Family Hails Soeharto’s Achievements on His Centennial Birthday

... 1965 coup attempt by the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). Soeharto was “destined to ... the fourth force of the Indonesian Military (TNI). Most Indonesians ... to being linked to the PKI and communism due to ... of the now-defunct political party by the military and ...

“What You Share Defines You”: Indonesia Has World’s Biggest Fact-Checking Network

... to the now-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). There was even a ... to compound the problem, Indonesian Internet users were simply ... was during the 2019 Indonesian presidential elections. Fact checkers ... of reporting in the Indonesian press, as witnessed during ...

Islamists Protest Against 'Pro-Communist' Pancasila Bill

... including the National Anti-Communist Alliance (Anak NKRI), the Islamic ... include a ban on the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) originally issued by a ... They also sang anti-communist songs while a man ... of the protesters carry anti-communist posters. (JG Photo/ ...

Victims' Families Heap Pressure on Komnas HAM to Solve Human Rights Cases

... , when hundreds of thousands of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) members were slaughtered across the ... on the pretext that the party had attempted a coup. There ... across Indonesia. Thousands of Chinese-Indonesian women were raped and murdered ...

Hope Springs Eternal in Indonesia's Former Gulag

... now-banned Indonesian Communist Party (PKI), party sympathizers or leftists. PKI was blamed ... 000 to one million Indonesian communists and leftists ... a "tapol" (the Indonesian acronym for "tahanan politik," ... die. Shouts of "Dasar PKI!" ("Damn communists!") are ...

Investigators in Pursuit of Perpetrators of Hoax Slandering National Police Chief

... . Tito Karnavian said the defunct Indonesian Communist Party, or PKI, was no longer a ...

Massive Crackdown on Communist Books Deemed Unconstitutional

... things related to the PKI [Communist Party of Indonesia] and we ... without court orders by the Indonesian Military (TNI) in ... the intention to revive communist ideologies in Indonesia," the ... clear rationale to prohibit communist-related books. Most Indonesians ...

Must-Sees at Hendra Gunawan's 'Prisoner of Hope' Retrospective

... Culture, or Lekra), the Indonesian Communist Party's (PKI) cultural organization. He ... as famous as other Indonesian maestros of his caliber. ... it invariably is in Indonesian poetry, but more often ... his tribute to hard-working Indonesian women. "Keluarga Ir. ...

The Politics of Hijab in Indonesia

... Koalisi Seni Indonesia (Indonesian Art Coalition), said many Indonesian Muslim women started ... of being the wives of Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) members. Hijab's Out of ... Islamic groups – including the conservative Indonesian Council of Ulemas (MUI) – ...

Fighting Fake News and Hate Speech With Counter-Narratives

... fake news, different segments of Indonesian society have, in recent years ... and crushing the outlawed Communist Party of Indonesia (PKI). The findings are in ... Muslim conservatism and extremism among Indonesian Muslims, which happened because of ...