Articles related to "Indonesia"
Indonesia Series I of X: Urgent Statement from Indonesia
Despite the image that Indonesia is a land of smiling faces and warm heart, human rights abusers have not been proved to be fairly prosecuted. Below is a statement issued by Solidaritas Nusa Bangsa, also known as Solidarity for the Motherland and Nation in English. They urge a thorough investigation on abuses performed during the Indonesia's former President Soeharto's New Order Regime ruling.
human rights abuse
• human
• humane
• right
• rights
IV of X: Racial Violence in Indonesia
For 32 years, the ethnic Chinese have been targeted as one of
the main "victims" by the government system; it is a systematic
discrimination. The discrimination has been embedded subtly, and
yet very clearly in the government's procedures and policies.
Security and safety always come with an "under the table" price
tag, which is a form of crime. Currently, there are at least 16
laws that could be considered as racist. Thirteen out of the
sixteen could be considered as targeted directly against ethnic
Chinese, covering the areas of civil, political and social
rights. Nine out of those thirteen are the products of the New
Order Regime, which introduced most of them in its early days.
human
• humane
• human right
• human rights
• human rights law
VIII of X: Growing Up A Minority Female in Indonesia
Growing up as a part of the minority in Indonesia is degrading and, at the same time, making one feeling unsheltered. One small mistake in mingling with the majority can cost more than one can bear. Nothing and nobody can guarantee your safety. Not the government, not the law, not the armed forces. Being a female, an ethnic Chinese and a Catholic increase the odds exponentially. Only with a strong and intense commitment to live and to stay alive can a member of this triple-fold minority survive.
human rights
• civil rights
• humanity
• humanitarian
• female
Analysis of a Just World
Good news - not bad: The romantic tale of a struggle for freedom. East Timor is free at last. Just why are we so hell bent on trying to find something that would suggest otherwise. Maybe it's the old propaganda machine again.
east timor
• indonesia
• good news
Elephant Art Could Become Big
Elephants don't have an easy life. They're too big for their own good. They eat too much. They need too much area to roam around in while they look for food. While they look for food they damage trees, shrubs, gardens, people--whatever is in their way. African elephants face the ivory problem: they've got it; man wants it. Asian elephants face hunger because they can't find work.
elephant
• thailand
• indonesia
• elephants
• painting
Interfet
After a great deal of reluctance, the Indonesian government has allowed the United Nations to deploy a peacekeeping force in East Timor. They will be quite lucky if they find any peace to keep.
indonesia
• timor
• habibie
• megawati
• sukarnoputri