Why Are Many Exiles after the 1965 Incident Reluctant to Go Home
The exiles, victims of gross human rights violations in the past, are demanding historical rectification and an apology. Many are reluctant to return to Indonesia.
Raymundus Rikang
September 18, 2023
SRI Budiarti drove her car from Aachen, Germany, to Diemen in the outskirts of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In the car were three of her colleagues, fellow exiles. It was Sunday, August 27, and they were about to meet with Coordinating Minister for Political, Legal and Security Affairs Mahfud Md. and Minister of Justice and Human Rights Yasonna Hamonangan Laoly. In a special room, they discussed the resolution of gross human rights violations
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