....News Source
Ex-guerilla to head Jakarta mujahideen
2010-02-23 07:03:49
JAKARTA: The son-in-law of a founder of regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has been elected to lead a branch of hardline organisation, the Indonesian Mujahideen Council....News Source
Listrik Padam, Warga Masohi Serbu Kantor PLN
2010-02-23
Masohi - Ratusan warga yang mendiami kawasan Rumah Rakyat, Masohi, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah (Malteng) Senin (22/2) menyerbu kantor PT PLN (Persero) Ranting Masohi.
Ditolak Rumah Sakit, Keluarga Pasien Mengamuk
2010-02-23 17:18
Sejumlah keluarga pasien mengamuk di RSUD Haulusi, Kota Ambon, lantaran pihak rumah sakit menolak mengobati keluarga mereka yang sakit.
UN warns of threats from high-tech waste in developing countries
The Canadian Press 2010-02-22 20:27:25
UN warns of threats from high-tech waste in developing countriesThe Canadian PressBALI, Indonesia ? Sales of household electrical gadgets will boom across the developing world in t....News Source
Thousands of village heads threaten to boycott public services
2010-02-22 16:22:44
Thousands of village heads and their staff from across the country rallied in front of the House of Representatives on Monday demanding the parliament endorse the village developme....News Source
Guest Speaker: `Fear no one and stick to your conscience'
2010-02-22 14:14:41
The head of the National Police's internal affairs department, Insp. Gen. Oegroseno, is not as famous as his senior in rank, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji.read more....News Source
Under Indonesia’s Surface, an Intricate Quilt of Faiths
New York Times 2010-02-21 05:16:38
For more than a decade, proponents of a more orthodox version of Islam have gained ground in Indonesia. More women are wearing head scarves and more Indonesians are adopting Arabic-style religious rituals as fundamentalists press for a purge of pre-Islamic values and ceremonies. But Indonesia’s traditional Islam provides a counterpoint.
2010-03-31 02:35:15
By Stephen Lendman (about the author) Page 1 of 4 page(s) opednews.com Permalink For OpEdNews: Stephen Lendman - Writer - by Stephen Lendman Indonesia's National Armed Forces (TNI)....News Source
ASEAN human rights body non-committal yet
Minda News 2010-03-30 00:58:02
Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia's representative to AICHR, said no substantive discussion had taken place, although they expected the rules to be drafted anytime ...Continue.
ASEAN human rights body fails kin of massacred journalists
ABS CBN News 2010-03-29 19:30:44
Not yet," an apologetic Rafendi Djamin, Indonesia 's commissioner to the AICHR, explained to Naomi Parcon, wife of slain Koronadal-based journalist Joel ...Continue.
KPK arrests judge, lawyer in bribery case
2010-03-30 15:33:42
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) caught a judge and a lawyer red-handed and arrested them on alleged bribery Tuesday.read more....News Source
Anti-U.S. views rise in Indonesia
2010-03-29 12:07:04
Amid cries of 'God is Great,' the former chief of staff of the Indonesian army joined hard-line Muslim activists in a Jakarta ballroom last week to denounce the United States -- an....News Source
Indonesian soldier denies Balibo role
2010-03-29 08:03:49
The Indonesian soldier alleged to have stabbed Australian journalists to death at Balibo has denied any involvement in the 1975 killings and intends to move back to East Timor, where his daughter works for the government. Speaking in his first interview Continue.
