Human Rights

Victims of the 1965-66 anti-communist mass murders are working to expose the truth. They face some determined opposition.

A young activist jailed under Suharto is stirring more opposition to Wahid too

The dreadful silence of an outspoken poet

A young activist jailed under Suharto is stirring more opposition to Wahid too

The dreadful silence of an outspoken poet

The Suharto Government's political prisoners have only very rarely been allowed to speak. Here, for the first time, we have an autobiographical story written by a woman, the wife of an ex-tapol, the mother of his child.

The following excerpts are taken from a diary of letters kept by an Australian woman who lived in Java, Kalimantan and Bali for nine years