Jakarta – Protesters from the Civil Society Coalition Against Impunity held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Culture building in Jakarta on Thursday June 26 in which they rejected the discourse on awarding the title of national hero to the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto, and criticised the government's project to rewrite history, which is expected to erase traces of human rights violations during the New Order era.
During the action, the coalition, which consists of a number of organisations such as Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), the Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS), Free Women (Perempuan Mahardhika) and the Jakarta Street Library, held various activities ranging from speeches, reading history books together, theatrical performances and a submission of historical documents to the Ministry of Culture.