General! A poem of solidarity from Timor-Leste for human rights struggles in Indonesia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2134496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dadolin Murak, David Webster (0000-0001-5482-4329) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 14 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466018014183 |
| OpenAlex | W4408501059 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
When journalism is silent, literature must speak," in the words of Indonesian writer Seno Gumira Ajidarma, whose reporting on the 1991 Santa Cruz massacre in Timor-Leste (East Timor) broke the silence about the killings in Indonesia.In 1965-66, as many as a million Indonesians, and perhaps more, died in a wave of violence following the seizure of power by General Suharto. The events are now well covered in scholarly work in English. Army officers spurred on killings of suspected leftists and many more were arrested for their political views, becoming "tapol" (political prisoners, from the Indonesian phrase tahanan politik). Several scholars have also pointed to the role of the United States government in encouraging the Indonesian army to carry out the mass killings, a complicity highlighted decades ago and confirmed by recently-declassified US government documents
Art · Development economics · Economics · Human rights · Literature · Poetry · Political science · Politics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Solidarity · Timor leste · Asian Studies and History · Gender Studies · International Development and Aid · Law · Peacebuilding and International Security
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |