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Timor Leste & Aceh: Indonesia’s Step-children

This article has been published in Asia Sentinel Ma 10, 2012https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/timor-leste-aceh-indonesias-step-children Elections have brought hope and challenges in in...

Apr 20 · 4 min read >

Of Pain and Humiliation: The Velvet Protests in Aceh – Gus Dur vs the Army

This article was originally published by The Jakarta Post, Dec. 13, 1999, later published by https://acehnet.tripod.com/santoso.htm Of pain and...

Apr 19 · 8 min read >

Wiranto, Susilo Should Speak Out About the Past

Originally published in The Jakarta Post, Friday, May 7, 2004 http://www.etan.org/et2004/may/01-08/07wiranto.htm Two former generals both have a strong chance...

Feb 23 · 4 min read >

‘Revolusi’, a reappraisal of Indonesia’s awakening history

https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2021/01/11/revolusi-a-reappraisal-of-indonesias-awakening-history.html The Jakarta Post  12 Jan 2021By Aboeprijadi Santoso – An Indonesian journalist residing in Amsterdam When then-Dutch prime minister...

Jan 16 · 3 min read >

1965 Exiles – Rectifying past errors

https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/nasional-list/conversations/messages/40861 The article (‘ Recognizing and rectifying the errors of the past’) was published in The Jakarta Post September...

Oct 28 · 3 min read >

Colonial legacy dogs Maluku people

The article was first published in The Jakarta Post April 4, 2001 http://www.thejakartapost.com/detaileditorial.asp?fileid=20010404.C02&irec=1 https://www.library.ohio.edu/indopubs/2001/04/03/0047.ht AMSTERDAM (JP): Arriving in cold...

Oct 28 · 4 min read >

Aceh’s Hasan Tiro still has a cause: Democracy

The article, written in Banda Aceh, was published in The Jakarta Post Nov. 4, 2008 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2008/11/04/aceh039s-tiro-still-has-a-cause-democracy.html The top leader...

Oct 28 · 3 min read >

Is GAM real or a nonentity?

The article, written in Banda Aceh, was published in The Jakarta Post  March 13, 2009 http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/03/13/is-gam-real-or-a-nonentity.html Whether or not...

Oct 28 · 3 min read >

Soeharto & Franco – A Lesson From Spain

The article was first published by Radio Netherlands on Oct. 29, 2010; also in https://jurnaltoddoppuli.wordpress.com/2010/11/02/soeharto-franco-%E2%80%93-a-lesson-from-spain/ ” .. the hope...

Oct 28 · 3 min read >