Trisakti Museum or May 12 Tragedy Museum is a human rights

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. The museum documents the active role of Indonesian students at

Trisakti University Trisakti University (Usakti) is Indonesia's largest private university located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Trisakti University, is the only private university in Indonesia which was established by the Government of the Republic of Indonesia. Founde ...

in fighting for

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and

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. The museum briefly tells about four students who were shot on May 12, 1998. In the museum there are short articles, a collection of news from newspapers, ornaments, demonstration photographs, photographs of the deceased, and their relics.

History

Trisakti Museum was established with the background of the Indonesian university student movement in 1998, when the students across Indonesia rallied to demand reform. The students at

, as a part of the students in Indonesia as a whole, participated in a peaceful

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. The movement reach its peak when four students at Trisakti University were killed on May 12, 1998. This incident triggered the fall of ''

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''. To commemorate the tragedy, the museum was placed in the lobby of the Dr Syarif Thajeb building, on the campus of Trisakti University,

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