[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a chronology sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party]
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August 8, 1997
Human Rights Solidarity Action Committee - August 8, 1997
August 7, 1997
Wall Street Journal - August 7, 1997
Richard Borsuk, Mangakajang – Plywood baron Mohamad "Bob" Hasan, longtime confidant of President Suharto, has finally fulfilled his dream of…
Agence France Presse - August 7, 1997
Jakarta – Jailed East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao said his release, as called for by South African President Nelson Mandela,…
Agence France Presse - August 7, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia's independent trade union leader filed a judicial review to the Supreme Court, asking the body to review his…
South China Morning Post - August 7, 1997
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – A war between police and criminals is escalating in Jakarta following the killing of a mobile-brigade policeman last week…
Straits Times - August 7, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesian police have suggested that local journalists receive special training and shooting lessons to help them with the…
August 6, 1997
Agence France Presse - August 6, 1997
Manila – Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri wants to visit the Philippines but is uncertain if the government of…
Jakarta Post - August 6, 1997
Jakarta – The National Commission for Human Rights promised yesterday to urge the government to form an independent medical team to seek a third…
International Herald Tribune - August 6, 1997
Michael Richardson, Singapore – Defying its human rights critics in the United States, Indonesia said Tuesday that it would buy Russian fighters…
The Star - August 6, 1997
Peter Fabricius – South Africa's dramatic expulsion of Portugal's ambassador at the weekend for allegedly holding and leaking to the press a…
Lusa - August 6, 1997
Lisbon – Portugal has urged South Africa to resist pressure from Indonesia after Pretoria expelled the Portuguese ambassador Vasco Valente over…
The Jakarta Post - August 6, 1997
Dili – Col. Suryo Prabowo, former secretary to the chief of general affairs of the Armed Forces, was installed yesterday as deputy…
August 5, 1997
Kompas - August 5, 1997
A delegation of US senators led by Craig Thomas (Dem. Wyoming) consisting of eleven people met members of the National Human Rights Commission and…
Voice of America - August 5, 1997
Jakarta – The private secretary of one of Indonesia's founding fathers was put on trial in Jakarta Tuesday, for insulting president Suharto by…
Agence France Presse - August 5, 1997
Bhimanto Suwastoyo, Jakarta – Indonesia Tuesday brushed aside US criticism of its human rights record and said it would buy Russian fighter jets…
Reuters - August 5, 1997
Andrei Khalip, Moscow – Indonesia's decision to replace a big defence order from the United States with arms from Russia heralds a big…
Antara - August 5, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia has finally decided to purchase 12 Sukhoi 30K (SU-30K) jet fighters and eight multi-purpose MI-17-1V helicopters from Russia…
Reuters - August 5, 1997 (abridged)
Cape Town – South Africa, trying to unravel twin diplomatic blunders in its East Timor peace initiative, on Tuesday acknowledged a "…
Reuters - August 5, 1997 (abridged)
Lisbon – Portugal said on Tuesday it would not retaliate in kind after South Africa expelled its ambassador over the leaking of a misdirected…
August 4, 1997
Lusa - August 4, 1997
Pretoria – The South African President, Nelson Mandela, has said he invited East Timorese leaders to visit the African country in…
Reuters - August 4, 1997
Lisbon – Portugal said on Monday it regretted a decision by South Africa to expel its ambassador over the leaking of a misdirected note from…
Reuters - August 4, 1997
Brendan Boyle, Cape Town – South Africa has expelled Portugal's ambassador over the leaking of a misdirected note from President Nelson Mandela to…
August 3, 1997
Straits Times - August 3, 1997
Susan Sim, Jakarta – The good news is that the Indonesian forest fires this year are not as extensive as those three years ago.
