Jan 24, 2010

Inside Indonesia Special Edition - The Killings of 1965-66

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

Accomplices in atrocity
The mass killings of 1965-1966 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
The voices of villagers and those accused of being insurgent communists are finally being heard in South Blitar, the site 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
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