Indonesia: Prominent cleric says sharia highest law
2010-03-28 22:45:30
(AKI/Jakarta Post) - A prominent cleric from Indonesia's biggest Muslim organisation, the Nahdlatul Ulama, says that Islamic sharia law should take precedence over laws passed by t....News Source
Anti-pornagraphy law worries non-Muslim faithful
2010-03-28 02:08:14
Jakarta (Agenzia Fides) - 'If it continues like this, will even the naked body of Christ on the cross be considered pornography?' This is what Catholics in Indonesia are asking aft....News Source
Indonesian corruption watch demands suspension of two Generals
2010-03-28 00:35:43
The Indonesian Corruption Watch (ICW) has urged National Police Chief General Bambang Hendarso Danuri to suspend two generals due to alleged corruption cases, Antara News ....News Source
Activists urge military to investigate Aceh killings
2010-03-27 01:50:40
The military should conduct an independent investigation to prove its personnel were not involved in the killing of political activists in Aceh as accused by US journalist Allan Na....News Source
Construction of Two Churches Stopped in Indonesia
2010-03-27 01:50:40
JAKARTA, Indonesia (Compass Direct News) An Islamic mob stopped construction of Santa Maria Immaculata Catholic Church in Citra Garden, West Jakarta earlier this month even a....News Source
Indonesia's Indigenous People Map their Territory
2010-03-27 05:38:00
Indigenous people in Indonesia are mapping their land in order to protect their land rights from government and business interests. Intense development pressures threaten the h ....News Source
TNI Seeking To Sue American Journalist
2010-03-26 07:13:14
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - The Indonesian Military (TNI) intends to sue an American journalist for tarnishing its image by stating its Special Force was involved in political murders ....News Source
Obama potentially takes a step backwards in Indonesia
2010-03-26 03:43:15
News is breaking in Indonesia about the role of the Indonesian military in the murder of political activists in the province of Aceh last year, in the lead-up to elections.News Source
US Firm Queries Indonesian Palm Oil Supplier
2010-03-26 02:24:03
US food company Cargill has become the latest multinational to demand answers from Indonesian palm oil giant Sinar Mas about claims it is devastating forests rich in carbon and wil....News Source
TNI Pertimbangkan Tuntut Wartawan AS Allan Nairn
2010-03-25 16:51:23
TNI mempertimbangkan untuk menuntut wartawan AS Allan Nairn, yang telah mencoreng citra institusi militer Indonesia. Baca selengkapnya.
"Indonesia's Papua: Of roads and road maps"
2010-03-25 20:20:51
It seems to be unpleasant for some to digest that the Free Papua Movement (OPM) was most likely involved in the string of attacks near the Freeport mine road in Indonesia's eastern....News Source
Allan Nairn: A Challenge to the Indonesian Armed Forces, and to the US Government. Statement of Allan Nairn in Response to Arrest Threat from TNI.
2010-03-24 16:57:19
In response to my report revealing their assassinations of political activists (see posting of March 21, 2010 - http://http//www.allannairn.com/2010/03/breaking-news-indonesian-army-kopassus.html ), the US-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI) are Continue.
A Challenge to the Indonesian Armed Forces, and to the US Government. Statement of Allan Nairn in Response to Arrest Threat from TNI.
2010-03-23 01:47:47
I welcome this threat from TNI, a force which has murdered many hundreds of thousands, and challenge them to arrest me so that we can face-off in open court.
I will be glad to stand in court before the Indonesian public and detail TNI's role in numerous tortures, disappearances, massacres and assassinations.
Allan Nairn Cut Off By Indonesian TV
2010-03-25 14:50:40
This afternoon METRO TV, a major Indonesian news channel, invited me to come on the air live for 30 minutes at 8pm tonight WIB (Western Indonesia Time) to discuss my recent report ....News Source
TNI Tuding Wartawan AS Sebar Berita Bohong
2010-03-25 01:09:53
JAKARTA--MI: Wartawan investigatif asal Amerika Serikat Allan Nairn dituding membuat ulah dengan memasang berita yang mengandung kebohongan tentang pasukan elite Angkatan Darat Kopassus yang dituding membunuh aktivis Partai Atjeh pada 2009 lalu. Baca selengkapnya.
Obama’s Bad Prescription for Indonesia
2010-03-24 23:07:45
Allan Nairn reported that the TNI "assassinated a series of civilian activists during 2009 ... as part of a secret government program, authorized from Jakarta, coordinated in part by an active-duty, U.S.-trained Kopassus special-forces general who has just acknowledged on the record that his TNI men had a role in the killings." News Source
Indonesia's Special Forces Unit Still Doesn't Respect Human Rights
Wall Street Journal 2010-03-24 01:05:56
Since Suharto's ouster in 1998, Kopassus has been implicated in numerous serious human-rights abuses in East Timor, Aceh, and Papua. News Source
Indonesia sees need for more troops in Papua
AFP 2010-03-24 01:09:08
The Indonesian military is considering sending thousands of extra troops to restive Papua province where it stands accused of widespread human rights abuses, a spokesman said Tuesday. News Source
Pemerintah Harus Jawab Tuduhan Allan Nairn
2010-03-23 11:30:03
Tulisan wartawan AS, Allan Nairn, yang mengindikasikan keterlibatan Kopassus dalam pembunuhan aktivitas Aceh saat Pemilu 2009, dinilai serius. Baca selengkapnya.
Kopassus Dituduh Terlibat Pembunuhan Politik di Aceh
2010-03-23 11:17:08
Korps pasukan khusus TNI AD, Komando Pasukan Khusus (Kopassus), dituduh terlibat dalam sejumlah operasi berlatar belakang politik di Aceh. Baca selengkapnya.
