Skip to content

Category Archives: English

Vigil marks anniversary of Indonesia race riots

By Gideon Rubin
Staff Writer
Article Created: 05/11/2008 09:15:48 PM PDT
(Source: Inside Bay Area)
SAN LEANDRO
Lilly Lim expected at least a semblance of normalcy when she went to work at a suburban Jakarta shipping company on a spring day 10 years ago.
Lim, then a 28-year-old self-identified Chinese-Indonesian accountant, had her worries the day after six student demonstrators protesting […]

Posted 14 May 2008 † Peaceful Indonesia § ‡ Comments (0) °

Ten Years after May 1998 Tragedy

Ten years after May 1998 tragedy
The Jakarta Post
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Opinion
Jennie S. Bev, San Francisco
This May we are commemorating the 10th anniversary of the May 1998 tragedy, which is better known as the May 1998 riots. This historic incident is an important life-changing milestone in many people’s lives, whoever they are.
I lost […]

Posted 08 May 2008 † Peaceful Indonesia § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Compassionate Democracy: Myth or Reality?

Compassionate democracy: Myth or reality?
Previously published by The Jakarta Post
Opinion, Saturday, April 26, 2008
Jennie S. Bev, San Francisco
Democracy in its simplest definition refers to rule by the majority, in which their voice determines decisions. In other words, this definition implies that minorities have very little, or even no voice at all.
While there are […]

Posted 29 April 2008 † Peaceful Indonesia § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Banality and Compassion

This article is dedicated to all victims and survivors of crimes against humanity whoever and wherever they are in the world. We are born as human beings with good balance of mind and heart elements, but for some reasons we have grown apart from our compassionate heart. It’s time to return and ponder upon what […]

Posted 07 April 2008 † Peaceful Indonesia § ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Worldwide Vigil for Humanity, the 10th Commemoration of May 1998 Tragedy of Humanity in Indonesia

Background
“Around 11:30am, I saw several people of a large crowd hijacked a car and forced the passengers to come out of the car. They pulled two women out of the car and stripped them naked. They gang raped them. Those two girls tried to fight while shouting with fear, but failed,” said an eyewitness in […]

Posted 28 March 2008 † Peaceful Indonesia § Proposal ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , , , , , , ,