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• Is the Australian government engaging in piracy? - Jakarta Post. February 12, 2014
• Coalition offers Indonesia extra money to help halt flow of asylum seekers - The Guardian. January 15, 2014
• Nauru visa fee hike unconstitutional – Reporters Without Borders - Radio New Zealand International. January 15, 2014
• Journalists stunned by Nauru 4,000% visa fee hike - Radio New Zealand International. January 14, 2014
• United Nations warns Australia about asylum seeker boat push-backs - Agence France Presse. January 11, 2014
• Nauru hikes journalist visa costs amid Australian secrecy on asylum policy - Reuters. January 9, 2014

• New Snowden leaks reveal US, Australia's Asian allies - Sydney Morning Herald. November 24, 2013
• Exposed: Australia's Asia spy network - Sydney Morning Herald. October 31, 2013
• Refugees still being held in Nauru processing centre - Radio New Zealand International. October 25, 2013
• Australian detention camps boost Nauru airline - Radio New Zealand International. October 15, 2013
• Study: 1 in 4 men in parts of Asia have raped - Associated Press. September 11, 2013
• Australia continues moving asylum seekers to PNG - Radio New Zealand International. August 27, 2013
• Protests across Australia today against tough refugee policies - Radio New Zealand International. August 23, 2013
• Refugee advocate group condemns transfer of first asylum seekers to Nauru - Radio New Zealand International. August 22, 2013
• Australia's indefinite detention of refugees 'cruel, inhuman', UN says - ABC Radio Australia. August 22, 2013
• Australia begins shifting asylum seeker families to Nauru camps - Radio New Zealand International. August 21, 2013
• Australia expands PNG refugee deal to Nauru - Agence France Presse. August 3, 2013
• 189 survive boat sinking, Indonesia looks for lost - Associated Press. July 25, 2013
• Numbers don't lie: PNG solution flawed - Melbourne Age. July 19, 2013
• Kevin Rudd to send asylum seekers who arrive by boat to Papua New Guinea - Sydney Morning Herald. July 19, 2013
• Asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat to be resettled in Papua New Guinea - ABC News. July 19, 2013
• Protests and self-harm continue at Nauru asylum seeker camp - Radio New Zealand International. July 15, 2013
• Australia ends search for missing asylum-seekers - Agence France Presse. July 14, 2013
• Asian arms race driving global weapons trade - Reuters. June 25, 2013
• Export slowdown threatens emerging Asia's economic boom - Reuters. June 17, 2013
• Australia extends reach of tough refugee policy - Agence France Presse. May 16, 2013
• Peace in region is key Aust defence role - Melbourne Age. May 3, 2013
• The scandal of foreign labor in Asia  - Asia Sentinel. January 9, 2013
• Australia casts strategic gaze to Indonesia, India  - Crikey.com. January 8, 2013