Indonesian Army Implicated in New Assassinations; Forces Receiving US Aid Ran '09 Activist Murders
2010-03-23 17:40:40
According to senior Indonesian officials and police and details from government files, the US-backed Indonesian armed forces (TNI), now due for fresh American aid, assassinated a s....News Source
Exchange Of Fire Breaks Out In Papua
2010-03-23 14:18:53
Jayapura (ANTARA News) - Indonesian soldiers were involved in an exchange of fire with a group of separatists around Mulia district, Puncak Jaya regency, Papuan Province, on Monday....News Source
Protesters Arrested In Papua Protest
2010-03-23 14:18:53
Tue, 03/23/2010 11:48 AM | The Archipelago JAYAPURA, Papua: The police apprehended 15 activists from the West Papua National Committee protesting outside Waena Expo complex in Jay....News Source
Indonesia Walks a 'Tricky' Path Toward Growth and Sustainability
New York Times 2010-03-22 21:17:56
Four decades of aggressive development have stripped Indonesia's forests nearly half bare since the time when a young Barack .......News Source
Ri’s Mangrove Forests Shrinks To 2 Million Ha
2010-03-22 01:40:20
The Jakarta Post , Jakarta | Sun, 03/21/2010 11:31 PM | National Indonesia’s mangrove forest area has shrunk from 4.2 million hectares in 1982 to 2 million hectares, accordi....News Source
KPK grills former PLN president
2010-03-22 17:40:25
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has questioned Fahmi Mochtar, a former president of state electricity company PT PLN, in its investigation into a possible graft i....News Source
Indonesia: Poor majority struggle for justice
2010-03-21 19:39:44
World Bank researchers estimate that 60% of Indonesians (115 million people) live on less than US$2 a day (a common international standard for poverty). News Source
Indonesia's ex-intel chief defiant toward threat of charges
Asia News Network 2010-03-21 13:03:11
Indonesia's former detective chief Susno Duadji says he is unperturbed by the possibility of the National Police taking him to court for defamation.....News Source
Nestle to stop using rain-forest palm oil, amid Facebook fracas
Ha'aretz 2010-03-21 07:55:18
Nestle to stop using rain-forest palm oil, amid Facebook fracasHa'aretzNestle, the world's biggest food conglomerate, said it had stopped buying palm oil from Ind....News Source
Maluku artist team to Grace Indonesia fair in Netherlands
2010-03-21 01:42:55
Ambon (ANTARA News) - A Maluku artist team is being prepared to grace an Indonesia Fair to be organized by the Indonesian Embassy in the Netherlands early next month. The chief of ....News Source
Obama's Missed Opportunity in Indonesia
Council on Foreign Relations 2010-03-20 21:14:52
When Barack Obama decided on March 18 to postpone--again--his planned trip to Indonesia, Australi....News Source
Indonesia disappointed after Barack Obama delays trip
Christian Science Monitor 2010-03-20 00:21:47
Indonesians had already hung welcome home banners when US President Barack Obama delayed his visit to Jakarta. While disappointing to many, some hope it will allow him to stay longer in Indonesia in June.News Source
Obama's Indonesia Pledge
2010-03-19 22:32:36
In an interview airing Friday on RCTI, Indonesia's largest commercial television network, Obama said it makes sense to wait until June so he and his family are not rushed when they visit Indonesia, where he lived for four years as a child.News Source
Kpk Warns Local Elections Will Be ‘prone To Corruption’
2010-03-19 13:48:56
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) warned Thursday that direct elections across the region would be prone to corruption and reminded candidates vying for governor, mayor and regent posts to refrain from illegal methods. News Source
Obama Is Not Yet Coming To Jakarta
2010-03-19 05:12:32
Authorities removed a statue of Barack Obama from a park in the Jakarta due to a public backlash.It was moved today to a elementary school nearby where the U.S. president went to a....News Source
US-funded Detachment 88, elite of Indonesia security
2010-03-19 04:01:38
JAKARTA: Indonesia has won praise for cracking down on Islamist militants behind a string of deadly attacks and at the core of the fight have been the heavily armed black-clad o....News Source
Santorum: Obama May 'Bow to More Muslims' in Indonesia
Atlantic Online (blog) 2010-03-18 05:42:10
Mediaite.comSantorum: Obama May 'Bow to More Muslims' in IndonesiaAtlantic Online (blog)That's what Rick Santorum had to say about President Obama's pending trip to....News Source
Obama to highlight democracy in his speech
Jakarta Post 2010-03-18 10:41:31
The US Embassy here said US President Barack Obama will deliver a speech in Jakarta highlighting the “democracy and progress that has been made since Obama’s speech in Cairo”, on the second day of his visit in Indonesia on March 24. News Source
Indonesia: Protests planned for Obama visit
2010-03-18 08:24:56
Jakarta, 17 March(AKI) - US president Barak Obama's forthcoming trip to Indonesia has provoked a strong reaction from conservative Muslim leaders who are calling for protesters to ....News Source
Terrorists’ issue just a distraction: Observer
2010-03-17 19:28:00
Observers have expressed suspicion of the recent crackdown on terrorist suspects as part of the government's efforts to distract the public's attention from the high-profile Bank ...News Source
Convicted criminals still active as legislators: NGOs
2010-03-17 14:03:09
A coalition of parliamentary watchdogs reported six lawmakers to the House of Representatives? disciplinary council on Wednesday for various violations of the legislative body’s code of ethics, Continue.
