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National 5 years ago
Twenty-two years on, families of Semanggi victims grasping at straws in search for justice
Twenty-two years since the 1998 student movement was staged by university students against former Indonesian strongman Soeharto, families of the fallen victims of the Semanggi tragedies are still doing everything they can to search for justice, even as their faith in the government dwindles.
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.
City 6 years ago
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Our memories of May are fading, we need more memorials: Activists
“We wish that the monuments and graves of victims of the May 1998 riots could become a historical landmark so the city cultural agency could take over. That way, those historical events can become a precious lesson for this nation,” Zaenal told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.
Books 7 years ago
'Chinese Whispers': In search of identity in tragedy, history
While Chinese Whispers is primarily an account of Rani’s childhood in the days leading up to the riots, it also discusses the political and social context of the racial tensions, which had started during Dutch occupation.
