Bali Writer’s Gabfest Forced to Drop 1965 Bloodletting Panels
Bali’s prestigious international writers and artists’ festival has agreed to drop several sessions dealing with the massacre of hundreds of thousands of people in 1965 in Java and Bali after a threat by the Indonesian government that the entire festival would be shut down if they didn’t.
This year is the 50th anniversary of the massacre, which ultimately…
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