Indonesia rules out apology to victims at state-endorsed talks on 1965 massacres

By Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies
Updated April 18 2016 - 7:34pm, first published 6:38pm
Chairs of panellists are shrouded in black in protest at censorship of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival last year. The festival was told to abandon plans to discuss the 1965 massacres. Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka
Chairs of panellists are shrouded in black in protest at censorship of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival last year. The festival was told to abandon plans to discuss the 1965 massacres. Photo: Sonny Tumbelaka
A student suspected of being a communist is pummelled by youths who stormed the dormitory of a university in Jakarta in October 1965. Photo: Fairfax Archive
A student suspected of being a communist is pummelled by youths who stormed the dormitory of a university in Jakarta in October 1965. Photo: Fairfax Archive
Sumini, left, and Anwar Umar, victims of the 1965-66 anti-communist crackdown, protesting outside the presidential palace in Jakarta. Photo: Tom Allard
Sumini, left, and Anwar Umar, victims of the 1965-66 anti-communist crackdown, protesting outside the presidential palace in Jakarta. Photo: Tom Allard
Lukas Tumiso tells Fairfax about being tortured in 1965 at a nursing home in Jakarta last year. Photo: Tatan Syuflana
Lukas Tumiso tells Fairfax about being tortured in 1965 at a nursing home in Jakarta last year. Photo: Tatan Syuflana
Agus Widjojo speaks at a 2014 forum at the Australian National University in Canberra. Photo: Andrew Taylor
Agus Widjojo speaks at a 2014 forum at the Australian National University in Canberra. Photo: Andrew Taylor

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