State losses from forestry graft could reach 30 trillion: NGOs
2010-03-17 10:55:23
The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has been slow to investigate corruption in the forestry sector, despite it being declared a priority, say officials from Indonesia Corr....News Source
E Timor 'still needs Indonesia apology'Sydney Morning Herald 2010-03-16 17:25:26
East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta says Indonesia still needs to apologise over its brutal occupation o....News Source
US Indonesia military deal uncertain
Sky News Australia 2010-03-16 17:23:45
The US says it cannot predict when it will resume full military ties with Indonesia, as it laid out the details of President Barack Obama's trip to Jakarta.....News Source
Unilever Will Still Buy Palm Oil From Indonesia
2010-03-16 13:32:15
TEMPO Interactive, Jakarta:Unilever Global said it will still buy crude palm oil from Indonesian producers grouped in the Sustainable Palm Oil Roundtable. 'We will still use Ind....News Source
Obama To Visit Indonesia From March 23
2010-03-15 23:57:30
(RTTNews) - United States President Barack Obama's postponed tour of Indonesia will take place next week, starting March 23.Reports quoting Indonesian Presidential spoke .News Source
Obama's visit to Indonesia and Australia uncertain
2010-03-15 12:42:33
US president Barack Obama is due to visit Indonesia and Australia beginning later this week but difficult politics in Washington over the President's health care bill are proving an obstacle to his travel. News Source
OPM military wing calls for UN-mediated dialogue
2010-03-15 11:55:31
The military wing of the separatist Free Papua Movement (TPN-OPM) said it welcomed dialogue with Jakarta as long as an international organization, preferably the UN, acted as the mediator.News Source
Journalists Still Face Threat Of Censorship In Digital Age
2010-03-15 11:55:30“
Indonesian journalists are now facing more regulations than they would have back in 1910-1930, during the colonial era,” said Andreas Harsono of Pantau Foundation. News Source
Protest Over Obama Indonesia Visit Continue
Tempo Interaktif 2010-03-15 14:19:13
Jakarta: More protest over President barack Obama's visit to Jakarta follows last week's protests in different cities in Indonesia. News Source
Advisor won't confirm Obama trip
ABC Online 2010-03-15 03:35:37
The United States president's chief adviser has deflected a question about the possibility Barack Obama's trip to Indonesia and Australia will end up being cancelled. News Source
Indonesia to seek ties with other countries if U.S.' ban on elite unit continues: official
2010-03-15 14:21:57
The Indonesian military mulls to seek ties with other countries should the U.S. military continues its ban on cooperation with the country's armed forces elite unit of Kopassus, th....News Source
Obama reconsiders Indonesia military
2010-03-14 17:30:27
WASHINGTON - The United States is looking to break a taboo and train an elite Indonesian force linked to past abuses, as President Barack Obama courts the world's largest Muslim-ma....News Source
M 6.4, Kepulauan Obi, Maluku
2010-03-14 17:30:27
220 km (135 miles) N of Ambon, Moluccas, Indonesia 285 km (180 miles) SSE of Ternate, Moluccas, Indonesia 1230 km (760 miles) NNW of DARWIN, Northern Territory, Australia 2415 km (....News Source
Obama in Indonesia: The sweeps begin
GlobalPost 2010-03-13 22:44:56
Obama in Indonesia: The sweeps beginGlobalPostTwo suspected militants were killed and eight arrested after a gunfight in Indonesia's Aceh province where police have been ....News Source
Ri-US Comprehensive Cooperation Agreement Being Prepared
2010-03-13 22:07:50
Jakarta - Preparations for the signing of a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement (CPA) with the United States are continuing despite a delay in President Barrack Obama....News Source
AS Keluarkan Laporan Soal HAM di Indonesia
2010-03-12 08:39:35
Pemerintah Amerika Serikat pada Kamis mengeluarkan laporan yang berisi catatan-catatan mengenai praktik dan masalah hak asasi manusia yang terjadi di Indonesia sepanjang tahun 2009, dari korupsi dalam sistem peradilan dan praktek main hakim sendiri hingga kasus Prita Mulyasari dan artis Luna Maya. Baca selengkapnya.
