
Women taking a stand
The History Hour
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Hotel Indonesia Jakarta
Indonesia's smoldering resentment was ignited in 1998 the student movement managed to get so hard to down 32 years of absolute power wrapped up in three minutes. After president sohato stepped down they immediately agree to bring together indigenous representative from across indonesia which was not very easy back then because of the distance. rukha says they were determined to seize their moment first make indiginous people's feasible we are still around and we want to in fourth and shape the future of this country hundreds of people from different tribes gathered in a hotel which would not have allowed them through its doors as guests less than a year beforeBecause indigenous people had been made to feel alien in their homeland
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