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Kim Dae-jung's selective amnestyRather than heralding progressive reform, President Kim Dae-jung's "amnesty" last month for more than 5.5 million people reveals continuing repression in South Korea. Many political prisoners jailed

"In our experience, the newspaper is an instrument ... [which] serves as a mechanism to unite the people and to become a spark for collective action ... Progresibo is an attempt to open a forum for discussion of progressive

Fears for captured Timorese fighterAmnesty International has called for urgent international action pressing the Indonesian government to confirm the whereabouts of East Timorese freedom fighter Jose Antonio Belo, who it

Under orders from the International Monetary Fund, the Chuan Leekpai government is busy preparing the sale of some of Thailand's most important public assets: Thai Airways International, the Electricity Generating Authority of

The people of East Timor and supporters of its struggle for freedom have been saddened by the tragic news of the death of Nino Konis Santana. Resistance sources announced on March 30 that Santana, commander of Falintil (the armed wing

Skate puts Bougainville peace at riskPapua New Guinea Prime Minister Bill Skate, speaking on Australian television on March 31, has placed the Bougainville peace process at risk. Skate told the SBS Dateline program that

The Bougainville Freedom Movement is concerned at the New Zealand government's announced intention to scale back its role in the truce monitoring group (TMG) on Bougainville, and offer Australia leadership of the force. Under the

Hong Kong protest against unemployment HONG KONG — Hong Kong Voice of Democracy has reported that about 15 activists staged a courageous protest in mid-March against Beijing's arrest of Chinese workers who were organising against unemployment and

PNG moves to prop up timber industry rejected Greenpeace has accused the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority and the World Bank of short-sighted and naive policies to prop up PNG's export log industry. Greenpeace said on March 17 it had obtained a

MOSCOW — In February the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) celebrated its fifth anniversary. In their commentaries on this event, Moscow's right-wing newspapers showed a striking unanimity: all were full of

In the midst of mass arrests, and the disappearance and killing of scores of pro-democracy activists in Indonesia, anti-Suharto demonstrations continue to escalate. Ignoring threats by the military — who have also pleaded for

On March 28, Andi Arief, the chairperson of Student Solidarity for Indonesian Democracy (SMID), was abducted at gunpoint from his brother's home in Lampung, South Sumatra. He has not been seen or heard from since. Arief was taken