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History of State Violence in Indonesia by Frankie Abdul Jim is a document available to read on EtoBox.

This document summarizes the history of violence in Indonesia, arguing that systematic state violence began under Dutch colonial rule and increased after independence. It discusses the mass killings of 1965-1966, considered the largest act of violence in Indonesian history, in which at least half a million people were killed. The document also examines whether this event constituted genocide and how the authoritarian Suharto regime that followed institutionalized state violence for decades. It concludes by

Author

Frankie Abdul Jim

Language

EN