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Issue 99: Jan-Mar 2010
The killings of 1965-66
Robert Cribb and Michele Ford
Even now, Indonesians find it difficult to face the traumatic events of the past

Accomplices in atrocity
Brad Simpson
The mass killings of 1965-66 in Indonesia were international, not just local, events - and the US played an important role
Killing for God
Greg Fealy
When Nahdlatul Ulama members killed communists, they believed they were doing it for God
Terror in Tandes
Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan
Two villagers from the rural fringe of Surabaya recall the most frightening night of their lives
Hunted communists
Vannessa Hearman
Many of those accused of being communists fled to South Blitar after the Surabaya crackdown, only to become the target of the Trisula Operation in 1968
Survival through slavery
Taufik Ahmad
Suspected communists who survived the killings of 1965-66 in South Sulawesi spent the next 20 years working for the military in an isolated jungle camp
I'm still here
Annie Pohlman
Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention
Sensitive truths
Katharine McGregor
The exhumation of mass graves from 1965-66 is a fraught and dangerous business
Dictionary of a disaster
John Roosa
This mini-encyclopedia explains some of the key terms pertaining to the events of 1965-66

Weekly stories
Corrupting politics
Rosa Evaquarta
Corruption continues to shape the political landscape in Kutai Kartanegara, Indonesia's richest district
BitterSweet
Jemma Purdey
Review: Stuart Pearson's new book offers a rare glimpse into the life of a Chinese Indonesian family
West Papua 40 years on
Jennifer Robinson
Reflecting on the Act of Free Choice and the integration of West Papua into Indonesia
A violation of international law
Melinda Janki
Indonesia's claim to sovereignty over West Papua rests upon an unsound legal basis
Listening to Papuan voices
Pieter Drooglever
Writing the history of the Act of Free Choice was a controversial endeavour
Negotiating the past and looking to the future
Muridan S. Widjojo
Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the past
The Papua dilemma
Jusuf Wanandi
Personal reflections on an ongoing challenge
Watching Balibo in Jakarta
Quinton Temby
Packed screenings of the controversial film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor continue, despite an official ban
Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009)
Michele Ford and Fahmi Panimbang
Indonesian labour activists are mourning the passing of a great man
Gerindra and 'Greater Indonesia'
Aboeprijadi Santoso
Prabowo's party has deep roots in Indonesian political mythology


 
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