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Banned and restricted books in Indonesia
28 titles have been banned or restricted in Indonesia, recorded across 29 dated, source-cited events, most often for political content.
Titles
28
Ban events
29
Top reason
Political content
Decades active
6
Most-restricted titles
Stated reasons
- Political content
- 26
- Religious / blasphemy
- 3
- Race / colonialism
- 1
By decade
1950s1
1960s6
1980s7
1990s7
2000s2
2010s6
Documented bans
All 29 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
Interest2015
The Voice of the Church for the Oppressed: The Suffering, Bloodshed and Tears of God's People in West Papua Must End2010–2010
Six Paths to God2010–2010
Unveiling the Mystery of Religious Diversity2010–2010
Pretext for Mass Murder: The September 30th Movement and Suharto's Coup d'État in Indonesia2009–2010
Lekra Doesn't Burn Books: The Silenced Voice of the Cultural Page of Harian Rakjat 1950-19652009–2010
Bayang-Bayang PKI1996
Memoar Oei Tjoe Tat1995
The Mute's Soliloquy1995
Kehormatan Bagi Yang Berhak1995
Primadosa1994
The Devious Dalang: Sukarno and the So-Called Untung Putsch1990
Permesta: Kandasnya Sebuah Cita-Cita1990
Sang Pemula1989
Tan Malaka: Pergulatan Menuju Republik1989
House of Glass1988
The Satanic Verses1988
Footsteps1985
This Earth of Mankind1981
Child of All Nations1981
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung1966
The Girl from the Coast1966–1998
Corruption1966–1998
Di Bawah Lentera Merah1966
The Fugitive1965
Hoa Kiau1960
The Fugitive1950
Kronik '652019
Mengincar Bung Besar2019
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.