Indonesia

Indonesia 1965 Report

This is the Final Report of the Judges who participated in the hearings held in the Nieuwe Kerk, The Hague, Netherlands from 10 to13 November 2015.   Before the hearings, the judges received the Indictment and Prosecution Brief, as well as extensive background documentary material in the form of a Research Report of over six hundred pages. Click HERE for the full report on Indonesia // b?1:0};var da=Array.prototype.indexOf?function(a,b,c){return

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Indonesia to Investigate Anti-Communist Atrocities

Indonesia Moves to Investigate Anti-Communist Atrocities Jeffrey Hutton, The New York Times 26 April 2016 Image: Maj. Gen. Suharto, holding stick at front left, in 1965. General Suharto helped crush the Communist movement in Indonesia and went on to rule the country from 1967 to 1998. CreditAssociated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s president instructed his government to investigate one of the country’s darkest periods, the bloody anti-Communist

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Southeast Asia Report: Advancing Atrocities Prevention

Report: Advancing Atrocities Prevention in Southeast Asia   The mission of the Asia Pacific Centre for the Responsibility to Protect is to deepen knowledge and advance policy on the Responsibility to Protect principle and mass atrocities prevention and response in the Asia Pacific region.   On 4-6 November, 9-11 November 2015, and 7-9 December 2015, the International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP) and the Asia-Pacific

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Indonesia: I am Suciwati: A Monologue

Human Rights Day commemorates the day on which, in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 1950, the Assembly passed resolution 423 (V), inviting all States and interested organizations to observe 10 December of each year as Human Rights Day. This monologue commemorates the 11th anniversary of Munir's death. Munir Said Thalib was on of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activists.

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Suharto’s Purge, Indonesia’s Silence

Suharto's Purge, Indonesia's Silence Joshua Oppenheimer, New York Times 29 September 2015   Image: Copyright Sam Brewster found in New York Times article. This week marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of a mass slaughter in Indonesia. With American support, more than 500,000 people were murdered by the Indonesian Army and its civilian death squads. At least 750,000 more were tortured and sent to concentration camps, many for decades.

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China and India Are Sitting Out Rohingya Refugee Crisis

China and India Are Sitting Out Refugee Crisis Austin Ramzy, The New York Times 28 June 2015 Image: Migrants found at sea were escorted across the Bangladesh border to Rakhine State in Myanmar this month. Persecution has driven thousands from Myanmar. CreditYe Aung Thu/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images HONG KONG — When a deadly earthquake rocked Nepal in April, China and India rushed to send relief supplies and search-and-rescue teams.

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Meet the feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to Egypt

Meet the feminists changing the world for girls from Kenya to Egypt Ellie Mae O'Hagan, The Guardian 13 April 2015   Sri Lanka Sarah Soysa: ‘Young feminists are considered to be an evil, scary threat’ Feminism is needed for teenage girls in Sri Lanka. Women, young people and transgender people are harassed and disempowered. Opportunities are taken away from them. Sri Lanka has a particularly high teenage pregnancy rate. A Unicef study found

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Both Rivals Claim Victory in Indonesian Election

By The Associated Press 9 July 2014 The New York Times JAKARTA, Indonesia — The rival candidates in Indonesia's presidential election each claimed victory Wednesday, raising uncertainty about the political and legal landscape in a nation that made the transition from dictatorship to democracy less than two decades ago. According to the three most reputable quick-count surveys, soft-spoken Jakarta Gov. Joko Widodo won the election in Southeast Asia's

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Kalla Wants Embassy in Palestine and to Be ‘Close’ With Israel

Kalla Wants Embassy in Palestine and to Be ‘Close’ With Israel By SP/Carlos Paath, Jakarta Globe June 25, 2014 Bandung. If elected on July 9, the administration of Joko Widodo and Jusuf Kalla would open an Indonesian embassy to Palestine in the West Bank city of Ramallah, vice-presidential candidate Kalla said, while also calling for closer ties with Israel. “Insya Allah [God Willing] if we are elected, we will continue to fight for Palestine’s

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