| Regional
Conflicts & Ethnic Relations |
| Aceh
at War: Torture, Ill-Treatment, and Unfair Trials |
A
Human Rights Watch report (Sept. 2004) |
| Aceh
in Crisis: An Interview with Shadia Marhaban |
Conversation with a local activist
about the origins of the insurgency in Aceh, Sumatra |
| Aceh
Links |
A comprehensive list of links & resources
on Aceh, with emphasis on "human right abuse & oppression
on Achenese people" |
| Anti-Chinese
Atrocities in Indonesia 1998 |
Protests around the world; discriminatory
government laws & regulations; images & eyewitness
accounts of atrocities |
| Chinese
Diaspora: Indonesia |
Tim Johnston's report on the Chinese
in Indonesia under the New Order regime of Suharto & since
(BBC News, Mar. 3, 2005) |
| Conflict
Prevention Initiative Portal on Indonesia |
Project of the Harvard Program on
Humanitarian Policy & Conflict Research: news stories & sources;
background information; facts & figures; treaties & law;
articles grouped by research topics; interactive map including "detailed
analyses of various ethnic & separatist conflicts";
directory of specialists & organizations |
| External
Support for Liberation Movements in Aceh and Papua |
Baiq Wardhani study of separatist
groups in Indonesia (Proceedings of the 15th Biennial
Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia
in Canberra, 2004; PDF format) |
| INCORE
Guide to Internet Sources on Conflict & Ethnicity
in Indonesia |
Links to news sources, e-mail lists & newsgroups,
NGOs, articles & documents, maps |
| Indonesia:
Jakarta Killings Need International Response |
Press Release by Human Rights Watch,
November 1998 |
| Indonesia:
Violence Erupts Again in Ambon |
An International Crisis Group brief
on independence supporters in Maluku (Moluccas) & the
Indonesian government's response (May 2004) |
| Indonesia:
the War in Aceh |
A report from Human Rights Watch
(HRW) (Aug. 2001) |
| Indonesia
Commission: Peace and Progress in Papua |
Report of an independent commission
sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations' Center for
Preventive Action (May 2003; PDF format) |
| Indonesia
in Conflict |
An ASIAToday special report (March
01, 2001): social conflict; the Moluccas; general; news
sources; background articles; economic crisis |
| Indonesia
Riot: A Plea For Justice, A Prayer For Healing |
Chinese Cyber City's special report
on atrocities against the Chinese during the Indonesian
riots in May of 1998 |
| Indonesia's
1969 Takeover of West Papua Not by "Free Choice" |
Recently declassified documents showing "United
States support for Indonesia's heavy-handed takeover of
West Papua despite overwhelming Papuan opposition and United
Nation's requirements for genuine self-determination" (National
Security Archive, posted July 9, 2004) |
| Indonesia's
Free Aceh Movement |
Report by Colin Robinson for the
Center for Defense Information (CDI) (May 13, 2002) |
| Indonesian
Chinese American Network |
"an independent organization
solely dedicated to the advancement of the universal human
rights for all Indonesians" |
| Interview
on Aceh with Shadia Marhaban |
AsiaSource interview with Aceh activist
on the origins of the conflict (May 2003) |
| Living
Dangerously: Indonesia @ nationalgeographic.com |
Field notes by Tracy Dahlby & photographs
by Alexandra Boulat, with multimedia features |
| Papua:
Another East Timor? |
A Foreign Policy In Focus paper
by Abigail Abrash, Harvard Law School Human Rights Program
(Oct. 2000) |
 Post-Tsunami
Reconstruction and Peace Building in Aceh: Political
Impacts and Potential Risks |
Christine
Susanna Tjhin's working paper for Centre for Strategic
and International Studies (CSIS) (Oct. 2005; PDF format) |
| Rebuilding
after the Tsunami: The Search for a Silver Lining in
Indonesia |
Juergen
Kremb on the end of the civil war in Aceh in the aftermath
of the tsunami disaster & the hope of Indonesia for building a modern Islamic state (Spiegel Online, Dec.
23, 2005) |
| Tsunami
- The Politics of Relief |
A Time
Asia special report on whether "Nationalist sensitivities in Jakarta & potential conflict in Aceh could impede impede its recovery," with related stories, gallery & graphics (Jan. 17, 2005) |
| Virtual
Rape: Vivian's Story |
Laura Lochore's paper on the Western
media's appropriation of the first hand account of a Chinese
rape victim during the 1998 riots in Indonesia (Intersections,
Issue 3, Jan. 2000) |
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