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Carmel Budiardjo reviews Gunderson's 'Momentum and the East Timor Independence Movement,' finding that while it is excels in describing the US peace movement's response, it fails to mention the US government's role, the Bailbo murders, or the truth about the famine.
"It was early in the morning of Oct. 1, 1965..." Carmel Budiardjo takes us back to the day that changed Indonesia's history for ever - and changed her own life beyond anything she'd ever imagined.
Veteran rights groups ETAN, WPAT and TAPOL condemn government censorship in Indonesia after Bali's Ubud writer's festival was forced to cancel events relating to the atrocities committed in 1965/6.
TAPOL joins other humanitarian groups in urging the Government of Indonesia in conducting an impartial investigation for the killings of indigenous Papuan youth between 2006 and September 2015.
"Torture and Impunity in Indonesia: Addressing state violence in West Papua," consists of cases which demonstrate entrenched impunity for torture involving state actors in West Papua.
Carmel Budiardjo shares her personal experience in the aftermath of 1965 and comments on the influences that led her to create TAPOL.