• Why Asian garment factories remain dangerous - Associated Press. December 13, 2012
• Australia's Nauru refugee camp 'appalling': Amnesty - Agence France Presse. November 23, 2012
• Obama courts Burma as US pivots to Asia - Sydney Morning Herald. November 19, 2012
• UN rights chief warns Australia on refugees - Agence France Presse. November 14, 2012
• Democracy should be in balance with communities interests - Jakarta Post. November 9, 2012
• Australian PM meets with Indonesia, East Timor leaders - Australian Associated Press. November 9, 2012
• Australia still committed to Malaysia asylum policy - Agence France Presse. November 7, 2012
• Australia to extend reach of tough refugee policy - Agence France Presse. October 31, 2012
• Australia claims new refugee policy more humane - Associated Press. September 25, 2012
• Nationalism stokes island disputes around Asia - Associated Press. September 6, 2012
• He watched his father, uncle and cousin drown. Now he is alone. - Sydney Morning Herald. September 1, 2012
• Australia ends search for missing asylum seekers - Associated Press. August 31, 2012
• Indonesia abandons search for asylum-seeker boat - Agence France Presse. August 29, 2012
• Refugees on hunger strike in Australia - Agence France Presse. August 26, 2012
• Australia defends 'tough' asylum seeker policy - Agence France Presse. August 19, 2012
• Australia passes law to send boatpeople offshore - Agence France Presse. August 17, 2012
• Australia reverts to the long rejected 'Pacific solution' - Straits Times. August 14, 2012
• Sex discrimination hampers poverty battle: UN's Ban - Agence France Presse. August 14, 2012
• Panel urges Australia to send boatpeople offshore - Agence France Presse. August 13, 2012
• Australia rescues more than 200 from asylum boat - Agence France Presse. August 10, 2012
• Deal for Indonesian water rescues - Sydney Morning Herald. August 2, 2012
• Australian navy rescues 162 asylum seekers - Associated Press. July 5, 2012
• Asylum boat found in rough seas off Indonesia - Agence France Presse. July 4, 2012
• NGOs raise missing rights in ASEAN draft - Jakarta Post. June 30, 2012
• 1 dead, 125 rescued from capsizing off Aussie isle - Associated Press. June 27, 2012
• Indonesia's asylum seekers take to boats out of frustration - IRIN. June 27, 2012
• Militarising Cocos Islands will be betrayal, says former ambassador - Sydney Morning Herald. May 17, 2012
• Tell us the truth behind British arms in Asia, Mr. Hague? - Huffington Post. May 10, 2012
• Labor Day: Workers across Asia rally for better pay, conditions - Agence France Presse. May 1, 2012
• Women's equality crucial for Asia's future: Report - Associated Press. April 18, 2012
• Asia is world's top weapons importer: SIPRI - Agence France Presse. March 19, 2012
• Battle For control of Asia's seas goes underwater - Associated Press. January 19, 2012

• Australia accused over lost Indonesia migrant boat - Agence France Presse. December 18, 2011
• 'Vicious circle of mistrust' on the rise - Jakarta Post. December 5, 2011
• United Nations wants action after asylum seeker deaths - Jakarta Globe. November 5, 2011
• Australian 'border protection' regime responsible for more refugee deaths - World Socialist Web Site. November 2, 2011
• Child casualties in the war against people smugglers - ABC Newcastle. October 29, 2011
• 'Indignant' protests across Asia - Agence France Presse. October 15, 2011
• Floods drown Asia's rice bowl - Agence France Presse. October 6, 2011
• Global Islamic group rising in Asia - Associated Press. October 1, 2011
• Canberra facing defeat on Malaysia refugee deal - Agence France Presse. September 18, 2011
• Australia's Malaysia refugee swap under fire - Agence France Presse. September 17, 2011
• Australia to push on with Malaysia refugee swap - Agence France Presse. September 12, 2011
• Australia ruling hits Pacific refugee plans - Agence France Presse. September 4, 2011
• Australia works to salvage asylum-seeker policy - Agence France Presse. September 1, 2011
• Court voids Australia's refugee deal with Malaysia - Associated Press. August 31, 2011
• Concern for minors still locked up in Australia - Jakarta Globe. August 22, 2011
• Australia, Papua New Guinea strike refugee deal - Agence France Presse. August 19, 2011
• Surge of self-harm in Australian refugee centers - Agence France Presse. August 17, 2011
• Australia firm on Malaysia refugee deal - Agence France Presse. August 6, 2011
• UN fears for children in Australia refugee swap - Agence France Presse. August 5, 2011
• Offshoring the problem? - Irrawaddy. July 28, 2011
• Swap deal with Malaysia signed - Australian Associated Press. July 25, 2011
• Malaysia, Australia sign asylum seeker swap deal - Agence France Presse. July 25, 2011
• Swap deal with Malaysia signed - Australian Associated Press. July 25, 2011
• Greens criticise Malaysia asylum swap deal - Australian Associated Press. July 25, 2011
• Asian women still face religious discrimination - Jakarta Post. July 16, 2011
• Population growth spurs surge to Asia's cities - Agence France Presse. June 20, 2011
• Suicide, depression hit Australia detainees - Agence France Presse. May 26, 2011
• UN rights watchdog says Aussie refugee swap racist - Associated Press. May 25, 2011
• UN flays Australia's Malaysia plan on asylum seekers - Agence France Presse. May 24, 2011
• Australia says 32 asylum seekers will go overseas - Associated Press. May 14, 2011
• Malaysia, Australia agree to asylum seeker swap - Jakarta Globe. May 8, 2011
• Filthy toilets still a blight on Asian prosperity - Agence France Presse. May 2, 2011
• ADB says rising food prices threaten Asia's poor - Associated Press. April 27, 2011
• Regional rice output threatened by pesticide overuse - Agence France Presse. March 6, 2011
• Asian nations on subsidy spree as inflation hits - Agence France Presse. March 6, 2011
• Indonesia, East Timor call for regional body to combat people smuggling, trafficking - Jakarta Globe. March 4, 2011
• IMF sounds the alarm on inflation - Jakarta Globe. February 1, 2011
• Australia must end indefinite detention of Rohingya refugees - Irrawaddy. February 1, 2011
• Time to lift sanctions on Myanmar, ASEAN says - Jakarta Post. January 17, 2011

