Yosef Djakababa – The Conversation

Abdurrashim, pernah ditahan 12 tahun tanpa peradilan karena dituduh terafiliasi dengan Partai Komunis Indonesia. Ia menghadiri Simposium Nasional Tragedi 1965 yang diselenggarakan pemerintah di Jakarta 18-19 April 2016. Reuters/Darren Whiteside

September 28, 2017

Demi rekonsiliasi, memahami sejarah tragedi 1965 harus menyeluruh

Yosef Djakababa, Universitas Pelita Harapan

Baik tentara, korban, penyintas, para aktivis HAM, dan masyarakat luas, kerap menyederhanakan narasi mengenai tragedi 1965.

Abdurrashim, 72, who served 12 years in detention for links to the communist party, attends a state-backed event on the controversial 1965 anti-communist purge. Reuters/Darren Whiteside

October 6, 2016

For reconciliation, Indonesians need to embrace a new understanding of the 1965 ‘anti‑communist’ purge

Yosef Djakababa, Universitas Pelita Harapan

For decades, Indonesia’s official national history was silent about the murders and incarceration of hundred thousands of people. Moving beyond that will require a new understanding of what happened.

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