Informes

From IOM PRESS BRIEFING NOTES 27 June 2000 by Niurka Piñeiro, IOM Spokesperson International agencies, including IOM, who withdrew from the Kupang refugee camps over a week ago following an attack on UNHCR staff have not yet returned. Refugees wanting to…

WASHINGTON, June 26 (Reuters) - The United States on Monday urged the government of Indonesia to stop violence between Moslems and Christians in the Moluccas -- the fabled spice islands -- saying the security forces were either unable or…

By Tomi Soetjipto JAKARTA, Indonesia (Reuters) - Indonesia has declared a civil emergency in the Moluccas, its fabled spice islands, following six days of clashes between Muslims and Christians, the national police chief said Monday. ''The civil emergency (in Moluccas) took effect…

By Terry Friel JAKARTA, June 26 (Reuters) - Eighteen months of brutal religious war have destroyed Indonesia's spice islands but such is the turmoil in the rest of the sprawling country that it is almost a side issue. The economy has…

Foreign Office Minister John Battle said: 'I am terribly concerned at the escalation of violence in Maluku, Indonesia. EU representatives called on the Indonesian Government on 12 June to remind them of their responsibility to maintain law and order and to…

Returns: The total number of organised and spontaneous returns into East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia, Macau and Australia now stands at 164,667. On 20 June a total of 122 persons returned to East Timor through…

JAKARTA, Indonesia -- "'A time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.' Those words from John 16 (NIV) sound very different when read to an Indonesian congregation," said Duane Ruth-Heffelbower,…

The following is a report on the return of the Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team to Japan: After leaving Bengkulu at 12 noon on June 18 (Sun) and traveling to Jakarta, the team arrived safely at Narita International Airport…

Two Indonesian navy ships have evacuated more than 700 people after an attack on their village in Maluku province on Monday. Muslim fighters killed scores of people in the attack on the Christian village of Duma, on Halmahera island. The refugees…

A group of armed men has attacked peacekeepers of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), causing damage to buildings but no injuries, the UN mission said today in the capital Dili. According to UNTAET, an infantry position of…