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'Senyap' film screening canceled, again

Jakarta Post - December 22, 2014

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Yogyakarta – A screening of Senyap (The Look of Silence) that was planned for Sunday at the Yogyakarta Institute of Technology campus was canceled due to the threat of an act of religious intolerance.

"The event was canceled as the hall was locked up and the key was taken by the dean [after learning about the threat]," said screening committee member Edi Suprihanto.

Earlier, a planned screening of the film directed by US filmmaker Joshua Openheimer at the Independent Journalists Alliance's Yogyakarta branch office was also canceled on Tuesday evening as the police could not guarantee the safety of the event due to the threats.

The film was screened the following day at state-run Gadjah Mada University, but the discussion following the film was dispersed by a group of people who entered the campus.

Commenting on the cancellations, the National Commission on Human Rights' head of monitoring, Dianto Bachriadi, regretted that the police had not protected people from threats made by intolerant groups.

"It's weird that the police gave up against the intolerant groups. If they cannot protect people, what is their function?" Dianto told The Jakarta Post on Sunday.

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2014/12/22/senyap-film-screening-canceled-again.html.