Uneasy calm settles in Maluku following protests (24/08/2007) #14512
The Jakarta Post, August 23, 2007
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. Tensions eased Thursday in Ternate, North
Maluku province, a day after violent protests injured 15 people -- but the threat of
further protests remains.
Protest ends in shooting violence (24/08/2007) #14511
The Jakarta Post, August 23, 2007
M. Azis Tunny, The Jakarta Post, Ambon. A violent clash between the police and
supporters of a gubernatorial election candidate in Ternate, North Maluku province, left
15 people injured Wednesday.
Tape reveals new twists in Munir case (24/08/2007) #14504
The Jakarta Post, August 23, 2007
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. A telephone conversation between acquitted murder
suspect Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto and former Garuda Indonesia President Indra
Setiawan emerged Wednesday as the latest intriguing development in the review into
Pollycarpus' quashed conviction for the murder of human rights activist Munir Said
Thalib.
Govt weak on Munir case as BIN stays mum (24/08/2007) #14503
The Jakarta Post, August 23, 2007
Tony Hotland, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. The defiance of the State Intelligence
Agency (BIN) to cooperate and help resolve the murder of rights campaigner and
staunch military critic Munir Said Thalib is proof state intelligence is above the law
and the government is "flippant", activist Asmara Nababan said Wednesday.
North Maluku's Ternate city paralyzed by protest (23/08/2007) #14500
The Jakarta Post, 8/22/2007 12:49:39 PM
TERNATE, North Maluku (Antara): North Maluku provincial capital of Ternate was
totally paralyzed Wednesday morning as angered supporters of Mudhafar Syah, a
would-be governor nominee, blockaded almost all main roads in the city.
Indonesia Tortures Moluccans As World Does Nothing (23/08/2007) #14495
Scoop Media [New Zealand], Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 11:37 am
Press Release: Moluccan Community in the Netherlands. Indonesia Still Tortures
Moluccans And The Whole World Is Still Watching And Do Nothing About It
Two more arrested over Pasuruan explosion (23/08/2007) #14491
The Jakarta Post, August 22, 2007
Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Surabaya. Police have arrested two more men
Tuesday over an explosion that killed three people in Pasuruan, East Java, last week,
after a fresh explosion struck Sampang on the island of Madura the same day.
The many faces of poverty in Indonesia (23/08/2007) #14489
The Jakarta Post, August 22, 2007
Roy Voragen, Bandung. Intuition many hold that pluralism in society is a destabilizing
factor for democracy. There seems to be only so much diversity a society can handle.
Many Indonesians fear that ethnic, linguistic, cultural and religious plurality could
cause disintegration or even "balkanization".
More TNT, detonators found after bomb blast (22/08/2007) #14488
The Jakarta Post, August 20, 2007
Wahyoe Boediwardhana and Indra Harsaputra, The Jakarta Post, Malang, Surabaya.
More suspects might be involved in the recent bombing incident in Pasuruan, East
Java, after the police found more explosives, a senior officer said Sunday.
Prisoners may be exiled from Ambon (22/08/2007) #14487
The Jakarta Post, August 20, 2007
AMBON, Maluku: Prisoners jailed for supporting the separatist South Maluku
Republic are likely to be exiled to Java.
Refugees rally around the flag (22/08/2007) #14478
The Sydney Morning Herald, August 16, 2007
Craig Skehan. THE diplomatically sensitive Morning Star independence flag was flown
outside the Australian Parliament yesterday by a group of West Papuans - some of
whose successful asylum applications last year infuriated Indonesia.
More bomb parts found in Pasuruan (15/08/2007) #14462
The Jakarta Post, August 14, 2007
Wahyoe Boediwardhana, The Jakarta Post, Pasuruan. Police on Monday found even
more bomb ingredients at the site of Saturday's deadly explosion in Pasuruan, East
Java, discovering 29.2 kg of TNT and 500 hand-made detonators.
AGO case against Pollycarpus strengthens (15/08/2007) #14460
The Jakarta Post, August 14, 2007
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta. The AGO is confident the testimony of former Garuda
Indonesia chairman Indra Setiawan will have a significant impact on its case involving
the alleged murder of rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
The UN Right Not to Cooperate... (15/08/2007) #14458
ETAN, July 2007
Contact: John M. Miller, +1/718-596-7668, 917-690-4391; etan@igc.org. July 27, 2007
- The East Timor and Indonesia Action Netwwork (ETAN) today praised the UN for
publicly announcing its refusal to cooperate with the joint Commission for Truth and
Friendship (CTF).
Military: 2 Indonesian terror suspects helped (15/08/2007) #14457
launch attack on troops in Philippines
The Jakarta Post, 8/12/2007 6:21:29 PM
MANILA(AP): Two top Indonesian terror suspects were involved in deadly clashes
between Muslim insurgents and army soldiers in the southern Philippines last week,
the military chief said Sunday.
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