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 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 ⓘ
Sulawesi ⓘ
linked to: Celebes

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

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 ⓘ
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to: UK 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 1965–1966 ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
Soeharto → involvedInEvent → Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966 ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66
The Act of Killing → portraysEvent → Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66 ⓘ
Sjam Kamaruzzaman → historicalContext → Indonesian mass killings of 1965–1966 ⓘ
linked to: Indonesian mass killings of 1965–66