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Election Updates 2 years ago
PREMIUM
Prabowo seeks to dispel long shadow of alleged rights abuse
Recent events are pointing to a general trend of former student activists rallying around the Gerindra chair and presumptive nominee, but experts say this may not be enough to finally dispel the rights abuse allegations that have dogged Prabowo throughout his political career.
Society 3 years ago
Jokowi says regrets past rights abuses in country
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on Wednesday expressed regret over mass human rights violations committed in the country's past, including a violent anti-communist purge in the 1960s and the disappearance of student protesters in the late 1990s.
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 7 years ago
PREMIUM
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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