JAKARTA — The Indonesian government’s plan to publish a new national history has raised alarm among academics and human rights groups, who have warned of a troubling attempt to conceal some of the darker chapters in the country’s past and erode freedom of speech.
A preliminary draft of the book, circulated in limited circles, includes only two out of 17 cases of gross human rights violations recognized by the National Commission on Human Rights. Some of those omitted include events involving President Prabowo Subianto.
