E Timor and Indonesia Action
@etan009.bsky.social
East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) is a grassroots organization working in solidarity w/ the peoples of Timor-Leste (E Timor), West Papua & Indonesia. ETAN supports human rights, self-determination & democracy. See our website: www.etan.org
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Resources for Resistance & Updates from WRL National Office: www.warresisters.org/civicrm/?civ...
December 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Resources for Resistance & Updates from WRL National Office: www.warresisters.org/civicrm/?civ...
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We’re excited to announce the publication of our new book New Worlds in Old Shells, on 8th Oct. The book explores how movements can build vibrant, radical, liberating projects that meet the needs of their communities.
Launch webinar is on 22nd Oct, register here: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
Launch webinar is on 22nd Oct, register here: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
September 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We’re excited to announce the publication of our new book New Worlds in Old Shells, on 8th Oct. The book explores how movements can build vibrant, radical, liberating projects that meet the needs of their communities.
Launch webinar is on 22nd Oct, register here: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
Launch webinar is on 22nd Oct, register here: wri-irg.org/en/story/202...
Between mid-June and mid-August, Prabowo’s push to re-write history as well as deepen his economic and strategic aims, has been going at pace.
Read TAPOL's quarterly update for all the latest, out now:
t.co/J6yfpkGi6D
Read TAPOL's quarterly update for all the latest, out now:
t.co/J6yfpkGi6D
August 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Between mid-June and mid-August, Prabowo’s push to re-write history as well as deepen his economic and strategic aims, has been going at pace.
Read TAPOL's quarterly update for all the latest, out now:
t.co/J6yfpkGi6D
Read TAPOL's quarterly update for all the latest, out now:
t.co/J6yfpkGi6D
"In the world’s third-largest democracy, the military’s expansion and its creep into civilian domains has drawn criticism from observers who say the move carries echoes of the country’s authoritarian past." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
In Prabowo’s Indonesia, the military is quietly creeping back into civilian life
The retired general who is now president has established 100 new army battalions and plans more – and critics say the move has echoes of the country’s authoritarian past
www.theguardian.com
August 28, 2025 at 10:05 AM
"In the world’s third-largest democracy, the military’s expansion and its creep into civilian domains has drawn criticism from observers who say the move carries echoes of the country’s authoritarian past." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
A forthcoming article in the Journal of Genocide Research, analyzes official statements, declassified documents and media reports across four cases that involve U.S. support for governments as they were committing atrocities incl. Indonesia in East Timor from 1975-1999
truthout.org/articles/gaz...
truthout.org/articles/gaz...
Gaza Isn’t the First Genocide the US Has Denied — and Abetted
From Guatemala to East Timor to Yemen, the US has a pattern of obfuscating and aiding crimes against humanity.
truthout.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A forthcoming article in the Journal of Genocide Research, analyzes official statements, declassified documents and media reports across four cases that involve U.S. support for governments as they were committing atrocities incl. Indonesia in East Timor from 1975-1999
truthout.org/articles/gaz...
truthout.org/articles/gaz...
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Launching next week in Dili! Read online free at pressbooks.pub/everydaydipl...
July 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Launching next week in Dili! Read online free at pressbooks.pub/everydaydipl...
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Launching next week in Dili! Read online free at pressbooks.pub/everydaydipl...
July 10, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Launching next week in Dili! Read online free at pressbooks.pub/everydaydipl...
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🌍 Every day, all around the world, people are tortured using law enforcement equipment, including something as simple as a pair of handcuffs.
🔗 Learn more about the risks & concerns around the use of different kinds of restraints: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/r...
🔗 Learn more about the risks & concerns around the use of different kinds of restraints: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/r...
Restraints - Omega Research Foundation
omegaresearchfoundation.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
🌍 Every day, all around the world, people are tortured using law enforcement equipment, including something as simple as a pair of handcuffs.
🔗 Learn more about the risks & concerns around the use of different kinds of restraints: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/r...
🔗 Learn more about the risks & concerns around the use of different kinds of restraints: omegaresearchfoundation.org/what-we-do/r...
June 13, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Garment workers confront Nike over wages -
“I came to America to campaign for the rights of workers in Indonesia who were not paid by Nike during COVID," said Dedeh Nurhasanah.
Activists from GLJ, Portland Jobs with Justice + other groups invited shoppers to take a quiz about Nike production.
“I came to America to campaign for the rights of workers in Indonesia who were not paid by Nike during COVID," said Dedeh Nurhasanah.
Activists from GLJ, Portland Jobs with Justice + other groups invited shoppers to take a quiz about Nike production.
