Indonesia: 40 years after the massacres
The 1965 Commemoration Committee – Netherlands wishes to invite you to a forum on the events that took place in Indonesia from the last quarter of 1965 onwards that brought forth the Suharto military dictatorship which victimized millions of people. Despite the so-called restoration of democracy after the fall of Suharto in May 1998, the victims and their families continue to be denied justice. The perpetrators of the massacres have not been punished. The civil rights of many of the surviving victims and their families remain curtailed and have yet to be fully restored.
It is the aim of the 1965 Commemoration Committee to generate international solidarity for the Indonesian people in their quest for justice and restitution.
The main speakers are:
Hilmar Farid
A writer-activist who lives in Jakarta; a founding member of Jaringan Kerja Budaya, a collective of artists, researchers and cultural workers, and a researcher at the Indonesian Institute for Social History in Jakarta.
Robert Cripp (invited)
A professor of Australia National University who has done some important research on Indonesia
Joop Morrien
Author of the book Indonisie Los van Holland
Brief reactions from:
Jurrie Reiding, author of the book ONTWIKKELINGSHULP - NEO-KOLONIALISME - NATIONALE VRIJHEIDSSTRIJD(Development aid – Neocolonialism – Struggle for National Liberation)
Marek Ave of Research Institute Stichting Sapu Lidi
When: Nov. 5, 2005, Saturday, 1-6 p.m.
Where: University of Leiden
Lipsius Building, Building No. 1175
Room 005, Ground Floor
Cleveringaplaats 1, Leiden