Indonesia
Australian government’s “Indonesian Solution” in disarray
By Richard Phillips, November 2, 2009
Two weeks after an Australian customs ship rescued 78 Tamil asylum seekers, the unresolved standoff over their future has focussed attention on the Labor government’s inhumane and illegal treatment ...
Indonesian earthquake toll soars
By John Braddock, October 20, 2009
The death toll from the September 30 earthquake in West Sumatra reached 1,115 last week after officials ended the search for 300 missing people and declared them dead.
Political fallout grows over Indonesian bank bailout
By John Braddock, October 14, 2009
A festering scandal in Indonesia over the government bailout of the mid-sized Bank Century late last year is threatening to cast a shadow over the second term of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Thousands feared dead after Indonesian earthquake
By John Roberts, October 3, 2009
An earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale struck Indonesia on Wednesday, causing enormous destruction in and around the Sumatran city of Padang.
Earthquake devastates Indonesia’s West Java province
By John Roberts, September 5, 2009
At least 64 people were killed, including a number of children, as a result of the earthquake that struck off the coast of West Java on Wednesday.
Indonesian court rejects election challenge
By John Braddock, August 21, 2009
The Indonesian Constitutional Court last week dismissed an application for a presidential election re-vote by the two losing candidates, Megawati Sukarnoputri and Jusuf Kalla.
Indonesian president’s re-election disputed
By John Roberts, August 3, 2009
The official declaration of incumbent President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s landslide election victory has been challenged by losing candidates.
Indonesian bombings portend renewed attacks on democratic rights
By John Braddock, July 29, 2009
The July 17 suicide bombings in Jakarta are being exploited to justify inroads into the limited democratic rights gained in Indonesia since the end of the Suharto dictatorship.
Jakarta terrorist bombings seized on to justify Afghan war
By John Roberts, July 21, 2009
The terrorist bombings of the Jakarta JW Marriot and Ritz Carlton hotels last Friday morning in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta were a contemptible and reactionary act.
Indonesian military implicated in Freeport mine murder
By John Braddock, July 20, 2009
An Australian mining project manager was killed earlier this month when he was fired on with military-style weapons in a premeditated attack near the Freeport McMoRan mine in Indonesian-controlled Wes...
Yudhoyono ahead as Indonesians vote in presidential elections
By John Roberts, July 8, 2009
Despite considerable alienation from all three candidates and a likely high abstention, most opinion polls predict that the incumbent, former Suharto-era general Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, will win a c...
Historian says US backed “efficacious terror” in 1965 Indonesian massacre
By John Braddock, July 7, 2009
The US and British governments, supported by Australia, were complicit in the murder of more than half a million alleged communist sympathisers in the wake of the 1965 Indonesian coup.
