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Long Reads: Michael Vann on Indonesia's Killing Fields (Part 2)

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The Indinesian Democracy Is Run by an Oligarchy

There was much hope that the indianesian government would be able to reform itself and take on corruption. But in the past few years, despite a few victories, it now seems really gutted and ineffective. For some of these attorneys, thereis also this resurgence of identity politics,. Islamic identity politics has been weaponized. And idanesia is not going to be able to break free of the grip of the oligarchss.

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