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Society 8 months ago
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Lawmakers push to halt Fadli Zon’s 'history denialism' textbooks
Following the culture minister's skepticism over the mass rapes that occurred during the May 1998 riots, lawmakers are pushing back by suggesting that their release next month be either postponed or canceled.
Politics 8 months 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 8 months 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.
Politics 9 months ago
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Critics decry omissions of past atrocities in history draft
A group of historians and human rights activists have raised concern over a draft of the government’s “updated” national history books, which they say selectively omits some of the country’s most painful and politically sensitive chapters, risking a distorted narrative shaped by political interests.