Garment workers confront Nike over wages - NW Labor Press
When three Indonesian factory workers visited Nike’s downtown Portland store May 27, they recognized parts of shoes that they cut or stitched.
nwlaborpress.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Garment workers confront Nike over wages -
“I came to America to campaign for the rights of workers in Indonesia who were not paid by Nike during COVID," said Dedeh Nurhasanah.
Activists from GLJ, Portland Jobs with Justice + other groups invited shoppers to take a quiz about Nike production.
“I came to America to campaign for the rights of workers in Indonesia who were not paid by Nike during COVID," said Dedeh Nurhasanah.
Activists from GLJ, Portland Jobs with Justice + other groups invited shoppers to take a quiz about Nike production.
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The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person
June 9, 2025 at 5:16 AM
The great historian of Southeast Asia, Anthony (Tony) Reid, died yesterday in Canberra, aged 85. His studies transformed our understanding of Indonesia and the region. A professor at the ANU for many years, he also founded institutes at UCLA & NUS. And he was a lovely person
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In a district that holds Indonesia’s biggest coal reserves and sits near the new national capital, the country’s largest construction site, a large share of households in Paser district remain without an electricity connection.
Indonesia new capital yet to spark electricity for low-income neighbors on Borneo
RANGAN, Indonesia — Every night for three decades, Marwati would worry about snakes crawling out of the walls of her house near the east coast of Borneo. Today, a small rooftop solar panel powers a…
news.mongabay.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
In a district that holds Indonesia’s biggest coal reserves and sits near the new national capital, the country’s largest construction site, a large share of households in Paser district remain without an electricity connection.
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A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to intentionally catch these species to claim incentives.
Pay-to-release program reduces shark deaths, but backfires in some cases
Researchers behind an incentive-based fisheries program in Indonesia have reported a drop in shark and ray bycatch, but also warned of an unexpected rise in the intentional capture of these…
news.mongabay.com
June 10, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A pay-to-release program for threatened sharks and rays significantly reduced bycatch in Indonesia, with 71% of wedgefish and 4% of hammerheads released alive; but it also led some fishers to intentionally catch these species to claim incentives.
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Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/indonesia-signs-10bn-deal-buy-48-turkish-kaan-fighter-jets
Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets
The landmark agreement includes co-production with Indonesia and marks Turkey’s largest-ever defence export
www.middleeasteye.net
June 11, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Indonesia signs $10bn deal to buy 48 Turkish Kaan fighter jets - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/indonesia-signs-10bn-deal-buy-48-turkish-kaan-fighter-jets
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Illegal #wildlife #crime is rampant in #Indonesia, from #birds to #orangutans, to coral. Trafficking online is worth $852.6mil USD per year. Indonesia is falling short on its response. Story via @360info_global #Boycott4Wildlife #extinction @palmoildetect
Lax Laws in Indonesia Turn Blind Eye To Animal Trafficking
When Indonesian prosecutors went after the leader of an illegal wildlife syndicate operating near the Malacca Strait, they relied on the country’s then relatively new 2019 Quarantine Act to seek a …
wp.me
June 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Illegal #wildlife #crime is rampant in #Indonesia, from #birds to #orangutans, to coral. Trafficking online is worth $852.6mil USD per year. Indonesia is falling short on its response. Story via @360info_global #Boycott4Wildlife #extinction @palmoildetect
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Indonesia expects to conclude free trade agreement with the EU by end June
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
Indonesia expects to conclude free trade talks with EU by end of June
Indonesia said on Saturday that free trade negotiations with the European Union, which have been ongoing for nine years, are expected to be concluded by the end of June.
www.reuters.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Indonesia expects to conclude free trade agreement with the EU by end June
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
www.reuters.com/markets/comm...
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Join the NYCPeace and Justice contingent on Saturday. Bring signs that highlight the issues below.
June 12, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Join the NYCPeace and Justice contingent on Saturday. Bring signs that highlight the issues below.
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All of these films are excellent and worth viewing. @owasow.bsky.social has given a really important film fest to help understand this moment in a historical context, with deep, valuable lessons in how we meet and inform the present moment and resist this autocratic takeover
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I teach a class on film and politics and include docs that offer insight into protest movements and the challenges they face. Some recommendations:
Eyes on the Prize: Canonical series on civil rights movement. Shows how ordinary people created extraordinary change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVL...
Eyes on the Prize: Canonical series on civil rights movement. Shows how ordinary people created extraordinary change.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGVL...
Eyes on the Prize | Official Trailer
YouTube video by WORLD
www.youtube.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
All of these films are excellent and worth viewing. @owasow.bsky.social has given a really important film fest to help understand this moment in a historical context, with deep, valuable lessons in how we meet and inform the present moment and resist this autocratic takeover
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After three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Filipino green-card holder who had been arrested at Seattle-Tacoma Airport has finally gone home.
