How Prabowo’s New Government is Burying Historical Serious Human Rights Abuses

From TV Tempo’s “Bocor Alus Politik” Podcast, November 16, 2024

TEMPO.CO – Indonesia’s newly-inaugurated President Prabowo Subianto has prepared a special speech for the commemoration of Indonesia’s national Human Rights Day on 10 December. However, his government is tending to work to resolve long-outstanding historical cases of serious human rights abuses through non-judicial channels.

Having tapped former 1998 pro-democracy activists who were themselves victims of kidnapping to become cabinet ministers in his new government, Prabowo and his supporters have also prepared a white paper that denies the involvement of the former Indonesian army special forces commander in historical human rights violations. Watch the full podcast. (https://youtu.be/TZoeTjf6j5g?feature=shared)

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