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Opinion 5 years ago
Indonesia’s polarized press before the 1965 putsch
A formidable PKI and a fervently noncommunist Indonesian Army were the two power camps competing to exert their influence and gain the favor of Sukarno, the country’s president since he proclaimed Indonesia’s independence in 1945. This PKI- Sukarno-Army trilateral power play only needed a trigger for a game-changing political explosion.The battle of the minds also filtered down to the media sector.
Opinion 5 years ago
55 years of impunity: How Indonesia is going backwards after the 1965 genocide
However, my latest research has proven the Indonesian military planned the killings. The military spent at least one year preparing to initiate and implement its attack. This included deploying civilian militia groups to support its operation.
Books 6 years ago
‘Buru Island: A Prison Memoir’ now available for English readers
Translated by Jennifer Lindsay, Buru Island: A Prison Memoir is the most recent and last book in the Herb Feith Translation series, a program than publishes high-quality non-fiction books not previously available in English, which enhance scholarship and teaching about Indonesia.
National 6 years 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 Kompas Research and Development Department (Litbang) found that people under 22 years old were largely unaware of past human rights abuses in the country.
Opinion 6 years 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 murders of six generals and a low-ranking military member on Sept. 30, 1965, will lead to further manipulation by those among the political elite whenever they see fit.
Opinion 6 years ago
Would a call for accountability ever be heard?
Jess Melvin’s exemplary book, The Army and the Indonesian Genocide: Mechanics of Mass Murder, published by Routledge in 2018, could be seen as a call for state accountability concerning the mass killings of 1965-1966. The call for accountability is essentially a call for justice. But would that call ever be heard? So far, there are no signs of a strong political will to reopen the case of 1965.