One more for the "WTF" quota...
This lady has been legally in the U.S. for 50 years. She was detained by ICE in *February* when coming home from a trip to the Philippines and only just released last week.
"It was horrific; it was awful, it is crowded—super crowded."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
This lady has been legally in the U.S. for 50 years. She was detained by ICE in *February* when coming home from a trip to the Philippines and only just released last week.
"It was horrific; it was awful, it is crowded—super crowded."
www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...
ICE releases health worker arrested at airport despite living in the U.S. legally for 50 years
Lewelyn Dixon had been arrested at the Seattle airport after a trip to her native Philippines in late February. She was released from ICE custody after three months.
www.nbcnews.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:37 AM
After three months in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody, a Filipino green-card holder who had been arrested at Seattle-Tacoma Airport has finally gone home.
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'“Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s relentless attacks on civilians make a sick mockery of ASEAN’s claims that the junta has implemented a ceasefire or that it has any intention of doing so,” said Yanghee Lee of SAC-M.' #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar
🔗 eng.mizzima.com/2025/05/31/2...
🔗 eng.mizzima.com/2025/05/31/2...
June 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
'“Junta leader Min Aung Hlaing’s relentless attacks on civilians make a sick mockery of ASEAN’s claims that the junta has implemented a ceasefire or that it has any intention of doing so,” said Yanghee Lee of SAC-M.' #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #Myanmar
🔗 eng.mizzima.com/2025/05/31/2...
🔗 eng.mizzima.com/2025/05/31/2...
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Landslide at a quarry in Cirebon, Indonesia, kills at least 14 men. Another 11 people are missing and believed to be dead. Officials had warned for years that the quarry was not meeting safety standards www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
Landslide at Quarry in Indonesia Kills at Least 14
www.nytimes.com
June 2, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Landslide at a quarry in Cirebon, Indonesia, kills at least 14 men. Another 11 people are missing and believed to be dead. Officials had warned for years that the quarry was not meeting safety standards www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
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🇮🇩 Indonesia is moving to expand censorship of LGBT content, targeting not just TV and radio but also digital and social media. Activists warn this could further restrict free expression. globalpressjournal.com/asia/indones... #Indonesia #LGBTQ #Censorship
Indonesia Moves to Expand Censorship of LGBT Content
Television and radio are already heavily monitored and censored. Next up: the digital arena, including social media.
globalpressjournal.com
May 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🇮🇩 Indonesia is moving to expand censorship of LGBT content, targeting not just TV and radio but also digital and social media. Activists warn this could further restrict free expression. globalpressjournal.com/asia/indones... #Indonesia #LGBTQ #Censorship
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To be clear, yesterday’s protests appear to have been a success and media coverage is only one of many important outcomes. Organizing often builds over time and big events like April 5 often have a long tail of consequences from new movements to new leaders. Also: bsky.app/profile/owas...
Nonviolent protest can work without repression, it’s just harder to generate media without drama. Big events like the March on Washington or telegenic events like ACT-UP putting a giant condom over Sen. Jesse Helms’ home are examples of direct action generating sympathetic coverage. 18/
April 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
To be clear, yesterday’s protests appear to have been a success and media coverage is only one of many important outcomes. Organizing often builds over time and big events like April 5 often have a long tail of consequences from new movements to new leaders. Also: bsky.app/profile/owas...
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"This is not solely about Tempo. Today it could be Tempo, but in the future, all of us as journalists could be threatened and the state must provide protection," said Tempo's Editor-in-Chief Setri Yasra en.tempo.co/read/1989586...
Terror Attack Against Tempo: Here's What National Police Chief Says
National Police Chief claims to have ordered the Chief of Detectives to investigate the case of pig's head terror directed at Tempo.
en.tempo.co
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
"This is not solely about Tempo. Today it could be Tempo, but in the future, all of us as journalists could be threatened and the state must provide protection," said Tempo's Editor-in-Chief Setri Yasra en.tempo.co/read/1989586...
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#Global 🌐 @freedomhouse.bsky.social reports that at least 55 governments around the world restrict freedom of movement in order to punish, coerce, or control dissidents, activists, journalists, and people they view as political opponents.
No Way In or Out: Authoritarian Controls on the Freedom of Movement
Sealed borders and exit bans evoke images of the Cold War, when communist states limited the free movement of hundreds of millions of people.1 Today, blanket prohibitions on international travel,…
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March 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
#Global 🌐 @freedomhouse.bsky.social reports that at least 55 governments around the world restrict freedom of movement in order to punish, coerce, or control dissidents, activists, journalists, and people they view as political opponents.