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.
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17 May 2002
For 23 years, the people of East Timor waged a bitter and at times lonely struggle against a mighty military dictatorship which enjoyed unstinting support from western governments, who valued their economic ties – trade, investments and the sale of arms – to the exclusion of all else.
7 Jun 2001
West Papua: human rights groups demand release of 22 political prisoners and investigation of abuses
West Papua's leading human rights group, ELS-HAM, the Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy and TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign in London, are today demanding the release of 22 p