Former General Prabowo Subianto was sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president on October 20. Twenty-five years ago he was a pariah, and for good reason. He faced accusations of human rights abuses in Papua and East Timor, and in 1998, special forces troops under his command abducted democracy activists in Jakarta, 13 of whom have […]
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