Tag: Indonesian Communist Party
The bloody 1965-66 slaughter – behind Indonesia’s mass killings secrecy
REVIEW: By Margaret Scott
Many years ago during Suharto’s dictatorship, when the mass killings of 1965-66 were a taboo subject, I interviewed Pramoedya Ananta Toer,...
Palu quake and tsunami sweeps away key Indonesian human rights activism
ANALYSIS: By Dr Vannessa Hearman
When the earthquake and tsunami hit the city of Palu, Central Sulawesi, last weekend, they not only brought wreckage and...
FPI leader calls for withdrawal of banknotes with ‘communist symbol’
By Safrin La Batu in Jakarta
Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab has called on the Indonesian government to pull from circulation the newly-issued...
Indonesia’s 1965 purge – the persecuted and persecutors in safe space
By Ati Nurbaiti in Jakarta
A national symposium on the Indonesian bloodshed of 1965 has brought together the persecuted, the persecutors and their respective families.
Seating...
Four human rights groups call for Indonesian ‘truth-seeking’ inquiry, apology
Four human rights watchdogs have appealed to Indonesia's Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs to take steps to ensure that last week’s national...
High school teacher brings alternative narratives on 1965 Indonesian purge
By Elly Burhaini Faizal in Jakarta
A high school Indonesian history teacher in Batam, Riau Islands, has brought alternative narratives of the 1965 to 1966...
Indonesian youngsters want to break free from ‘propaganda’
Indonesian police recently banned the Turn Left Festival in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post’s Margareth S. Aritonang and Pandaya analyse the incident, which has raised...
