151, March 1999
Bulletin no. 151Contents1. East Timor: Indonesia's retreat from East Timor2. Social Unrest: Huge death toll in Maluku riots3. Aceh: Army shoots scores of people in Aceh [text unavailable]4. Aceh: Army brutality reigns supreme in Aceh [text unavailable]5. Aceh: 'You'd better come along with us...' [text unavailable]6. Armed Forces: Major reshuffle in ABRI [text unavailable]7. Armed Forces: Trial of Kopassus abductors a farce [text unavailable]8. Human Rights: Indicting Suharto9. UK-Indonesia Ties: Governments shamed by TV programmes [text...
149-150 December 1998
Dec 1998 Bulletin no. 149 Contents 1. East Timor: Are the forces of occupation losing control? 2. East Timor: Jakarta offers autonomy 3. East Timor: Calls for the governor to resign 4. East Timor: Renewed military operations 5. East Timor: Killings and terror in Alas 6. East Timor: Students occupy parliament building 7. Aceh: Conflict with ABRI intensifies 8. Aceh: Lhokseumawe explodes on 2 November 9. Aceh: Shoot-out at Kandang 10: May riots: The findings of the TGPF 11: Aceh: Forcibly deported refugee Ishak Daud goes on trial 12: Jakarta: Students shot dead...
TAPOL: 25 years and still going strong
TAPOL's 25th anniversary comes just months after the downfall of the Indonesian dictator, Suharto. A glance back at what we have tried to do provides an insight into the depth and persistence of gross human rights violations suffered by people living under Indonesian rule. It will help identify the tasks which lie ahead as Indonesia struggles to create a democratic countryIt was in June 1973 that, for the first time, a small group of people demonstrated outside the Indonesian embassy in London's Grosvenor Square, to protest against the continued detention without trial of tens of thousands of...
East Timor under the Indonesian jackboot
Occasional Report No. 26, Oct 98 - An Analysis of Indonesian Army DocumentsIn October 1998 a large number of Indonesian army documents found their way out of East Timor and landed on the desk of an East Timor solidarity activist in Australia. The documents, in total more than 100 pages, consist of numerous tables containing details of military personnel in East Timor and covering many aspects of the army's presence in the occupied country. They provide, for the first time ever, a comprehensive picture of the precise nature of the army's structure in the territory and the extent and depth of...