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, by CNN Indonesia
Jakarta — Golkar Party Deputy Chairperson Melchias Markus Mekeng says he supports Indonesia’s second president Suharto being made a national hero.
Mekeng made the statement after President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo awarded Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto with the honorary rank of four-star (…)
, by BOFFEY Daniel
Study finds ‘widespread’ ill-treatment and extrajudicial executions during 1945-9 war of independence
Mark Rutte, the prime minister of the Netherlands, has apologised after an inquiry revealed that the Dutch state condoned the systematic use of extrajudicial executions and torture during the (…)
, by CRAWFORD Oliver
The Indonesian Marxist and anti-colonial revolutionary Tan Malaka (1894-1949) exists in two forms, real and fictional.
The real Tan Malaka was born around 1894 and had two spells at the forefront of Indonesian politics, first in the early 1920s, when he was a leader of the Communist Union of (…)
, by BOFFEY Daniel
Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s execution is among those who will get compensation
An Indonesian man forced to watch his father’s summary execution by a Dutch soldier when he was 10 years old has spoken of his gratitude after a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch state to pay (…)
, by TOUSSAINT Éric
The World Bank’s, and the IMF’s policy on Indonesia is a textbook case in many ways. Everything is there: interference in a country’s internal affairs, support for a dictatorial regime guilty of crimes against humanity, backing for a regime responsible for an aggression against a neighbouring (…)
, by ARIANE Zely
“Thirteen years ago Suharto had to be overthrown. This decision was a brilliant move from a generation...” — Nurul Khawari, one of those that took part in the overthrow of Suharto’s New Order regime in May 1998, Solo Post, May 5, 2011.
Democracy is the mother of prosperity, justice, equality, (…)
, by LANE Max
Abdurrahman Wahid, the president of Indonesia between 1999 and 2001, died on December 30, aged 69. His death was met by a wave of commentary and discussion praising his contribution to Indonesian society, especially from the humanitarian and liberal democratic sectors: intellectuals, NGOS and (…)
, by FAWTHROP Tom
Book review of Unfinished Nation by Max Lane (Verso, 2008).
Much of the traumatic story of Indonesia since independence has been buried in mass graves, secret military archives and censored reports.
The grand silence imposed on the media about what really happened in the coup led by former (…)
, by EVERETT Nick
Reviewed of Unfinished Nation: Indonesia before and after Suharto, by Max Lane, Verso 2008 312 pages.
In May 1998, Indonesian dictator General Mohammed Suharto was forced out of power when his cabinet ministers and the other generals — faced with escalating mass protests — abandoned him. A (…)
, by ANDERSON Benedict
What explains the extraordinary longevity of Indonesia’s ‘New Order’, and what are the legacies of three decades of dictatorship? Benedict Anderson details Suharto’s career, from colonial army to crony capitalism, and explores the consequences of his rule—political, social, cultural—for a (…)
, by PRD
This statement was issued by the People’s Democratic Party (PRD) after the January 27 death of former Indonesian dictator Suharto. The PRD played a significant role in the mass pro-democracy movement that overthrew Suharto in 1998.
The media widely broadcast positive coverage of Suharto (…)
, by ROOSA John
Taciturn, reserved, reclusive, emotionless, Suharto ruled Indonesia for 32 years as a mystery man, a dictator who presented himself as a faceless, replaceable figure in an apolitical administration. His speeches were dull, forgettable affairs filled with mind-numbing bureaucratese, worn clichés, (…)
, by GITTINGS John
Obituary for Suharto, the former Indonesian dictator whose 30-year rule was based on ruthless repression, cronyism and manipulation of the world’s rival superpowers.
The death of the former Indonesian president Suharto at the age of 86 reminds us that even the most stubborn of dictatorships (…)
Jakarta — May 1998. Students from throughout the country spilled into the hall and occupied the national parliament building. The State Palace also was not spared the invasion of large numbers of uninvited guests.
“One-one, Bring down Suharto. Two-two, Bring down Suharto. Three-three, (…)
, by Detik.com
The following is a compilation of abridged translations taken from Detik.com on demonstrations commemorating nine years since the fall of former President Suharto on May 21, 1998.
’Get ready for an increase in traffic jams’
Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta — Jakartan residents today are (…)
, by SHAMBAZY Budiarto
Budiarto Shambazy — On April 12, 1963 rebels in Brunei were involved in an armed contact with British troops in North Kalimantan. The “rebels” (the TNI or Indonesian National Defense Force, Indonesian volunteers and Brunei opposition) launched a subversive rebellion against the sultanate (…)
, by HEARMAN Vannessa
At a meeting in Melbourne on February 8 journalist and film-maker John Pilger hailed Shirley Shackleton as one of Australia’s “heroes”. He praised her tireless dedication, since 1975, in exposing the genocide in East Timor and in pursuing the truth about the death of five journalists in Balibo, (…)
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