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Carmel Budiardjo reviews John Roosa's new book, the 'most detailed and best-researched account of the events of 1965 ever written,' concluding that 'Anyone wishing to understand these events... would benefit hugely from reading this first-rate book.'
The Institute for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy in Papua, Elsham, fears for consequences of upgraded military presence in Biak.
The screening of 'Passabe: What is the price of peace?' about East Timor massacre is a reminder of BAE Systems lack of accountability for fuelling the conflict, as the gigantic arms company holds its annual general meeting near Westminster.
The article 'A Matter of Perspective', published on Feb 20, accused TAPOL, the London-based Indonesia Human Rights Campaign, of lacking credibility and perspective. The survivor of an attack by Indonesian police officers on a group of students in Abepura, West Papua, presents a different view.
Kembang Kembang Genjer is one of a number of books published in the past few years which gives the opportunity to victims, in this case all of them women, to tell their stories. This book consists of thirteen chapters relating the experiences of women now in their 70s or 80s.
As the war in Aceh enters its third week and military operations in the Central Highlands in Papua intensify, it is timely to put these developments into a broader context and take a look at the well-documented plans of the Indonesian armed forces, the TNI, to reassert their role in political and security affairs.