Word: indonesians
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Haryanto was 19 years old and working in an Indonesian sweatshop for $15 per week, he lost two fingers of his right hand making outsoles for Nike sneakers...
Haryanto said he has spent the last three years agitating for improved conditions in Indonesian factories and organizing an independent union...
...democracy goes down the drain, so will a stable political evolution in the region and a promising economic one. Remember, this is happening under the auspices of the international community. Armed intervention is not the only option. Economic sanctions do not kill soldiers and do not require permission from Indonesian officials. Furthermore, I bet no political force in Indonesia is willing to have sanctions imposed. PEDRO HOMEM DE GOUVEIA Lisbon...
After Rwanda and Kosovo, another dark page of modern history is being written in East Timor by the Indonesian army. It's a shame the international community did not react faster in condemning Indonesia and preventing the genocide, which has been ongoing since the mid-'70s in East Timor. Above all political and economic considerations, the international community should never forget that the brave people of East Timor are struggling (and dying) for something that is so dear to all of us: freedom. MIGUEL LUCAS Lisbon...
...helicopters and a further 130 communications experts would join the 260 non-combatant U.S. personnel in the Australian-led East Timor peacekeeping force. But pro-Indonesia militiamen are continuing to threaten the peacekeepers, and Australian troops on Tuesday arrested 15 "militiamen" who turned out to be members of the Indonesian military?s Kopassus special forces. "Everybody thought all along that the militia were being run by Kopassus units loyal to the former dictator, Suharto," says TIME correspondent William Dowell. "The question now is whether they?ll try to fight on against the Australians, because that would require the support...