Canberra backs Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua
2010-03-12 08:25:50
Australia's foreign minister Stephen Smith has reiterated Canberra's support for Indonesia's sovereignty over Papua. Activists have used the visit of Indonesia's president to Australia this week, to call on Canberra to raise alleged human rights abuses Continue.
Group Says Papuan Separatists In Indonesia Becoming More Radicalized
2010-03-13 00:22:02
Indonesians Looking Forward to Obama's Visit A new report documents a surge in separatist violence over the past year in Indonesia's easternmost province of Papua. The re....News Source
Indonesia police chief sees risks over Obama visit
Reuters 2010-03-12 19:04:15
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's police chief said on Friday he could not rule out a potential security risk for U.S. President Barack Obama's planned visit this month, as more suspected militant violence ... News Source
Obama Delays Trip to Indonesia to Work on Health Care
Fox News 2010-03-12 22:52:50
President Obama has pushed back his trip to Indonesia for three days to work with beleaguered Democrats on trying to wrap up a health care overhaul. ....News Source
Indonesia: US Should Justify Training Counterterrorism Unit
2010-03-12 18:20:40
(New York) - The US government should train members of Indonesia's elite special forces only if Indonesia takes sufficient steps toward accountability and reform to deter future ab....News Source
East Timor denies supporting human rights tribunal
2010-03-11 17:09:20
East Timor's President, Jose Ramos-Horta, says a press release issued by Amnesty International has misrepresented his comments about calls for an international tribunal in East Tim....News Source
Imparisial Minta Obama Tak Latih Kopasus
2010-03-11 18:09:57
"Kopasus belum berubah dan masih berbahaya. Karena itu kerja sama pemerintah Amerika Serikat dan Indonesia sebaiknya dikaji kembali tentang bantuan dana militer dari pemerintah Amerika Serikat," kata Managing Director Imparsial, Poengky Indarti, Kamis 11 Maret 2010. Sumber Berita
Kasad akan Dianugerahi Gelar Adat oleh Latupati
2010-03-10 19:43:54
Kepala Staf Angkatan Darat (Kasad) Jenderal TNI, George Toisutta, akan dianugerahi gelar adat oleh Latupati (pemangku adat) Maluku yang dijadwalkan penyelenggaraannya di Saparua, Maluku Tengah pada 14 Mei 2010. Baca selengkapnya.
Australia, Indonesia Upgrade Relationship To Strategic Partnership
2010-03-10 13:04:02
CANBERRA -(Dow Jones)- Australia and Indonesia said Wednesday they have agreed to upgrade their relationship to the level of a strategic partnership, formally cooperating on issues....News Source
Timor-Leste President would support international tribunal
2010-03-09 21:25:52
The President of Timor-Leste has told Amnesty International he would support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 occupation by Indonesia, should the UN Security Council set it up.
Concern over US military training for Indonesia
2010-03-09 17:17:08
An American human rights group has raised concerns about a proposal for the United States to resume training the Indonesian military's special forces group, Kopassus. Continue.
Tribe sues Freeport over customary land dispute
2010-03-09 15:55:33
JAKARTA: One of Timika's native tribes, Amungme, filed a civil lawsuit with the South Jakarta District Court on Monday, against PT Freeport Indonesia for allegedly taking over their customary land for their main pit without paying compensation, the tribe's lawyer said. News Source
Brimob Masih Berjaga di Lokasi Bentrokan Antarwarga
2010-03-09 12:06:36
Situasi Desa Luhu dan Desa Iha, sebelah barat Kepulauan Seram, Maluku, mulai membaik. Aparat Brimob masih berjaga di kawasan perbatasan dua desa itu. Baca selengkapnya.
