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Investigations of the human rights violations during the incident was launched by Komnas HAM following approval by then-president Megawati Sukarnoputri. [3] However, as of 2019, the violations have not went to court. [7] The events have been referred to as Tragedi Wamena Berdarah (Bloody Wamena Tragedy). [8]
Throughout Indonesia: 500,000–1,000,000+ Massacre of the members of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) and alleged communist sympathizers in revenge for the 30 September Movement. East Timor genocide: 1975–1999 East Timor (then under Indonesian occupation as the East Timor Province) 100,000–300,000
The Ministry of Law and Human Rights deals with human rights issues in the cabinet, and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), established in Suharto's New Order administration in 1993, is the country's national human rights institution. In 2024, Freedom House rated Indonesia's human rights freedom as 57 out of 100 (partly free). [1]
The May 1998 Indonesia riots (Indonesian: Kerusuhan Mei 1998), [1] also known colloquially as the 1998 tragedy (Tragedi 1998) or simply the 98 event (Peristiwa 98), were incidents of mass violence and civil unrest in Indonesia, many of which targeted the country's ethnic Chinese population.
The Santa Cruz massacre (also known as the Dili massacre) was the murder of at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12 November 1991, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor and is part of the East Timor genocide.
Large-scale killings and civil unrest primarily targeting members and supposed sympathizers of the Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI) were carried out in Indonesia from 1965 to 1966. Other affected groups included alleged communist sympathisers, Gerwani women, trade unionists , [ 15 ] ethnic Javanese Abangan , [ 2 ] ethnic Chinese , atheists ...
18 January 1998: A bomb accidentally exploded in the Tanah Tinggi flat in Central Jakarta. Agus Priyono, a member of Solidaritas Mahasiswa Indonesia untuk Demokrasi (SMID), a Partai Rakyat Demokratik (People's Democratic Party) organization, was jailed for seven months for failing to report his knowledge of the planned attack to relevant ...
Spokesman from Indonesia's Democratic Party, Didi Iriawan, shared the same message. He stated that the attack was unacceptable and called for severe punishment to the perpetrators. [120] Surabaya Mayor Tri Rismaharini visited the relatives of the victims of the attacks on 14 May. Several vigils were held across Indonesia.