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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 5 years ago
Former Tim Mawar members appointed to Prabowo's office
President Jokowi has appointed six military officers to strategic posts within the Defense Ministry, including two former members of the infamous Tim Mawar (Rose Team) of the Army’s Special Forces (Kopassus), which was implicated in the notorious forced disappearances of activists in the late 1990s.
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.
National 7 years ago
'Reformasi' yet to bring justice for some
“Seeing that the government failed to meet the six points of the reform agenda, it’s safe to say that the [reform era] failed,” said Maria Catarina Sumarsih, 66. Her son, Wawan, was among four Trisakti University students who were gunned down in the 1998 Trisakti Shooting.
