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  • Indonesian appeals for Australian union aid

    SYDNEY — Romawaty Sinaga, the international officer of the militant Indonesian National Front for Workers Struggle (FNPBI), in Australia to meet other trade unionists, has appealed for greater assistance for the emerging independent

  • Asian trade unionists to speak

    SYDNEY — Indonesian union leader Romawaty Sinaga, of the the Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNPBI), and Francisco Pascual, of the Philippine People's Development Resource Centre, are the two international guest

  • No mandatory detention for asylum seekers

    No mandatory detention for asylum seekers!In an attempt to remind federal immigration minister Philip Ruddock of his responsibility to provide protection for asylum seekers, a group of 27 non-government organisations has called on

  • Indonesia: Proposed security law sparks opposition

    Indonesian House of Representatives speaker and Golkar faction leader Akbar Tandjung wants the Abdurrahman Wahid government to ratify the draconian security law which was pushed through a depleted parliament during the last hours of

  • Reject Wahid's austerity plan, says PRD

    Reject Wahid's austerity plan, says PRDSince his election five months ago, the new president of Indonesia, Abdurrahman Wahid, has managed to create the impression that his is a people-friendly government. But how true is this?

  • Indonesia plans to deport labour consultant

    Indonesia plans to deport labour consultantRoger Smith, an Australian who works for the American Centre for International Labor Solidarity, which is funded by the US government and the AFL-CIO, has been threatened with deportation

  • Indonesian generals must be brought to justice

    Indonesian generals must be brought to justiceAction in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) condemns the decision by the United Nations Security Council, under pressure from profit-hungry imperialist nations, to

  • Indonesian campaign against price subsidy cuts grows

    Indonesian campaign against price subsidy cuts growsJAKARTA — Around 500 members of the People's Democratic Party (PRD) protested outside the Presidential Palace on February 21 to demand that the Indonesian government abandon its

  • Indonesian generals unlikely to be punished for genocide

    Following a fact-finding tour to East Timor, Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has announced it will subpoena senior Indonesian generals, including General Wiranto, minister-coordinator for political and security affairs, to explain their involvement in the violence and human rights abuses in East Timor since January.

  • Indonesian trade union leaders to tour

    Indonesian trade union leaders to tourSYDNEY — Plans are well under way for the national speaking tour, from August 8, of Indonesian trade union leader Dita Sari. Dita's tour, organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and

  • Unionists say no to UN deal

    Unionists say no to UN dealSYDNEY — On May 6, the day after Indonesia and Portugal signed the United Nations-brokered deal on East Timor in New York, activists here picketed the Indonesian Trade Promotion Centre to voice their