Indonesian Struggles
see also
2006, 2007
2008
2002,
2003, 2004, 2005
Read the West Papua
Report (monthly news and analysis)
2008
ETAN/WPAT:
Comments on
the on the U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights
Practices for 2007 (March 30)
ETAN/WPAT: Letter to
Secretary of State Rice on Recent Arrests in West Papua
(March 25)
Read the ETAN leaflet that former U.S. Amb. to Indonesia
Edward Masters called
"scurrilous."
Remembering A Shared History:
Suharto and the United States (March 7)
ETAN/WPAT:
Letter to U.S. Ambassador Hume on His Condolences
on Death of Suharto (January 29)
Accountability for
Suharto’s Crimes Must Not Die With Him Also
Bahasa Indonesia;
Tetum
(January 27)
ETAN Backgrounder on Life and
Career Suharto Also Bahasa Indonesia:
Tentang
Soeharto
2007
Special
Autonomy Issue by Octavianus Mote, Fellow, Yale University, Genocide
Studies Program (December
Faleomavaega Disappointed With His Visit To Biak And Manokwari Papua,
Indonesia (December 17)
Letter to
Secretary of State Rice on Iwanggin Sabar Olif
(October 31)
Indonesia: Remove
Timor-indicted colonel from West Papua; Crimes against humanity suspect a threat
to Papuans (June 28)
Joyo News/Pantau Exclusive Report:
Murder at Mile 63;
Media Release
(April 9)
Estafeta:
U.S. Re-engages the Indonesian Military: Rights, Democracy Suffer
(Feb. 2007)
Estafeta:
New Year Dawns with Threats to Human Rights in West Papua
(Feb. 2007)
Estafeta:
Munir Update
(Feb. 2007)

2006
Bush's Big Indonesian Photo-Op by Ben
Terrall and John M. Miller (November 27)
Joyo/Pantau:
Murder
At Mile 63: Part One of a Report on the Timika Killings
(November 10)
Congressional Letter
to President Yudhoyono calling for action on the
Munir case (November 3)
Response to Department of
State’s Papua and Aceh Report of April 2006 (Summer)
Groups Urge Australia to Adopt
Humane Refugee Policies Toward Papuans; Oppose Proposed Changes to Migration Law
(May 11)
Jubilee
USA and ETAN Challenge Wolfowitz to Address Roots
of Corruption by Canceling Indonesia's Suharto-Era Debt
(April 11)
Solidarity message on KONTRAS 8th anniversary (March
20)
March 16 Protest at
Indonesian Embassy in Washington (March 16)
As Secretary of State Visits Jakarta,
Rights Group Urges U.S. Policy on Indonesia Promoting Justice and Rights, Not
Military Might (March 13)
Letter to Australia on
Papuan Asylum Seekers
(January 20)
ETAN Urges Secretary of State to
Promote Justice and Rights, Not Military Might, During Upcoming Trip to
Indonesia [Please note Secretary Rice has postponed her trip to March.]
(January 6)
Kontras:
Chronology of Munir Case (January 16)
2005
ETAN Condemns Administration
Waiver Permitting Weapons Sales to Indonesia (November
22)
Human Rights First: U.S.
Congress Calls for Justice for Slain Indonesian Human Rights Hero;
Human rights group says investigation and prosecution falls short
(9 November)
U.S. Congress Upholds Pressure for Human Rights
for Indonesia, Timor; Law Will Restrict Military Assistance for Indonesia (3
November)
Ed McWilliams:
Response to Efforts
to Deny Crimes Against Humanity in West Papua
(November)
Dissident Voice:
The
Mass Killings in Indonesia After 40 Years by John Roosa and Joseph
Nevins (October 30)
U.S. Groups Call on Congress to Maintain
Restrictions on Military Aid to Indonesia; Urge Conference Committee to
Adopt Senate Provisions of Foreign Aid Bill (September 22)
U.S. Catholic Bishops on Military Aid to
Indonesia (September 20)
Members of Congress Urge President Yudhoyono of Indonesia to
Open up Access to West Papua; Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Condemned
(September 16)
Members of Congress Urge
President Bush Not to Normalize Military Ties with Indonesia;
Rewarding “Half-Steps” to Reform Undeserved
(August 18)
Rep. Faleomavaega:
International Relations Committee Passes State
Dept. Authorization Bill With Mr. Faleomavaega and Mr. Payne’s Language
About West Papua (July 1)
ETAN
Accuses House of Representatives of Selling Out Rights, Reform;
Bill Would Lift Restrictions on Military Assistance to Indonesia
(June 29)
The Question of U.S.
