CIVIL SOCIETY MOVEMENT TO BRING SUHARTO TO JUSTICE (GEMAS) Office of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Jalan Kramat II Number 7, RT.2/RW.9, Kwitang, Senen District, Central Jakarta, 10420, DKI Jakarta Number: III/SK-GEMAS/X/2025 Subject: Open Letter of Objection Against Proposing H.M. Soeharto as National Hero Enclosure: Supreme Court of the Republic of Indonesia Ruling Number 140 PK/Pdt/2015 To the Honourable, Fadli Zon Chair of the Board of Titles, (…)

On Thursday 30th October, the Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS), which consists of victims of gross human rights violations, individuals and civil society organisations, officially sent an open letter urging the chairperson of the Titles, Service and Honorary Medals Board (GTK) Board at the Ministry of State Secretariat to reject the proposal to name H.M. Suharto as a national hero. The letter was signed by 185 institutions and 256 individuals from various regions in (…)

This open letter, signed by over 500 Indonesian academics, human rights activists, journalists, artists and civil society figures, represents one of the most significant expressions of public opposition to the proposed posthumous designation of General (Ret.) H.M. Soeharto as a National Hero of Indonesia. Published on 5th November 2025, the letter addresses President Prabowo Subianto directly, urging him to reject the controversial proposal that has emerged from the Title Council. The (…)

The recent legislative elections revealed the alarming weakness of the Portuguese left.: the Bloco de Esquerda won just 2% of votes, the Communist Party 2.9%, and Livre 4.1%, whilst the far-right Chega overtook the Socialist Party in parliamentary seats. Together, the left and centre now represent less than one-third of votes—under 20% of the electorate. Meanwhile, the right and far-right have consolidated a majority capable of constitutional revision, promoting a narrative of “pure-blooded (…)

Dave Kellaway assesses the political situation where creeping fascism is advancing, the Labour centre is not holding but radicalisation to the left is also significant. 1. Creeping fascism ratchets up a gear The forms of creeping fascism are: - the continued rise of Farage's racist Reform UK - this overlaps, including in membership, with a Tommy Robison/fascist led street mobilisations - a disintegrating Tory party adopting increasingly hard right authoritarian policies. (…)

Our comrade Andreas Klocke, with whom we were active in what was then the only group in the Greek section of the Fourth International, died at the beginning of October, greatly weakened by a very long illness following a complex operation. In recent years, as far as his strength allowed, Andreas continued to be involved in observing and analysing what could advance a revolutionary crisis. Born in Cologne, he was active in the GIM, at that time the German section of the Fourth (…)