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Indonesia has moved toward a more pluralistic democracy but human rights abuses remained rife in 1999, according to a US State Department report released on February 25. In June, Indonesia held its first free elections since
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Since the forced withdrawal of the Indonesian armed forces (TNI) from East Timor, and with the TNI's "dual function" (its integration into Indonesia's political structures) being more openly challenged, old methods of
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JAKARTA — Three hundred women and men marched from the Kapuk industrial area to Indonesia's parliament building on International Women's Day, March 8. IWD was not celebrated in
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Pinochet awarded Oscar for 'Best Actor'
ON MARCH 8, the youth wing of Chile's Socialist Party held a mock ceremony in front of the army's offices in the capital, Santiago, to award a replica fake Oscar statue to a human rights activist wearing a
Thousands march on International Women's Day Thousands of women and men turned out for International Women's Day marches and rallies around Australia this year.
Tax workers dissatisfied with pay offer
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Community and Public Sector Union members in the Australian Taxation Office are dissatisfied with management's "final offer" for a new agency agreement. Negotiations have been
By Tim Gooden
GEELONG — The Victorian building industry faces a three month shutdown from March 11 if threats by the Master Builders' Association of Victoria (MBA) are made good. The threatened lockout is the employers' response to demands by
In a colourful and militant display, 8000 women from all over Chiapas, Mexico, converged on San Cristobal de las Casas on March 8 for the International Women's Day (IWD) activities. Wearing traditional dress plus ski masks or handkerchiefs on their
Staff resist individual contracts
By Nikki Ulasowski
HOBART — General staff at the University of Tasmania have formed an industrial action committee to oppose an attempt by the vice-chancellor to introduce individual contracts as part of a new
Workers hit out at ACI
By Chris Slee
MELBOURNE — Locked out workers from the ACI glass mould manufacturing plant in Box Hill halted production at the firm's bottle-making plant in Spotswood for almost 24 hours on March 6. Two days later, they
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