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Jokowi vows to settle past human rights abuse cases. But which ones?
National 1 month ago

Jokowi vows to settle past human rights abuse cases. But which ones?

In observance of this year’s International Human Rights Day, which fell on Dec. 10, here is a ...
The act of telling: Nadiem asked to teach students about human rights abuses
National 1 month ago

The act of telling: Nadiem asked to teach students about human rights abuses

A new survey by The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) in collaboration with the Kompa...
Commemorating 1965 in election year: New regime, old formula
Opinion 3 months ago

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Commemorating 1965 in election year: New regime, old formula

The level of trauma following mass persecution and killings in the aftermath of the abduction and mu...
Would a call for accountability ever be heard?
Opinion 3 months ago

Would a call for accountability ever be heard?

Jess Melvin’s exemplary book, The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder, ...
Dialita, 1965 survivors choir, to accept Gwangju human rights award
National 8 months ago

Dialita, 1965 survivors choir, to accept Gwangju human rights award

"This is not just an award, this is recognition," says head of Dialita Choir.
Kho Wan Gie and Goei Kwat Siong Chinese-Indonesian artists behind legendary comic strips
Art & Culture 11 months ago

Kho Wan Gie and Goei Kwat Siong Chinese-Indonesian artists behind legendary comic strips

Their work was brilliant but the timing wrong. Chinese-Indonesian artists Kho Wan Gie and Goei Kwat ...
Don't burn books
Editorial 11 months ago

Don't burn books

People fear what they don’t understand and in Indonesia this fear has long been institutionali...
‘Rising from Silence’ carries 1965 survivors’ voices to young generation
Art & Culture 1 year ago

‘Rising from Silence’ carries 1965 survivors’ voices to young generation

For members of the Dialita choir, singing helps them to heal their trauma. 
The voices of the oppressed from a satay stall
Art & Culture 1 year ago

The voices of the oppressed from a satay stall

Sumilah’s stall not only offered lamb satay, with its appetizing aroma, but also a slice of hi...
'Unmarked Graves': The injustice that won't die
Books 1 year ago

'Unmarked Graves': The injustice that won't die

A historian digs deep into the horrors of Indonesia’s communist purge that took place in the 1...
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