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Justice for post-genocide reconciliation?

https://www.thejakartapost.com/paper/2023/01/17/justice-for-post-genocide-reconciliation.html “We are targeted human beings!” Pak Djuoro, a 60-year-old man, son of a left-wing trade unionist in Brebes,...

The Army, the diplomats and the militia in 1999-East Timor

A slightly different version appeared in The Jakarta Post on September 21, 2010. http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/09/21/our-envoy-washington.html History sometimes turns men and...

Aug 27 · 4 min read >

SBY’s difficult dance with political Islam

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/10/sby039s-difficult-dance-with-political-islam.html?fbclid=IwAR3scvHvt24UFOnNMCY0qLr7jLMIQHEPjPpdHPoYfTv9RTh7-D_NkuUOVYg It may seem premature to examine the nature of the relationship between President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s next administration...

Aug 14 · 3 min read >

Nicolau Lobato, another Timor Leste specter

The specter of the Timor tragedy continues to haunt Indonesia, not just on the matter of impunity of past...

Aug 8 · 3 min read >

Kopassus – A corps in a twilight zone

A concise version has been published in The Jakarta Globe July 23, 2010. http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/opinion/rebuilding-kopassus/387282 The visiting U.S. defense minister...

Jul 23 · 3 min read >

In Memoriam: Ade Rostina Sitompul: A Relentless Fighter

https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/07/21/in-memoriam-ade-rostina-sitompul-a-relentless-fighter.html Few people are remembered and honored both at home and by other nations for their great service and...

Jul 21 · 3 min read >

A tribute to Ersa Siregar

http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/PPDi/conversations/topics/6075 Semula terbit di The Jakarta Post 3 Jan. 2004 Fifty-two-year-old Sory Ersa Siregar was not the first journalist...

Jul 18 · 3 min read >

Disaster in the conflict area. Comparing Myanmar, Aceh & East Timor.

The article titled ‘Disaster here, disaster there. Comparing Myanmar, Aceh & East Timor’, has been published here: https://www.etan.org/et2008/5may/21/19dsast.htm and...

Jun 27 · 3 min read >