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Indonesia 1965 killings
![Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-12-004229.jpg)
Indonesia’s Jokowi Restores Citizenship to Political Exiles
By Sebastian Strangio
The policy is part of a recent government push to recognize past episodes of human rights abuses committed by the state.
![Indonesia Confronts the Past, While Sidestepping the Present Indonesia Confronts the Past, While Sidestepping the Present](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-02-07-042202.jpg)
Indonesia Confronts the Past, While Sidestepping the Present
By Rory James
What motivated President Joko Widodo's recent acknowledgement of gross past human rights abuses?
![Indonesia’s Jokowi Admits to Serious Past Human Rights Abuses Indonesia’s Jokowi Admits to Serious Past Human Rights Abuses](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2023-01-12-004229.jpg)
Indonesia’s Jokowi Admits to Serious Past Human Rights Abuses
By Sebastian Strangio
The leader acknowledged 12 episodes of gross human rights violations that occurred between the 1960s and the early 2000s.
![Indonesia and COVID-19: Living Dangerously Once Again Indonesia and COVID-19: Living Dangerously Once Again](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-04-06-1.png)
Indonesia and COVID-19: Living Dangerously Once Again
By Will Doran
For the third time, Indonesia faces a critical inflection point amid several converging crises.
![To Buru Island: A Journey to the Dark Side of Indonesia’s Past To Buru Island: A Journey to the Dark Side of Indonesia’s Past](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-ap_16278151930115.jpg)
To Buru Island: A Journey to the Dark Side of Indonesia’s Past
By Duncan Graham
Mars Noersmono’s story is a first-person account of a nation’s shame.
![What's Behind the New Communist Scares in Indonesia and the Philippines? What's Behind the New Communist Scares in Indonesia and the Philippines?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-01-29_20-07-54.jpg)
What's Behind the New Communist Scares in Indonesia and the Philippines?
By Mong Palatino
Anti-communist sentiment in both countries has grabbed headlines over the past few months.
![International Court Revisits Indonesia's 1965 Mass Killings International Court Revisits Indonesia's 1965 Mass Killings](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-30_01-25-18.jpg)
International Court Revisits Indonesia's 1965 Mass Killings
By Mong Palatino
An international people's tribunal at the Hague looks into one of the country's most troubling periods.
![Who Are Southeast Asia's 'Lost' Generations? Who Are Southeast Asia's 'Lost' Generations?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-30_01-25-18.jpg)
Who Are Southeast Asia's 'Lost' Generations?
By Mong Palatino
A look at how the term resonates in countries across the region.
![Freedom of Expression Under Fire in Indonesia Freedom of Expression Under Fire in Indonesia](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-30_01-25-18.jpg)
Freedom of Expression Under Fire in Indonesia
By Vannessa Hearman
Indonesia continues to stifle discussions of 1965, but it's much harder to do in the age of social media.
![Remembering Indonesia’s Bloody Coup Remembering Indonesia’s Bloody Coup](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-02_05-39-51.jpg)
Remembering Indonesia’s Bloody Coup
By Nithin Coca
Fifty years ago this week Indonesia experienced one of the 20th century’s darkest moments.
![Indonesia: Time to Remember the Forgotten Mass Killings of 1965 Indonesia: Time to Remember the Forgotten Mass Killings of 1965](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-10-02_00-15-37.jpg)
Indonesia: Time to Remember the Forgotten Mass Killings of 1965
By Papang Hidayat
By sweeping its dark past under the carpet, Indonesia risks sowing the seeds of resentment.
![Rethinking Japan's Record on Apologies Rethinking Japan's Record on Apologies](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2015-04-29_06-31-51.jpg)
Rethinking Japan's Record on Apologies
By Ken Marotte
Although hardly without blemish, Japan has been remarkably forthcoming about its wartime past.
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