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Politics 1 year ago
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Calls grow for Culture Minister’s dismissal over 1998 mass rapes denial
Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s statement denying that mass rapes occurred during the 1998 riots are “deeply insensitive” and “hurtful to the victims”, according to a pro-democracy group, who also threatened to stage a nationwide rally should the minister refuse to apologize.
Politics 1 year ago
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Culture minister draws more criticism for defending denial of mass rape in 1998 riots
Culture Minister Fadli Zon has defended his denial of mass rape during the May 1998 riots from a recent interview. But it was met with more outrage from historians and activists who deemed it a government attempt to sanitize Indonesia’s violent past amid the ministry’s controversial project to rewrite history.
Politics 1 year ago
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Culture minister’s denial of mass rape in 1998 riots sparks outrage
Culture Minister Fadli Zon’s denial of mass rape during the May 1998 riots has triggered a wave of condemnation, with rights groups warning that it reflects a growing effort to sanitize Indonesia’s violent past and erase the long-ignored suffering of Chinese-Indonesian women during one of the nation’s darkest chapters.
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 7 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.
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