SBY visit shows need for closer partnership
The Age 2010-03-09 00:27:18
SBY visit shows need for closer partnershipThe AgeThe Department of Foreign Affairs website describes it in these terms: ''Australia and Indonesia co-operate ....News Source
Editorial: Corruption a Cancer Eating Indonesia
Jakarta Globe 2010-03-09 00:13:26
Sydney Morning HeraldEditorial: Corruption a Cancer Eating IndonesiaJakarta GlobeThus it comes as no surprise that Indonesia is perceived as the most corrupt country in the Asia-Pa....News Source
Timor-Leste President would support international tribunal
2010-03-08 21:25:52
The President of Timor-Leste has told Amnesty International he would support the establishment of an international criminal tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 occupation by Indonesia, should the UN Security Council set it up.
Lessons of success from societies' oppressed minorities
2010-03-08
Like the Chinese in Indonesia, the Jews in Europe dominated their commercial world.
BACK when Indonesian presidents were dictators, not democrats, Suharto banned four issues from public discussion: differences of ethnicity, religion, race and class.
Dozens of PDI-P politicians receive bribes: Prosecutors
2010-03-08 20:30:15
An indictment on a graft case with defendant Dudhie Makmun Murod revealed Monday that 18 of his fellow Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) politicians also received bri....News Source
Indonesia most corrupt of key Asian nations – PERC
Reuters India 2010-03-08 20:00:11
Indonesia, one of the star emerging markets over the past year, was rated the most corrupt of 16 major Asia-Pacific investment destinations in a business survey released on Monday. News Source
Activists voice women's suffering on International Women's Day
2010-03-08 19:33:01
"Many think that violence towards women is limited only to domestic violence, but it is actually beyond that," Wardarina from the Women's Solidarity for Human Rights (Solidaritas Perempuan), said in Central Jakarta. News Source
Indonesia: Forced church closings spike
2010-03-08 00:23:28
BEKASI, Indonesia – Packed into the living room of a small house here, several hundred Christians, all dressed in their Sunday best, whispered to each other over the sermon. News Source
5,000 Hizbut Tahrir supporters to stage anti-Obama rally in Surabaya
2010-03-07 15:40:59
Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia said Sunday it would deploy 5,000 supporters to stage a rally against the visit of US President Barrack Obama to Indonesia later this month.read more....News Source
US plan to train Indonesia's special forces sets off alarm
Christian Science Monitor 2010-03-06 07:27:11
The Obama administration wants to strengthen ties with Indonesia, including training for its special forces. But human rights activists say the US interest in rights and a foreign partner’s accountability to its own people should not be sacrificed for security interests. News Source
Indonesia says Unilever move on palm oil 'unfair'
Daily Times 2010-03-06 07:21:08
Green campaigners and consumers have turned up the heat on European firms such as Unilever, saying these companies' palm oil suppliers are responsible for deforestation and peatland clearence that can speed up climate change.
INDONESIA: U.S. Seeks to Resume Training of Controversial Military Unit
2010-03-05 10:59:28
(IPS) - The administration of President Barack Obama hopes to resume U.S. training of an elite Indonesian military unit whose members have been convicted of gross human rights abuses in East Timor and elsewhere in the sprawling archipelago. The Continue.
Indonesia, Netherlands agree to Boost trade, investment relations
2010-03-05 14:58:27
Jakarta (ANTARA News) - Indonesia and the Netherlands at a meeting here Thursday agreed to step up their bilateral relations in the trade and investment fields. The mutual commitme....News Source
Netherlands to help promote Indonesia's CPO exports
Jakarta Post 2010-03-05 16:06:01
The Netherlands has agreed to provide Indonesia with capacity building programs to help deal with a new European Union directive on imports of crude palm oil (CPO). News Source
Amnesty urges Obama to push Jakarta over rights abuses.
2010-03-04 12:37:12
Amnesty says Indonesian authorities continue to use repressive legislation to criminalise peaceful political activities. It says violations of this right are particularly severe in areas where there has been a history of pro-independence movements such as Maluku and Papua. Continue.
POLITICS: Indonesians Complain About Noise of Democracy
IPS 2010-03-04 15:59:53
Political communications professor Asep Saeful Muhtadi of the Bandung State Islamic University, for his part, remarked that Indonesia’s current politicians are damaging democracy – or at least the people’s perception of it – with their behaviour.
"Now, democracy in their (public’s) mind is merely an opportunity for all to grab power," he said. "So anybody, groups – big and small – are jockeying for power. Power for what? For making fortune. That’s what’s (being) thought of now as real politics." News Source
President of Indonesia Set to Visit Australia
2010-03-03 13:23:06
Because the Indonesian President is visiting Australia this month, I am writing to inform you that we are organising a demonstration against the abuse of West Papuan human rights. The rally is to be held at outside the Australian Parliament in Canberra Continue.
