Tag: Massacres
Philippines under Duterte – acute impunity and fettered information
ANALYSIS: By Malou Mangahas in Manila
Eight years ago on 23 November 2009, 32 journalists were among the 58 who were killed in what is...
Febriana Firdaus wins inaugural Pogau award for courage in journalism
Jakarta has a new award for courage in journalism, honouring West Papuan editor Oktovianus Pogau who died last year. The inaugural award has been...
Indonesian victims petition against Suharto’s ‘hero’ status
Victims of human rights violence from Indonesia’s New Order era, visited the Social Affairs Ministry (Kemensos) to hand over petitions which, opposed the nomination...
AUT vice-chancellor gives ‘profoundly shocking’ message in wake of Orlando massacre
Vice-chancellor Derek McCormack of Auckland University of Technology has described the weekend massacre in Orlando, Florida, as "profoundly shocking" and he has extended the...
Survivors of Indonesia’s 1965 purge desperately seek end to stigma
After more than half a century without clarity on the identity of perpetrators or those who orchestrated the event, some survivors and victims of...
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...
Protests mount over massacre of Filipino farmers in climate demo
WARNING: Shocking images. Citizen video footage of the Philippines security forces in their increasingly savage use of force against the protesting farmers. Video: Kilab...
West Papua testimony: ‘After the massacres, the injustices continue’
From Popular Resistance
By Jason MacLeod
This testimony was written in collaboration with Mama Tineke and Daniel Rayer, two West Papuan activists who survived the 1998...
