A proposed law against disinformation and foreign propaganda could imperil activists and journalists in Indonesia – and potentially those living abroad.
Articles on Soeharto
Displaying all articles
The president has made some concessions to protesters, but this may not be enough to quell public anger with politicians seen as lazy, corrupt and out of touch.
The general has repeatedly said Indonesia’s democratic system is not working and the country should return to its original 1945 constitution, which could unravel many democratic reforms.
The 1965 killings in Indonesia not only led to the death and imprisonment of many, but also forced survivors to shoulder knowledge of this history through silence, acceptance, and resilience.
Some powerful Indonesians want the 2024 elections postponed - potentially leading the country down a slippery slope that could threaten its hard-won democracy.
Soeharto’s rise to become the billionaire autocrat of the world’s fourth largest country would have seemed very unlikely in his childhood.
My analysis of 3,000 pages of secret internal military documents strengthens findings pointing to the Indonesian military’s involvement in the 1965-66 genocide.
Indonesia passes a regressive anti-democratic law – with more to come – just as BJ Habibie dies, the president who championed the dramatic reform process that transformed Indonesia after 1998.
It was Paul Keating himself who first raised the idea of a security agreement between Indonesia and Australia in June 1994 to Indonesian President Soeharto.
Top contributors
-
Malcolm Smith Professor of Asian Law and Director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society, The University of Melbourne
-
Dosen Hubungan Internasional, Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) Yogyakarta
-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Trinity College
-
ARC DECRA Fellow, Department of History, University of Sydney