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How was investigative reporter pushed to kill himself? (6 Aug 2010)
Reporters Without Borders - Reporters Without Borders calls for a serious and impartial investigation into the link between his death and the harassment to which he had been subjected. Coming after the flight of a journalist who investigated an illegal logging ring in Simeuleu, in the western province of Aceh, the death of Matra’is seems to confirm the dangers of covering deforestation in Indonesia.
Violence flares again in Puncak Jaya, one shot dead (6 Aug 2010)
The Jakarta Post - Security in Puncak Jaya, Papua, continues to deteriorate with the latest incident on Wednesday resulting in the death of a civilian.
Gates Seeks Stronger Military Ties With Indonesia (22 Jul 2010)
GlobalSecurity.org - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here today for meetings intended to enhance defense ties between the United States and Indonesia. The secretary’s first order of business here was to inform Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a meeting at the presidential palace that the United States will begin a process of re-engagement with Kopassus, the special forces branch of Indonesia’s army.
U.S. Lifts Ban on Indonesian Special Forces Unit (22 Jul 2010)
The New York Times - The United States is lifting a ban of more than a decade on military contact with an elite Indonesian special forces unit implicated in past killings of civilians and other abuses, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Thursday, after meeting here with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia.
The Question of Papua (12 Jul 2010)
Overseas Territories Review / Neles Tebay - Last Friday indigenous Papuans — through the provincial legislative council — symbolically handed back the 2001 Law on Special Autonomy to the Indonesian government. The act should neither be dismissed as irrational, nor should it lead to the conclusion that referendum and independence are the ultimate goals of those dissatisfied with the current situation in Papua. It is rather a cry to be taken seriously: Papuans are waiting for dialogue to negotiate a new solution to the their governance. The 2001 law was offered by the central government as the best and most realistic solution to the Papua conflict.
Reporters Without Borders - Reporters Without Borders calls for a serious and impartial investigation into the link between his death and the harassment to which he had been subjected. Coming after the flight of a journalist who investigated an illegal logging ring in Simeuleu, in the western province of Aceh, the death of Matra’is seems to confirm the dangers of covering deforestation in Indonesia.
Violence flares again in Puncak Jaya, one shot dead (6 Aug 2010)
The Jakarta Post - Security in Puncak Jaya, Papua, continues to deteriorate with the latest incident on Wednesday resulting in the death of a civilian.
Gates Seeks Stronger Military Ties With Indonesia (22 Jul 2010)
GlobalSecurity.org - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here today for meetings intended to enhance defense ties between the United States and Indonesia. The secretary’s first order of business here was to inform Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a meeting at the presidential palace that the United States will begin a process of re-engagement with Kopassus, the special forces branch of Indonesia’s army.
U.S. Lifts Ban on Indonesian Special Forces Unit (22 Jul 2010)
The New York Times - The United States is lifting a ban of more than a decade on military contact with an elite Indonesian special forces unit implicated in past killings of civilians and other abuses, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced Thursday, after meeting here with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia.
The Question of Papua (12 Jul 2010)
Overseas Territories Review / Neles Tebay - Last Friday indigenous Papuans — through the provincial legislative council — symbolically handed back the 2001 Law on Special Autonomy to the Indonesian government. The act should neither be dismissed as irrational, nor should it lead to the conclusion that referendum and independence are the ultimate goals of those dissatisfied with the current situation in Papua. It is rather a cry to be taken seriously: Papuans are waiting for dialogue to negotiate a new solution to the their governance. The 2001 law was offered by the central government as the best and most realistic solution to the Papua conflict.
