World

A new magazine, Free Indonesia, was launched during the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference. The publication is intended to provide a background to the Indonesian people's fight against the Suharto dictatorship, and the role the

Activists describe kidnapping, torture"I speak up with the knowledge that I am risking my life", said Indonesian activist Pius Lustrilanang, in testimony before the National Human Rights Commission on April 27, were he

Sri Lanka — Tamil Eelam This resolution was presented to the final plenary session on behalf of participants in the workshop on Women and the Tamil struggle. It was adopted by acclamation. This conference is gravely concerned by the continued Sri

Anti-APEC conference scheduled for New ZealandThe Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation group, APEC, is holding its 1999 summit meeting in Auckland, New Zealand, on September 13. Democratic rights activists are planning a counter

Nike sued in AsiaA Reuters article published on the Internet on April 20 reports that lawyers have filed a civil suit charging Nike Inc. with lying about "sweatshop" conditions in its shoe factories in Asia. Filed in the San

Philippines: a new approach to student and youth campaigns GERRY ARANCES, a student at the Technical University of the Philippines, is a member of the Filipino socialist youth organisation Kamalayan, and attended the Asia Pacific Solidarity

EDWIN GOZAL, one of two Indonesian People's Democratic Party (PRD) representatives to attend the Asia Pacific Solidarity Conference, is the party's Asia Pacific representative. MAX LANE asked him about his impressions of the conference and the PRD's

Germany's Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised the east prosperity when he manipulated the annexation of former East Germany in 1990. Since then, a near-zero jobless rate has soared to more than 30%; with the impending introduction of

Ireland: loyalist violence continuesOn April 21, Adrian Lamph, a 29-year old father of one, was shot twice at close range at his place of work in Portadown, Northern Ireland. The lone gunman, wearing a red, white and blue scarf,

Statement by the Pacific delegates The following resolution was proposed by Rex Rumakiek, from the Free Papua Movement, on behalf of the conference participants from the Pacific region, and was adopted by acclamation. We delegates from indigenous

Burma This statement was presented to the final plenary session on behalf of the All Burma Students Democratic Front and adopted by acclamation. 1. We call on the illegitimate military regime, the State Peace and Development Council, for the

Russian anti-nuclear protesters gassed MOSCOW — On April 23, to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, activists with the radical environment movement the Rainbow Keepers held a protest near the Ministry of Atomic Energy. The