Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66

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The Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 were a large-scale, state-backed campaign of political violence in which hundreds of thousands of suspected communists and leftists were systematically persecuted, imprisoned, and killed across Indonesia.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist campaign
crime against humanity
mass killing
political repression
aftermath censorship of discussion about the killings in Indonesia
decades-long stigma against alleged communists in Indonesia
cause 30 September Movement
characterizedBy extrajudicial killings
forced disappearances
long-term imprisonment without trial
mass arrests
torture
country Indonesia
documentedIn documentary film "The Act of Killing"
surface form: The Act of Killing

The Look of Silence
endTime 1966
estimatedNumberOfVictims 1000000
500000
followedBy Suharto’s rise to power
establishment of the New Order regime
hasEffect consolidation of military power in Indonesia
destruction of the Communist Party of Indonesia
long-term political repression in Indonesia
severe trauma for survivors and families
justifiedBy Cold War security rhetoric
anti-communism
location Bali
Java
Kalimantan
Nusa Tenggara
Celebes
surface form: Sulawesi

Sumatra
numberOfVictims hundreds of thousands
partOf Cold War
perpetrator Indonesian Army
Indonesian anti-communist militias
Islamist groups in Indonesia
Soeharto
surface form: Suharto

civilian vigilante groups in Indonesia
recognizedAs gross human rights violation by Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights
startTime 1965
supportedBy Australian government
Central Intelligence Agency
UK government
surface form: United Kingdom government

United States government
Western intelligence services
target ethnic Chinese Indonesians
intellectuals suspected of communism
peasant activists
suspected leftists
suspected members of the Communist Party of Indonesia
trade unionists

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Indonesian Army conflict Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
Pemuda Pancasila activeDuring Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
this entity surface form: Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966
Soeharto involvedInEvent Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
this entity surface form: Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966