IFET: United Nations urged to establish international tribunal

October 25, 2001

IFET, the International Federation on East Timor, sent this letter to UN Secretary General today:

Honorable Secretary General, Mr. Kofi Annan, We are writing to urge you to support the establishment by the United Nations of an international tribunal to try the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in East Timor from 1975 onward. As we wrote to you on 5 July and 30 August of last year, the International Federation for East Timor and ... read more

Posted on 12:26 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, justice, conflict 1975 - 1999, military, East Timor, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, reconciliation, forced eviction

SHADOW BOXING: INDONESIAN WRITERS AND THE RAMAYANA IN THE NEW ORDER

Cornell University, October 2001

Marshall Clark

Introduction

This article is a study of the ideas, visions, and styles of a number of Indonesia’s writers in the New Order—in particular, the final years of the New Order—who chose to rework and reinterpret the Ramayana epic of the Javanese wayang kulit shadow puppet theatre. The deliberate choice by these writers to use Indonesian as their medium of linguistic communication has proven to be a decision in favor of distancing themselves from their ... read more

Posted on 05:54 AM in democracy, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, culture, New Order

(Deutsch) Vertreibung der Becak-Fahrer in Jakarta

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Posted on 03:21 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: poverty, Indonesia, Jakarta, human rights

Environmental Agreement For ECAs at The OECD Threatened by German Government Obstructionism

17 September 2001

LETTER TO GERMANY’S CHANCELLOR SCHROEDER

BACKGROUND:

Negotiations have continued for more than two years at the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) for an environmental agreement for Export Credit and Investment Insurance Agencies (ECAs). These negotiations represent an important first step toward binding, stringent, internationally accepted and common social, environmental and human rights standards for ECAs. ECAs are the world’s largest sources of public finance for destructive large-scale infrastructure projects in low income countries. They are responsible for ... read more

Posted on 04:59 PM in Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Mining, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate
Tags: mining, export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, human rights, pulp and paper, Papua, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

(Deutsch) Fungsi Teritorial – Die TNI eröffnet die Diskussion über ihre territoriale Präsenz

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Posted on 08:47 AM in democracy, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, security sector
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, military, security sector

(Deutsch) Ausweisung wegen ungenügender Ausweise?

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Posted on 10:58 AM in democracy, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Judiciary & Administration, Publications
Tags: poverty, Germany, Indonesia, Jakarta, protest action, students

(Deutsch) Zwischen Zentralismus und Zerfall

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Posted on 07:54 AM in Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, decentralization, dictator Suharto, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), violence, Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, conflict resolution, Megawati Sukarnoputri, military, Moluccas, Papua, regional conflicts, debt, security sector, special autonomy, transmigration, independence

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Megawati – ein Putsch ohne Panzer

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Posted on 08:05 AM in democracy, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, democracy, Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri, military, regional conflicts

(Deutsch) Putsch ohne Panzer

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Posted on 04:29 AM in democracy, Elections & Political Parties, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, democracy, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, corruption, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, military, reformasi

(Deutsch) Bombenterror: Der indonesische Staat versagt bei der Aufklärung der Bombenanschläge

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Posted on 07:05 PM in Indonesia, security sector
Tags: Indonesia, military, Police, security sector, terrorism