Word: suhartoã
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...surprising case of immigration policy affecting Harvard, Nur Munir, a candidate for a master’s degree at the Harvard Divinity School, is now in York County Prison in Pennsylvania awaiting deportation. After facilitating the downfall of Indonesian President Suharto in 1998, Munir feared persecution from Suharto??s military supporters and fled to America. However, his application for asylum was denied, appealed, and finally denied again on March 18, 2009, by the Third Circuit. Regardless of the validity of his asylum claims—Munir was found to have credible subjective but not objective fears of persecution?...
...government in the killings, and on Lemelson’s portrayal of the PKI’s lack of culpability. The former criticism held that the film ought to have addressed the CIA’s involvement in the atrocities, which included covert support and funding of Suharto??s army. In response, Lemelson stated that the choice to omit that part of history was an “editorial decision,” and cited the limited amount of time allotted for imparting information.The latter criticism contended that Lemelson did not adequately express the PKI?...
...would raise their citizens’ living standards. After all, why divert resources that they can use to strengthen their control over their citizens and enrich themselves? The now deposed Suharto regime in Indonesia, for example, was notorious for squandering public funds on subsidies for businesses owned by President Suharto??s children. Developed nations like the United States ought to donate money to cover these gaps—not to the governments, which will siphon aid into their own bank accounts, but to non-governmental organizations that will spend the aid on primary education, disease control, family-planning...
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