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Women, elderly suffering the most from repression: Komnas Perempuan
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Violent protest: Hundreds of people claiming to be anti-communists stage a protest in front of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute building in Central Jakarta late on Sunday. (Antara/Muhammad Adimaja)
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omen and the elderly are the ones suffering the most from the growing repression of survivors of the 1965 mass killings, the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) stated on Monday.
Komnas Perempuan lambasted the attack on a gathering at the office of the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal Aid Institute (YLBHI) in Central Jakarta in the wee hours of Monday morning.
Women and some elderly citizens were a part of the gathering.
(Read also: 'Fake PKI news' behind anti-communist chaos: LBH-YLBHI)
“The assault was an attack on the poor who were only seeking justice,” the commission said in a statement.
“Provocations exploiting the rise of communism have been repeatedly thrown around and allowed. The elderly who survived 1965 have been denied the right to assemble, share stories and heal collectively in their last remaining years on Earth,” it said.
In 2016, the commission documented the testimony of 122 survivors of the 1965 mass killings. Some of them have since passed away. The commission argues that the government’s silence on the matter is worsening the stigmatization of the survivors. (fac)
