(Deutsch) Tod auf dem Flug nach Amsterdam

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Posted on 10:24 AM in Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: intelligence service, Indonesia, human rights, Munir, Nobel Price, criminal prosecution

(Deutsch) Bauernopfer im Kalten Krieg

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Posted on 03:58 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: history and overview, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão

Church based aid agencies and human rights organisations demand publication of the final report of East Timor’s Truth Commission

Aachen/Berlin, December 02, 2005

Press Release by MISEREOR, missio, German Commission for Justice and Peace and Watch Indonesia!

MISEREOR, missio, the German Commission for Justice and Peace as well as the human rights organisation „Watch Indonesia!” appeal to East Timor’s parliament to disseminate the Truth Commission’s report and its recommendations and to ensure that the people of East Timor, especially the victims and their families, are informed of its contents. „The German government, which supported the work ... read more

Posted on 08:11 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Government of Germany, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, East Timor, transitional justice, reconciliation, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Land für den Tourismus oder für die Bauern?

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Posted on 03:37 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Development, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, land rights, human rights, Police

1965 – one of the darkest chapters in Indonesian history

29 October 2005

Südostasien Informationsstelle e.V. Watch Indonesia! e.V.

Joint statement on the occasion

of the commemoration ceremony

„40 years after the genocideof 1965 in Indonesia“

Saturday the 29th October 2005

in the “Asienhaus Essen”

 

Coming to terms with the past a necessary precondition for democracy

Between 1965 and 1967, in the course of Suharto seizing power, approximately 1 million people were killed in Indonesia. The victims were real and alleged members of the ... read more

Posted on 06:39 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Transitional Justice
Tags: 1965, history and overview, Indonesia, justice, human rights, PKI, dealing with the past

Scapegoating common enemies, Comment on INFID Newsletter “UN Reform, the USA, and Our Position” by Ivan al Hadar

15 September 2005

With great interest I noticed the latest special edition of the INFID newsletter. In his lead article titled “UN Reform, the USA, and Our Position” the director of this big international network of NGOs concerned with Indonesia (INFID stands for International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development) deals at some length with the need to reform the UN. In particular, he mentions the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) as an outstanding example, claiming that “aside from the problem ... read more

Posted on 07:07 AM in "In the Spotlight", Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, NGO, East Timor, referendum 1999, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, USA

(Deutsch) Hoffnung für Aceh?

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Posted on 05:54 PM in Aceh, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, peace process, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, human rights, military, regional conflicts, transitional justice, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) Tsunami forcierte Friedensgespräche

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Posted on 08:49 AM in Aceh, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, military, regional conflicts

(Deutsch) Osttimor soll Kriegsgräuel aufarbeiten

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Posted on 08:17 PM in East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: international tribunal, José Ramos-Horta, justice, human rights, militias, East Timor, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, reconciliation, truth commission

East Timor Faces up to its Past

July 2005

series missio Human Rights (ISSN1618-6222)

Monika Schlicher

The Work of the Commission for Reception,Truth and Reconciliation

I. Introduction

Sometimes I get so angry I could go crazy and what I want most of all would be to have all the perpetrators killed. And then, at other times, I think: but my husband is dead, nothing can bring him back, not even revenge.

Like this widow from ... read more

Posted on 03:54 AM in joint studies and reports, History & Overview, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, militias, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, dealing with the past, reconciliation, truth commission