Wahid's proposal to revoke the 1966 PKI ban

Indonesian name: Usulan Gus Dur mencabut Tap MPRS XXV/1966
Type: commemoration/justice
Date: 2000-03
Until: 2000-04
Place: Jakarta
Description: President Abdurrahman Wahid proposes revoking MPRS Decree XXV/1966 and apologises for the killings; victims' groups such as YPKP 65 press Komnas HAM to investigate.
Deskripsi: Presiden Abdurrahman Wahid mengusulkan pencabutan Tap MPRS XXV/1966 dan meminta maaf atas pembunuhan; kelompok korban seperti YPKP 65 mendesak Komnas HAM menyelidiki.

2000 – 2000

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GA-01583 2000-04-07 Bali Post rel A

Bali Post, 7 April 2000: 'Pencabutan Tap MPRS No. XXV/1966'

Bali Post, 7 April 2000: Revoking MPRS Decree No. XXV/1966

Bali Post, 7 Apr 2000, p. 7: editorial on Wahid's proposal to revoke the 1966 PKI ban, saying the military's stories of sadism by Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat made the killings 'barbarity' in public memory and enabled mass slaughter.

GA-01515 2000-04-23 South China Sunday Morning Post rel A licensed

Freedom fighter battles for truth about lost years (South China Sunday Morning Post, 23 April 2000)

South China Sunday Morning Post, 23 Apr 2000, p.10, Vaudine England: profile of Sudjinah Halina (72), former Gerwani activist and political prisoner, as Indonesia reopens debate on 1965. She recounts Solo childhood, guerrilla courier work (1947-49), study at Gadjah Mada, the 1955 Prague youth festival, a job with the W