Indonesia's President says he regrets country's bloody past as victims demand justice | CNN

President Joko Widodo expressed deep regret on Wednesday over gross human rights violations during Indonesia’s tumultuous post-colonial past, going back to the mass killing of communists and suspected sympathizers in the mid-1960s. At least half a million people died, according to some historians and activists, in violence that began in late 1965 when the military launched a purge of communists who they said were planning a coup.

Jokowi said the government would seek to restore the rights of victims “fairly and wisely without negating judicial resolution,” though he did not specify how. He also cited rights violations in the restive region of Papua and during an insurgency in Aceh province. Victims, their relatives and rights groups have questioned whether Jokowi’s government is serious about holding anyone accountable for past atrocities.

No mention of the U.S.? It’s a point of historical fact that the CIA was heavily involved in the 1965 genocide.

Lol and what about the mass killing in the late 1990s? That’s a lot more recent.

When Indonesian brutally killing and raping Chinese all the American media and politicians turn blind eye. Hypocrisy at its finest

Finding out the truth and give those imprisoned and brutally murdered during the anti Chinese incident with justice and shall applease the dead and descendants of those suffered or butchered then can only the heinous crimes be forgotten and bring faith and unity in the country.

Healing the past! Hype

and hot headed human rights groups still criticize the move.

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