Massacres in Indonesia

large scale political, state-sponsored killings in Indonesia between 30th September 1965, into 1966

stadium disaster in Indonesia

mass violence, demonstrations, and civil unrest, mainly targeting ethnic Chinese

Massacres in Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies by the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II

shootings of a student protest in Jakarta, Indonesia on 12 May 1998

In Indonesian historiography, the term Bersiap ("Get ready" or "Be prepared" in English) refers to the violent and chaotic beginning of the Indonesian National Revolution following the end of World War II in Asia. In Indonesia, the term Berdaulat ("Sovereign") is also used for this transitional period. It began after Sukarno's proclamation of Indonesian Independence on 17 August 1945 and culminated during the power vacuum between the withdrawal of Japanese occupational forces and the gradual buildup of a British military presence, before the official handover to a Dutch military presence in Ma

1984 massacre in Tanjung Priok, Jakarta