Iggy Kim

  • Dita Sari joins mission to Baghdad

    Dita Sari, head of the Indonesian National Front for Workers' Struggle, was in Baghdad on March 14-18 as part of high-profile Asian peace mission to Iraq. Mission members visited hospitals, orphanages and schools. They met with

  • Rumbiak denounces West Papua provincial carve up

    SYDNEY — The Indonesian government's decision to divide West Papua into three provinces is a further attack by Jakarta on the Papuan people's right to self-determination, West Papua Institute for Human Rights supervisor John Rumbiak

  • ACEH: Indonesia violates peace accord

    The Indonesian government has again violated the December 10 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). The agreement was supposed to bring an end to violence in Aceh. Indonesian authorities have arrested Acehnese civil rights

  • Anti-war protests across Asia

    BY IGGY KIM & EVA CHENG As in the rest of the world, there were anti-war protests across Asia on February 14-16. The largest protest was in Tokyo, with 25,000 people marching on February 14. In Thailand, 15,000 protested in two cities

  • KOREA: US war drive: is North Korea next?

    On January 2 US President George Bush stated: "There are countries which are developing weapons of mass destruction and we will deal with them appropriately. One country is Iraq... if they won't [disarm], we'll lead a coalition to

  • Anti-WTO protesters to defy street march ban

    SYDNEY — Activists planning demonstrations during the World Trade Organisation (WTO) mini-ministerial meeting in Sydney, November 14-15, have condemned the NSW Labor government's plans to prohibit street marches during the

  • Anti-WTO coalition decides against united march

    SYDNEY — On November 1, the organising coalition for the November 14 rally against the World Trade Organisation (WTO) decided against a march. Instead, the coalition will leave it up to different contingents to hold their own

  • BRITAIN: Lesley McCulloch case debated in parliament

    On October 24, a debate was held in Britain's House of Commons over the Foreign Office's handling of the detention of Lesley McCulloch in Indonesia. The debate was initiated by Alan Reid, the Scottish Liberal Democrats member for Argyll

  • Donations boost campaign to free Lesley McCulloch

    The campaign to free Australian resident academic Lesley McCulloch from detention in Indonesia has been boosted by the National Tertiary Education Industry Union (NTEU). The union's Tasmanian division donated $1000 to help

  • Coalition and ALP ignore Lesley McCulloch

    A show trial is looming for Australian academic Lesley McCulloch, detained by the Indonesian military in Aceh, along with US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler. Both have been charged with alleged visa violations. On September 23,

  • BRAZIL: Referendum rejects FTAA

    Of the 10,149,542 Brazilians who participated in a week-long unofficial referendum on the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), 9,979,964 (98.33%) voted against Brazil joining the US-dominated economic bloc. The

  • Campaign begun to release Aceh detainees

    SYDNEY &#151 A campaign has begun to pressure the Indonesian government to release detained British-born Australian academic Lesley McCulloch and US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler. The women's interpreter, Fitra bin Amin, has already been