(Deutsch) Indonesien soll Kahlschlag auf Sumatra stoppen

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Posted on 10:01 AM in Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Government of Germany, Indonesia, pulp and paper, protest action, rain forest destruction

Watch Indonesia! has appealed to the German Chancellor to vehemently speak out against military intervention in Aceh

12th May 2003

On the occasion of the German Chancellor’s official visit in Jakarta the Berlin-based human rights organisation Watch Indonesia! has written to Chancellor Schroeder. In all urgency we appeal to the Chancellor to prevent the Indonesian authorities from executing the planned military intervention in Aceh and to call for a return to the negotiating table of all parties concerned. After troops had already been deployed in and around Aceh for weeks, preparations for military intervention have been geared up ... read more

Posted on 02:55 AM in Aceh, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Aceh, intelligence service, Indonesia, justice, conflict resolution, human rights, military, regional conflicts, security sector, impunity, arms trade

(Deutsch) Asien-Reise zur Förderung einer ökologisch und sozial verträglichen Wald- und Papierwirtschaft in Indonesien und zur Lösung der Umschuldung des APP-Konzerns nutzen!

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Posted on 04:33 PM in Joint Open Letters, Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Environment & Climate
Tags: Government of Germany, export credit agency (ECA), Indonesia, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, environment and climate

Justice for the Victims

April 2003

A Legal Opinion on the Indonesian human rights trials concerning the crimes committed in East Timor in 1999

Bernd Häusler

Legal Opinion
Regarding the Question

Are the international standards met by the criminal proceedings regarding the events in East Timor in 1999, which were instituted before the Human Rights Court in Jakarta in March 2002 or are the same only “mock trials”, in order to avoid an ad hoc tribunal as threatened by the international community?

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Posted on 12:57 AM in joint studies and reports, Justice, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: violence, Indonesia, justice, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, criminal prosecution, transitional justice

International Federation for East Timor Urges Nations’ President to Fully Support Accountability for Past Abuses

Media Release, 01 April, 2003

For Immediate Release Contact: John M. Miller, +1-718-596-7668 (USA) Paul Barber, +44-1420-80153 (Britain) Charles Scheiner, +670-723-4335 (East Timor)

April 1, 2003 – The International Federation for East Timor (IFET) today urged the new nation’s President to fully support meaningful justice for crimes against humanity and other crimes committed in the territory. In a letter to President Xanana Gusmao, IFET expressed dismay at his reaction to February’s indictment by the joint UN-East Timor Serious Crimes Unit of high-ranking ... read more

Posted on 05:51 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, reconciliation, Xanana Gusmão

IFET letter to President Xanana Gusmão

International Federation for East Timor, March 31, 2003

Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão
President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Palace of the Ashes
Dili, Timor-Leste

Your Excellency,

Having regard to our continuing solidarity with the people of Timor-Leste in their tasks of reconstruction and nation-building, we are writing to express our concern about your response to the decision by the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU) to indict on 24 February 2003 several high-ranking Indonesian military officers for crimes against humanity ... read more

Posted on 04:56 PM in Joint Open Letters, East Timor, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, justice, conflict 1975 - 1999, military, East Timor, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, crimes against humanity, reconciliation

(Deutsch) Islam in Indonesien

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Posted on 02:21 PM in History & Overview, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, religion, terrorism

(Deutsch) Komnas HAM beschließt Zähne zu zeigen

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Posted on 09:50 AM in "In the Spotlight", Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, SUARA magazine
Tags: 1965, Indonesia, judicial system, Komnas HAM, human rights, New Order, security sector, impunity, criminal prosecution, students, Tanjung Priok, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Lösung des Problems durch Umsiedlung?

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Posted on 09:25 AM in Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice, SUARA magazine
Tags: refugees, violence, Indonesia, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, security sector, transmigration, independence, United Nations, West Timor

(Deutsch) Die Gewalt ist der Preis der Freiheit
oder
Politik ist ein schmutziges Geschäft

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Posted on 02:34 PM in Information and Analysis, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, East Timor, transitional justice, USA, Xanana Gusmão