Tag: 1965

Australia's Shame

Barack Obama Describes Mass Indonesia Killing

Former US president Barack Obama (L) walks next to Indonesian President Joko Widodo (R) during their a visit at the Botanical Garden adjacent to the Presidential Palace complex in Bogor on June 30, 2017. Obama is currently on a 10-day family holiday in Indonesia that will take take him to Bali and Jakarta, the city where he spent part of his childhood, officials said. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / ADI WEDA (Photo credit should read ADI WEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

This week, Indonesian President Joko Widodo acknowledged the “staggering mass slaughter” that took place 57 years ago.

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Indonesia

Indonesia and the absent witness of 1965

Why is it seen as appropriate for Australia to support and celebrate the perpetrators of one of the great mass killings of the 20th Century — before, during and after the event?

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Indonesia

Memories of violence: Forbidden, not forgotten

Members of the Youth Wing of the Indonesian Communist party are guarded by soldiers as they are taken by open truck to prison in Jakarta, 1965.

Why isn’t it possible to mark the 50th anniversary of a brutal violent phase in Indonesia with open public discussion of Indonesian views about the past?

Source: Memories of violence: Forbidden, not forgotten