Category: Indonesia
The terror that followed has few parallels; not even Pol Pot succeeded in killing, proportionally, as many Cambodians as Suharto and his fellow generals killed in East Timor
So the real figures behind this extraordinary military force is not how many countries plan to participate, but how many millions – or billions – of dollars Saudi Arabia plans to pay them for their fraternal military assistance
Irhash Ahmady: Setting a country alight: Indonesia’s devastating forest fires are manmadeThousands of the fires raging through the forests of Indonesia were deliberately started to clear land for industrial use. The results have been deadly
Lindsey Allen: Is Indonesia’s fire crisis connected to the palm oil in our snack food?The widespread burning of tropical rainforests and peatlands to develop palm oil plantations is one of the largest sources of carbon pollution today
In the greatest environmental disaster of the 21st Century (so far), Indonesia has been blotted out by smoke. And the media
Allan Nairn: As Indonesia’s New President Takes Office, Cabinet Includes Officials Tied to Atrocities of OldInterview on human rights abuses committed by Prabowo
The noted peace activist Fred Branfman passed away on September 24 after suffering the effects of ALS (Lou Gherig’s disease). In 2002, while researching the history of the Vietnam War, I came across Fred’s Voices from the Plain of Jars…
Allan Nairn: Is Jokowi Serious About Being Clean?If the president is serious about being clean, he should open his eyes to a more important red mark: the kind that comes from killing civilians, from justifying and committing state murder
Allan Nairn: Journalist Allan Nairn ThreatenedJournalist Allan Nairn Threatened for Exposing Indonesian Pres. Candidate’s Role in Mass Killings
“I think the West Papuan resistance will stand with the other cases in the fight against terror and massive repression as inspiration of what humans can achieve”