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.
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Indonesian academics raise concern over government's rewriting of history
Project draft omits major events, including many human rights violations
Indonesian students clash with riot police during a protest in April 1998 against the regime of the then-President Suharto. The months of demonstrations that led to Suharto's downfall have largely been omitted from drafts of a new government-backed national history project. © AP
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