Military Assistance for Indonesia (June)
More Than 50 Groups Urge
Bush Not to Offer Military Assistance to Indonesian President (May
24)
ETAN
Greetings to Fifth International Solidarity Meeting on West Papua (April
28)
Groups Urge Indonesian
Cooperation with UN Commission of Experts (April 5)
Background on Paul Wolfowitz,
Indonesia and East Timor (March)
ETAN
Condemns Restoration of IMET for Indonesia;
Calls State Department's Certification Fraudulent and a Setback
for Justice, Human Rights and Reform (February
27)
New Facts Link Indonesian Military to
"Terror Attack" on U.S. Citizens; Rice May Release IMET to Indonesia
Before Investigation Concludes (February
17)
ETAN:
Tsunami Must Not Sweep Away Restrictions on Indonesian Military
(January 13)
Dozens of Faith-Based, Development, Advocacy Groups Call on United
States to Tackle Debt Crisis for Tsunami-Affected Nations (January
10)
NGO Letter to Secretary of State Powell on
Aceh Crisis (January 4)
Aceh Issues
2004
ETAN/NI/ILRF:
U.S. Groups Urge Indonesia to Put People over
Politics; Humanitarian Catastrophe Adds to Human-Created Destruction in
Aceh (December 30)
Indonesian
NGOs on Joint Truth Commission (December 27)
ET NGOs
Response to the Indonesian and East Timor
governments to establish a Truth and Friendship Commission
(December 21)
U.S. NGOs Write
Indonesian President on Murder of Rights Activist Munir
(December 3)
ETAN Urges New Indonesian
President to Pursue Justice for Victims of East Timor’s Occupation
(October 19)
Members of Congress Oppose U.S.
Assistance to Unreformed, "Corrupt" Indonesian Military
(October 12)
“Military Has Already Won” Indonesian
Election, Says ETAN,
Neither Candidate Likely to Limit
Military (Sept. 18)
U.S. Groups Oppose U.S. Military
Assistance to Indonesia, Tell Secretary of State that Military
Remains “Unreformed” Rights Violator (Sept. 15)
Congress Disappointed
with Secretary Rumsfeld’s Plans for U.S.-Indonesia Military Ties
(August 5)
West
Papua Rights Organizations Condemn Statement by
U.S. Attorney General on
Killing of Americans
at Freeport Mine; Urge
U.S. Congress To Push for
a Full & Impartial
Investigation (August 4)
Senators call
for UN Special Rep. on Aceh/Papua (June 28)
RFK
Memorial Center for Human Rights Questions Dept. of Justice Announcement
on West Papua Ambush (June 26)
Rights
Group Says Wiranto Must Stand Trial, Not Stand
for Office (April 21)
Former
Secretary of Defense William Cohen Misleads 9-11
Commission; U.S. Assistance to the
Indonesian Military Aided Terrorism (March
25)
Indonesia
Flexes Military Muscle in Border Dispute with East Timor;
Where Is International Reaction? (Jan. 21)
2003
ETAN:
Bush Must Set Record
Straight: No Military Assistance for Indonesia (Oct 21)
IHRN/ETAN: Bush Administration
Plans to Resume Training Indonesian Military for this Year (July 18)
IHRN/ETAN: House
of Representatives Reinstates Restrictions on Military Training for
Indonesia (July 15)
IHRN/ETAN
Condemn Bush Administration Move to Restore
Military Training for Indonesia, Urge Congress to Strongly Protest;
American Survivor of Ambush and Former Foreign Service Officer
Call for Continued Ban (July 14)
IHRN/ETAN: Congress Expresses
Deep Concern about Military Offensive and Human Rights Violations in
Aceh Representatives Criticize Indonesia’s Use of U.S. Military
Equipment (June 27)
Powell Urged to Raise
Aceh War at ASEAN Meeting (June 16)
June 9 DC demo at Washington
D.C. Indonesian embassy opposes Aceh war supports Justice for ET
(June 10)
IHRN/ETAN: Rights Groups Praise Senators for
Restricting Military Training for Indonesia (May 22)
IHRN/ETAN: Human Rights Groups Protest
Indonesia's War in Aceh Demand an End to Human Rights Abuses
(May 20)
IHRN:
U.S.-made weapons to be used in Indonesian
military war on Aceh (May 13)
IHRN/ETAN: House
International Relations Committee Expresses Strong Support for Human
Rights and Conflict Resolution in Indonesia and East Timor;
Criticizes Indonesian Justice Efforts; Calls for Alternatives (May 8)
ETAN Praises New
Indictment of Indonesian Officials for Crimes in E Timor (April 9)
IHRN:
Arrests of nonviolent activists
in Aceh show Indonesian military continues to be unworthy partner
in "War on Terror" (Feb. 17)
UK Woman Released from
Indonesian Jail after Five Months (February 10)
2002
The Question of U.S. Military Assistance for Indonesia (December)
Support U.S.
Nurse and UK Academic Detained in Aceh (November)
ETAN Calls for UN Review of Papua Act of
"Free Choice" (November 13)
Remembering Senator
Paul Wellstone (November)
Questions for candidates and others on E Timor and Indonesia
(October)
Indonesian Rights Activists Urge U.S. Congress To Block Military
Training (October 7)
Leahy Conditions on Restrictions of Military
Assistance for Indonesia Have Not Been Met (7/26)
ETAN to Powell on his visit to Indonesia
(7/25)
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