![[Press Release]“Find and Reunite the Children” Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) Recommendations: 11 Years On](https://asia-ajar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/47688822_913176532225072_4276677955159064576_o-1024x575.jpg)
Jakarta, 15 July 2019 – On 15 July 2008, the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) Indonesia–Timor-Leste submitted its final report, ‘Through Memories Towards Hope’, to the governments of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Recommendations included reparations for victims. Regarding the thousands of East Timorese children (now adults) forcibly taken from their families to Indonesia from 1975–99, […] Read more
![[Press Release]Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission Public Hearing in North Aceh: The Urgency to Provide Reparation for Victims](https://asia-ajar.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/KKRAceh-1024x679.jpeg)
Lhokseumawe, 17 July 2019 – Today, the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) completed a public hearing for victims of past human rights violations committed in North Aceh during the period of 1998-2005. The public hearing was held at the District Parliament Hall, Lhokseumawe, Aceh, on 16 -17 July 2019. Sixteen victims and three experts […] Read more
Revealing the Act of Torture in Aceh: Healing Survivors and Preserving Public Memory. Banda Aceh, 26 June – In commemoration of the International Day of Support for Victims of Torture, The Torture Submission Team, consisting of KontraS Aceh, KontraS, LBH Apik Aceh, and Asia Justice & Rights (AJAR) have formally presented submissions with the special […] Read more
“The Aceh TRC has a mandate for exhumation, but in terms of budget and resources, they are even struggling to get other stuff done. So the mass graves are sort of put to the side,” Galuh Wandita, director of AJAR and commissioner of Aceh TRC, told participants during GIJTR’s site-visit day at AJAR’s Learning Centre […] Read more
“Stop the talking, and start the doing!” – Ms Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar On 11 March 2019, Ms Yanghee Lee delivered her report on the situation of human rights in Myanmar at the 40th session of the Human Rights Council. She urged the international community to consider […] Read more
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