Military & Police

The plight of Papua’s internally displaced persons is not being recognised by the Indonesian government

The army’s over-immersion in civilian affairs is being encouraged by its role in food security projects

Orang-orang di Rengat dan arsip-arsip di Belanda, kedua-duanya tahu adanya pembantaian di bulan Januari 1949. Lalu, mengapa masyarakat umum Belanda tidak tahu itu?

The people of Rengat, the Dutch archives and Dutch authorities have always known about the massacre of January 1949. Why then is the Dutch public not aware?  

Pasukan payung Belanda membunuhratusan, bahkan mungkin ribuan orang di Rengat, sebuah kota Sumatra, pada masa Revolusi Nasional Indonesia, tapi kelihatannya orang-orang di luar Rengat tidak tahu itu. 

Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in a Sumatran town during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside Rengat seems to know.

Pohlman’s study provides sensitive and powerful testimony of the impact of this violence on women and girls

Reverend Mery Kolimon, researcher and advocate working on the 1965 killings in Eastern Indonesia, has a personal connection to this piece of history

A memoir by a former army officer offers insights into Suharto’s moves in October 1965

Conspiracy as foreign policy

Newly discovered military documents detail culpability for the 1965 genocide. Why has it taken so long to find them?

Herb Feith Annual Memorial Lecture 2014

Can the descendants of both sides of 1965 come together to help the nation achieve reconciliation?

Jakarta 1998 was bad, but Prabowo likely had more blood on his hands in East Timor

A marriage of convenience lies behind a campaign to defend Kopassus soldiers on trial for murder in Yogyakarta

What happens after three police officers are found guilty of manslaughter and torture?

How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?

Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society

A new publication tells the story of the first graduates of the joint Indonesian Armed Forces Military Academy