U.S. Military Assistance Will Harm Reform And Set Back Human Rights in Indonesia
2010-03-03 06:23:57
The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today urged the Obama administration not to offer increased military assistance to Indonesia. (I-Newswire) February 28, 2010 - "U.S. military assistance harms reform and sets back human rights Continue.
U.S. may train Indonesia's Kopassus unit
2010-03-03 16:23:47
As President Obama prepares to travel to Indonesia, his administration is seeking to reverse a 12-year-old ban on training an elite unit of the Indonesian military whose members ha....News Source
Indonesia welcomes US plan to boost military cooperation
2010-03-03 16:23:46
Officials have said the US plan to fully resume its military and counterterrorism cooperation with Indonesia showed that the world's biggest economy appreciated what the most popul....News Source
Question looms over judges’ impartiality2010-03-02 12:26:00
With the marathon hearings of a judicial review request of the blasphemy law still going on, activists have questioned whether the Constitutional Court’s nine judges can shed their religious leanings and be impartial. News Source
Indonesian reformers’ fate to be decided this week
2010-03-02 14:54:16
JAKARTA - The future of two of Indonesia’s leading reformers, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati and Vice President Boediono, may be decided this week after the release of a parliamentary probe into a bank bailout. News Source
Indonesia Rejects E-waste Shipment From US
PC World 2010-03-02 06:10:28
A Massachusetts recycler of electronic waste is disputing reports from an environmental group that a recent shipment to Indonesia ....News Source
Key political risks to watch in Indonesia2010-03-01 22:12:50
JAKARTA, March 1 (Reuters) - Strong growth and political stability made Indonesia Southeast Asia's most attractive investment destination last year, but the outlook is threatened by a struggle between reformers and powerful vested interests.News Source
Soeharto a hero? Let the public judge: Tommy
2010-03-01 22:54:12
Whether the late former president Soeharto deserves to be named a national hero should be left to the public to decide, says his youngest son, Hutomo ?Tommy? Mandala Putra.read more....News Source
On SBY and Obama's fiasco
2010-03-01 15:37:38
As an American citizen living in Indonesia I did not favorably read your rather biased point of view on US President Barack Obama and the multitude of problems he faces....News Source
"Group in Aceh are made up of just Intruders, Not Terrorists"
2010-03-01 22:12:50
TEMPO Interactive, Banda Aceh:The activities of the group carrying out military training on Jalin Mountain, Jantho, Aceh Besar, are believed not to be terrorist activities. The act....News Source
Jakarta eyes new deal with US: official
Business Times 2010-03-01 04:20:10
Jakarta eyes new deal with US: officialBusiness Times (subscription)(WASHINGTON) Indonesia hopes to sign a framework agreement with the United States to bolster economic, political....News Source
NGO captures military intelligence officer
2010-02-28 22:18:35
Activists of the United Indonesia Movement (GIB) has captured a military intelligence officer red handed spying the non-governmental organization?s meetings to prepare an anti-gove....News Source
HRW wants Obama to press Jakarta over rights
2010-02-27 16:33:36
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on US President Barack Obama to press Indonesia over rights progress, military reform and religious freedom during his visit to Jakarta next month. ....News Source
Obama Urged to Examine Indonesia's Rights Record
Jakarta Globe 2010-02-27 02:38:29“We ask that you do this by publicly calling for the Indonesian government to make critical human rights improvement and by implementing the Comprehensive Partnership,” Roth wrote in the letter to Obama, which was also published on HRW’s Web site on Friday.....News Source
‘Obama’s trip to Indonesia should promote human rights’
2010-02-26 19:21:20
Washington: US President Barack Obama should reaffirm that human rights and the rule of law are essential pillars of America's engagement with Indonesia during his upcoming ....News Source
Muslim Groups Demand Closure of Large Church in Indonesia
2010-02-26 16:47:47
Hundreds of Muslims from outside the area where a 600-member church meets in West Java staged a protest there to call for its closure this month in an attempt to portray lo....News Source
Human Rights Watch Letter to President Obama Ahead of his Trip to Indonesia
2010-02-26 08:30:09
Dear President Obama, We write as you prepare to depart for Jakarta to launch the US-Indonesia Comprehensive Partnership. We urge you to seize this opportunity to reaffirm that human rights and the rule of law are essential pillars of US engagement in Indonesia.Continue.
