Fabianus Tibo was an Indonesian

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citizen who was

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on 22 September 2006 at 1:20 a.m. local time together with Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu for leading

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, in 2000 that led to the murders of about 200 people.

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s have expressed doubts that Tibo, and the other men, were the masterminds of the riots.

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Executions spark Indonesia unrest
22 September 2006 The different treatment of Christians and Muslims in court was also criticised, as few Muslims were ever punished for their roles in the riots and none were sentenced to more than 15 years' jail. Religious leaders of Christianity and Islam, including

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and

Abdurrahman Wahid Abdurrahman Wahid ( ; born Abdurrahman ad-Dakhil; 7 September 1940 – 30 December 2009), though more colloquially known as Gus Dur (), was an Indonesian politician and Islamic religious leader who served as the 4th president of Indonesia, fr ...

, former

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and former leader of

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, protested the execution of Tibo.

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