• Asian 'martyrs' underscore poor year for human rights - Agence France Presse. December 30, 2010
• Low birth rates threaten Asia's top economies - Agence France Presse. December 23, 2010
• Asylum seekers in Australia sew lips together - Associated Press. November 19, 2010
• Indonesia NGO blasts Asean meeting as 'waste of money' - Agence France Presse. October 27, 2010
• Scientists say Indonesia's coral reefs hit by mass die-out - Agence France Presse. October 19, 2010
• Processing of Afghan asylum-seekers to resume after government lifts ban - The Australian. September 30, 2010
• More protests at detention centre - Australian Associated Press. September 22, 2010
• Asylum seekers protest at Sydney detention center - Associated Press. September 21, 2010
• New labor movement spreading in South Asia - AFP & Jakarta Globe. September 19, 2010
• Australia must meet its obligations to provide refuge to asylum seekers - Richard Wong. August 1, 2010
• Teenage slaves to region's sex trade - Associated Press. June 19, 2010
• Green revolution has little to offer new hungry mouths - Inter Press Service. June 5, 2010
• Indonesia's bureaucracy among worst in Asia: Survey - Agence France Presse. June 2, 2010
• Governments knew asylum boat was in danger - Sydney Morning Herald. May 25, 2010
• Indonesia, Malaysia palm oil makers join forces against critics - Agence France Presse. May 5, 2010
• Thousands of Asians rally for jobs, pay on May Day - Associated Press. May 1, 2010
• Rudd backflip slams asylum seeker door - Australian Associated Press. April 10, 2010
• AICHR chided over failure to establish working guidelines - Jakarta Globe. April 4, 2010
• Victims demand more from Asean as human rights body gets to work - Jakarta Globe. March 29, 2010
• ASIO rejects four Viking Tamils - The Australian. January 12, 2010

• HIV/AIDS in Asia linked to rights abuses: United Nations - Jakarta Globe. December 1, 2009
• Treatment of boatpeople called 'inhumane' - The Australian. October 30, 2009
• Asian rights body draws flak - Melbourne Age. October 25, 2009
• Activists dismiss new Asean human rights body as toothless - Jakarta Globe. October 24, 2009
• Terms of reference falls short, mechanisms needed: NGOs - Jakarta Post. October 17, 2009
• Australian foreign aid to Pacific 'wasted' on consultants - Radio Australia. July 30, 2009
• Pacific Islanders cry for help - Sydney Morning Herald. July 27, 2009
• Human rights questions arise at Asean meeting - Irrawaddy. July 19, 2009
• SE Asia human rights body criticized as toothless - Associated Press. July 19, 2009
• Warning on wave of boat people - Sydney Morning Herald. June 30, 2009
• Australian military to focus on immediate neighbours - Inter Press Service. May 28, 2009
• Australian military to focus on immediate neighbours - Inter Press Service.  May 28, 2009
• Drastic steps needed to save 100 million coastal inhabitants - Jakarta Post. May 14, 2009
• UN: Women most vulnerable to global economic crisis - Jakarta Globe. March 31, 2009