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Confronting the Past Abuses: Indonesia and Southeast Asia

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Title Confronting the Past Abuses: Indonesia and Southeast Asia
 
Creator Sulistiyanto, Priyambudi
 
Subject Talangsari killing, politics of reconciliation, human rights
 
Description This article examines the politics of reconciliation in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. It focuses in particular on the case of Talangsari killings in Indonesia and makes a regional comparison with Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines and Myanmar. The Indonesian experience illustrates some of the complex issues that arise when attempts are made to dealing with past abuses, especially in the context of the constraints and possibilities faced by new democracies. In a comparative perspective what is being experienced in Indonesia is not new in the sense that, as argued by scholars elsewhere, new democracies also have to face this kind of situation.1 This article argues that dealing with the past human rights abuses brings about real power struggles among the contending actors and power holders and it reflects the power structures within and outside the country. It is suggested that there is no “universal” model for dealing with past human rights abuses but some form of accountability which brings together the elements of prosecution, reconciliation and forgiveness could be considered.
 
Publisher Fakultas Ushuluddin dan Humaniora, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo Semarang, Indonesia
 
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Date 2021-07-11
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/teologia/article/view/8241
10.21580/teo.2021.32.1.8241
 
Source Jurnal Theologia; Vol 32, No 1 (2021); 23 - 42
2540-847X
0853-3857
 
Language eng
 
Relation https://journal.walisongo.ac.id/index.php/teologia/article/view/8241/pdf
 
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