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United States Department of State Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor March 4, 2002
- Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Indonesia - 2001 |
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Team again examines Kopassus compound,
The Jakarta Post, 04 March 2002 |
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Jakarta team digs around barracks to look for body of They's missing driver,
JAKARTA, March 3 (AFP) |
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Indonesia
Hadapi Disintegrasi |
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Tom Beanal Terpilih Sebagai Penganti Theys |
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Gugatan Buat KPN Kasus Pembunuhan Theys Eluay |
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20 Saksi Pembunuhan Theys Eluay Akan Diperiksa Ulang |
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Danjen Kopassus Yakin Anak Buahnya tak Terlibat |
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Reposisi Saksi Kasus Theys Dimulai Dari Markas Kopassus |
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Tom Beanal Terpilih Sebagai Penganti Theys |
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Declaration by the Presidency on behalf of the European Union
concerning kidnapping and subsequent murder of Mr. Theys Eluay,
Chairman of the Papuan Presidium Council, in Muara Tami on
November 11th |
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[In response to
question by former Irish minister for foreign affairs,
David Andrews, TD. Both are in the Fianna Fail party] |
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Kasus
Theys Tuntas 1 Mei, 27 Februari 2002 |
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COURT AFFIRMS DISMISSAL OF LAWSUIT AGAINST FREEPORT-McMoRan COPPER
& GOLD INC. |
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JAKARTA, March 3 (AP)--Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri Sunday warned
that violence and separatist movements could lead to the break up of the vast
island nation.
"Our national integrity is facing serious threats," Megawati told a crowd of around 15,000 members of her Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle in the
north Sumatran city of Medan.
"The country is still in a fragile state ... with several regions hit by violence and conflict," she said in her address, which was broadcast by
Jakarta's El-Shinta radio.
Megawati called on members of Indonesia's national elite to stop politicking and work together to solve the problems facing the country.
"At this point when our country needs cooperation to get out from crisis, everyone is busy with internal politics," she said.
Even though elections aren't scheduled until 2004, rival parties have started positioning themselves to provide the country's next leader.
Separatists are fighting to break away from Jakarta's rule in the provinces of
Papua and Aceh. More than 200 people have been killed in battles between
guerrillas and soldiers this year in Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra
island.
Religious and communal conflicts rumble in other regions, particularly the
eastern Maluku islands and Kalimantan province, though violence there has
decreased over the last year.
Since becoming president in July, Megawati has made maintaining national unity
her benchmark policy. She has ordered the military to crack down on
secessionist groups.
However, analysts warn that brutality by government troops is one of the major
causes of separatist sentiments.
Indonesia's political and military elite are determined that Aceh and Papua
don't follow the example of East Timor, which voted for independence after
24-years of Jakarta rule in 1999.
Megawati refused to step down as chairwoman of the Indonesian Democratic Party
for Struggle (PDI-Perjuangan) despite recent suggestions from advisers to do
so, the Kyodo news agency reported.
On the calls for her to resign from the party leadership, she told the crowd in
Medan, "In my personal capacity, I can understand such an opinion, but it would
violate the decision of the party's congress in 1998 that has elected me as
chairwoman," Kyodo reported.
Megawati said the decision could only be changed through a special party
congress held with the support of two-thirds of the party's branches across the
country.
"But let me ask you my brothers and sisters, would you agree if I left my
position as PDI-Perjuangan chairperson?" Megawati twice asked her supporters,
who immediately answered in the negative, the Kyodo report said.
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