Anwar Congo, who died last week, was an executioner during Indonesia's brutal anti-communist purge.

The Oscar nominated documentary "The Act of Killing" challenges Anwar Congo, a death squad leader during the mass killings in 1965 Indonesia, to re-enact the horrors of his past. Director Joshua ...

Obituary: Anwar Congo died on October 25th One of the perpetrators of the mass killings in Indonesia in 1965-68, he was 78. Nov 14th 2019. Share. Listen to this story.

Anwar Congo, who killed more than a thousand victims is the one murderer in the film who shows a real emotional breakthrough. Oppenheimer had already interviewed more than 40 similarly cold ...

But Anwar Congo, surrounded by cronies who have never been punished and, in fact, are figures of swaggering celebrity in Indonesia, isn't just describing his actions, ...

Meet Anwar Congo, the star, so to speak, of Joshua Oppenheimer's astounding documentary "The Act of Killing." Congo, a snowy-haired senior with an easygoing smile, lives in Medan, Indonesia, where ...

Nonfic film organization Cinema Eye has unveiled their inaugural "The Unforgettables" list, celebrating 18 of the year's "notable and significant" docu subjects - including former Indonesian death ...

Anwar Congo, who died last week, was an executioner during Indonesia's brutal anti-communist purge. Let us know you agree to data collection on AMP. We and our partners use technologies, ...

Anwar Congo died on 25 October aged 78. Congo grew up near an oil field where his family worked near the northern city of Medan. They were relatively well-off, and opposed independence from the ...

As a friend watched on, the mass murderer Anwar Congo danced the cha-cha-cha. Just moments earlier, on a roof terrace in Indonesia, he had demonstrated his preferred method of killing people. He ...