The bad news…
August 2, 1997
Reuters - August 2, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia has finally received a letter from South African President Nelson Mandela suggesting the possible release of jailed East…
August 1, 1997
American Reporter - August 1, 1997
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – On a hot Jakarta evening two weeks ago, in a grand colonial-style guest house at Indonesia's Merdeka Presidential…
Reuters - August 1, 1997
Jakarta – An Indonesian appeal court has ruled that a lower court has the authority to decide on a challenge by ousted minority party leader…
Amnesty International - 26 August, 1997 (abridged)
Attempts by the Indonesian security forces to quell disturbances which began on 21 August 1997 in the Timika area of Irian Jaya - Indonesia's…
Tapol - August 1, 1997
A 'Training for Trainers' (TFT) course for members of the unrecognised trade union federation, the SBSI, being held in Lampung, South Sumatra, was…
July 31, 1997
Tapol - July 31, 1997
There are moves in Jakarta to press ahead with the subversion trial of Muchtar Pakpahan, chair of the unrecognised trade union, the SBSI, despite…
Jakarta Post - July 31, 1997
Hendardi, Jakarta - Discussions about corruption have re-surfaced recently. This issue became topical during general election campaigning for…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - 31 July, 1997
Grave fears are held for the safety of 14 East Timorese men whose whereabouts is unknown following their arrest on 2 July, 1997, during an assault…
Reuters - July 31, 1997
Jakarta – Pro-independence rebels in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor have killed three Indonesian soldiers, military…
Committee to Protect Journalists - July 31, 1997
New York – On 25 July 1997, Naimullah, a reporter with the Jakarta-based morning daily newspaper "Sinar Pagi" was found murdered.…
Tapol - July 31, 1997
According to a report in Media Indonesia (22 July 1997), former MP, Sri-Bintang Pamungkas is to go on trial for subversion during the…
Interpress News Service - July 31, 1997
Samsudin Berlian, Jakarta – The jailing more than two years ago of two journalists who defied the Indonesian government by publishing an…
July 30, 1997
Agence France Presse - July 30, 1997
Pretoria – South African President Nelson Mandela called on Indonesia Wednesday to free jailed East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao, saying…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - 30 July, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) is concerned that no independent investigation has been undertaken into the alleged death on 25 June,…
July 29, 1997
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 29, 1997
[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a report sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
At 1am yesterday night,…
Toronto Star - July 29, 1997
Allan Thompson, Ottawa – Foreign Affairs Minister Lloyd Axworthy last year approved the sale of military equipment to Indonesia, which has been…
Jakarta Post - July 29, 1997
Jakarta – About a third of the World Bank's loans to Indonesia have leaked and disappeared into the bureaucracy, an export on Indonesia's economy…
July 28, 1997
Text of report by Portuguese radio - July 28, 1997
The UDT [Timorese Democratic Union] has reservations regarding [South African President] Nelson Mandela's diplomatic initiative on East Timor. The…
Tapol - July 28, 1997
TAPOL is bitterly disappointed that the Government's proclaimed ethical foreign policy was today killed off in its infancy with Robin Cook's…
Info Pembebasan - July 28, 1997
[This is the second part of translation sent to ASIET by the Peoples Democratic Party (PRD). The first part was published in ASIET NetNews Number…
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - July 28, 1997
[The following is a translation of a statement sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)]
74 people of the 75 arrested…
Info Pembebasan (Liberation) - Posted July 28, 1997
[The following is an abridged translation of a report sent to ASIET by the underground Peoples Democratic Party]
As reported in the mass…
Peoples Democratic Party Statement - July 28, 1997
[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a press statement sent to ASIET (Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor) by the…
Voice of America - July 28, 1997
Jakarta – Jakarta police are holding 85 people arrested in opposition protests Sunday marking the one year anniversary of riots in the capital.…
Jeffrey A. Winters - July 28, 1997
The World Bank has a public face and a private face. The public face I call the Rhetorical Bank. This is the part of the Bank we are all familiar…
World Bank Press Release - July 28, 1997
Washington – World Bank loans to Indonesia are thoroughly supervised and audited to ensure that they are devoted to the poverty-alleviating…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - July 28, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) fears for the safety of Santina Morreira Belo, aged 22, and her baby aged under one, who disappeared…