Indonesia: Cycle of Violence

February 4th , 2002

Aide-Mémoire 58th session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 18th March to 26th April 2002

Diakonisches Werk der EKD, Human Rights Desk, P.O.B. 10 11 42, D-70010 Stuttgart, Germany, *49-711-2159-500

and

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Introduction

High expectations that the human rights situation in Indonesia would improve and the ... read more

Posted on 12:29 PM in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Aceh, democracy, Indonesia, judicial system, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, Moluccas, East Timor, Papua, security sector, impunity, criminal prosecution, Sulawesi

(Deutsch) Indonesien bereitet Prozesse wegen Verbrechen in Osttimor vor

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Posted on 10:58 AM in Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Gerechtigkeit, violence, Indonesia, international tribunal, Justiz, human rights, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations

(Deutsch) Suhartos Konten in der Schweiz

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Posted on 10:36 PM in "In the Spotlight", Economy, Labor & Corruption, Justice, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: dictator Suharto, Indonesia, justice, corruption, economy and business

(Deutsch) Osttimor: USA gaben grünes Licht für Invasion

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Posted on 04:42 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: dictator Suharto, Fretilin, Indonesia, military, East Timor, USA

(Deutsch) Und die internationale Gemeinschaft schweigt zu dem Elend

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Posted on 01:31 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Land & Indigenous Rights, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, Aceh, development, Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, military, Papua, Police, regional conflicts, security sector, special autonomy, impunity, transmigration

(Deutsch) Indonesischer Menschenrechtspreis für zwei engagierte Frauen

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Posted on 01:14 AM in Aceh, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Aceh, Chinese, discrimination, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, human rights, military, NGO

Bagir delays ad hoc tribunal against rights violators

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Posted on 11:39 AM in "In the Spotlight", Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, judicial system, human rights, East Timor, criminal prosecution, transitional justice

(Deutsch) «Viele Indonesier haben Angst vor den USA»

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Posted on 01:11 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Publications, security sector, Society & Religion, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, Megawati Sukarnoputri, military, Munir, religion, security sector, terrorism, USA

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