Up cooperation with Indonesia
2010-02-25 10:19:00
WASHINGTON - SECRETARY of State Hillary Clinton says the United States wants more counterterrorism and military cooperation with Indonesia. But Mrs Clinton told lawmakers on Wednesday that the US must make sure that human rights abuses do not resume before......Continue.
West Papuan rights lawyer calls for peaceful dialogue with Jakarta
2010-02-25 16:42:26
A prominent West Papuan human rights lawyer is using a speaking tour of Australia to promote the need for a peaceful solution to problems in Indonesia's troubled Papua region. Yan Christian Warinussy, who is the winner of Canada's John Humphrey FreedomContinue.
Maluku governor to visit Australia with president
2010-02-25 00:39:37
Ambon (ANTARA News) - Maluku Governor Karel Albert Ralahalu has been asked to accompany President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during the latter's visit to Australia on March 13, 2010.....News Source
Indonesian police arrest 3 militants in Aceh raid
Washington Post 2010-02-25 20:13:19
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia -- Indonesian police arrested three suspected Islamist militants Thursday as part of an ongoing crackdown in restive Aceh provinceContinue.
East Timor, a friendly and cooperative partner
2010-02-25 19:44:12
The Democratic Republic of East Timor, the world's newest nation and a developing island country of Southeast Asia, will celebrate its eighth anniversary of independence on May 20.....News Source
Listrik Sering Padam, KNPI Maluku Gugat PLN
2010-02-24 09:11:46
AMBON - Komite Nasional Pemuda Indonesia (KNPI) kota Ambon membentuk tim kuasa hukum untuk mengugat PT PLN (Persero) Wilayah Maluku dan Maluku Utara untuk mengganti kerugian masyarakat akibat pemdamanBaca selengkapnya.
Terrorism Persists in Indonesia Despite Progress
Jakarta Globe 2010-02-24 02:50:58
A number of events on Tuesday highlighted the paradox of Indonesia’s fight against terrorism — as law enforcement gains ground against extremists and terrorists, we are reminded yet again that the threat is far from eradicated. News Source
Timor-Leste has made 'remarkable progress' but faces daunting challenges – UN
2010-02-24 04:50:21
Timor-Leste has made “remarkable progress” since the violence that disrupted it in 2006, but the long-term goals of recovery and development may prove even more challenging, the top United Nations envoy to the small South-East Asian country said today.News Source
Discover Jakarta's Hidden Drinking Hotspot
2010-02-24 02:50:30
JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - Clark Kent turned into Superman in a phone booth, and television detective Maxwell Smart entered his secret lair through one. And if you discover what lie....News Source
Ex-guerilla to head Jakarta mujahideen
2010-02-23 07:03:49
JAKARTA: The son-in-law of a founder of regional terrorist group Jemaah Islamiah (JI) has been elected to lead a branch of hardline organisation, the Indonesian Mujahideen Council....News Source
Listrik Padam, Warga Masohi Serbu Kantor PLN
2010-02-23
Masohi - Ratusan warga yang mendiami kawasan Rumah Rakyat, Masohi, Kabupaten Maluku Tengah (Malteng) Senin (22/2) menyerbu kantor PT PLN (Persero) Ranting Masohi.
Ditolak Rumah Sakit, Keluarga Pasien Mengamuk
2010-02-23 17:18
Sejumlah keluarga pasien mengamuk di RSUD Haulusi, Kota Ambon, lantaran pihak rumah sakit menolak mengobati keluarga mereka yang sakit.
UN warns of threats from high-tech waste in developing countries
The Canadian Press 2010-02-22 20:27:25
UN warns of threats from high-tech waste in developing countriesThe Canadian PressBALI, Indonesia ? Sales of household electrical gadgets will boom across the developing world in t....News Source
Thousands of village heads threaten to boycott public services
2010-02-22 16:22:44
Thousands of village heads and their staff from across the country rallied in front of the House of Representatives on Monday demanding the parliament endorse the village developme....News Source
Guest Speaker: `Fear no one and stick to your conscience'
2010-02-22 14:14:41
The head of the National Police's internal affairs department, Insp. Gen. Oegroseno, is not as famous as his senior in rank, Comr. Gen. Susno Duadji.read more....News Source
Under Indonesia’s Surface, an Intricate Quilt of Faiths
New York Times 2010-02-21 05:16:38
For more than a decade, proponents of a more orthodox version of Islam have gained ground in Indonesia. More women are wearing head scarves and more Indonesians are adopting Arabic-style religious rituals as fundamentalists press for a purge of pre-Islamic values and ceremonies. But Indonesia’s traditional Islam provides a counterpoint.