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Indonesia: Pakistan and Indonesia South-South Exchange

Posted on 30 June 2015 (18 September 2021)

In June 2015, AJAR hosted a group of senior Pakistani government officials and civil society representatives on a week-long learning exchange to Indonesia. At the end of the exchange, participants expressed their appreciation for the opportunity to witness how Indonesia addresses a broad range of key issues, including the pluralist and tolerant form of Islam practised in […]

Myanmar: International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Event in Yangon

Posted on 27 June 2015 (18 September 2021)

AJAR organized a joint event to mark International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June 2015 in Yangon, Myanmar. Our partners Wimutti Volunteer Group (WVG) and torture survivor Ma Thandar (wife of Ko Par Gyi, a journalist who died in military custody in October 2014) spoke out about the plight of torture […]

Timor-Leste: Remembering Marabia after 35 Years

Posted on 11 June 2015 (18 September 2021)

On 10 June 2015, survivors and community members of Marabia marked 35 years since the violence, mass arrests and disappearances that took place in their community, a village in the outskirts of Dili. Timor-Leste’s truth commission (CAVR) found that in response to a surprise attack by the resistance army (Falintil) on military targets around Dili, […]

Timor-Leste: Reuniting Timor-Leste’s “Stolen Children”

Posted on 30 May 2015 (18 September 2021)

In May 2015, AJAR reunited fourteen of an estimated 4,000 ‘stolen children’ with their families, after up to 35 years apart. These children were taken from East Timor to Indonesia by Indonesian military forces during the military occupation, when most were five to ten years old. The survivors were gathered from many areas of Indonesia, […]

Regional: Chega! Remembering Timor-Leste for Indonesia

Posted on 23 December 2014 (28 October 2021)

AJAR is assisting the Post-CAVR Secretariat in Dili, Timor-Leste, to disseminate the Commission for Truth, Reception, and Reconciliation (CAVR) report entitled Chega!. This is the English language version, newly published by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia in 2013. The report has received much acclaim for its comprehensive documentation and analysis of the conflict in Timor Leste from […]

Regional: Conference on Strengthening Accountability of Violence against Religious Freedom

Posted on 18 November 2014 (18 September 2021)

In commemoration of International Tolerance Day, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) together with other leading national NGOs held a regional conference in Jakarta, Indonesia. Participants from Indonesia, Burma/Myanmar and Cambodia opened the event with carnival or peace torch, representing diversity of ethnics and religions in the region. Approximately 2,000 participants followed the carnival. The two-day […]

Myanmar: Arts and Personal Stories, Self-care for Burmese Women Survivors

Posted on 30 September 2014 (18 September 2021)

AJAR and its partners held a national gathering of all women victims involved in the research project. This event was held in September 2014 in Northern Burma/Myanmar and was attended by 41 participants – 26 women victims from three areas, 6 Burma/Myanmar local researchers, 3 AJAR staff, and 6 external facilitators. AJAR and its partners […]

Timor-Leste: Burmese Women Activists Exchange Visit to Timor-Leste

Posted on 30 July 2014 (18 September 2021)

AJAR supported 10 women NGO workers from Myanmar, involved in our participatory research to learn new strategies to strengthen peace and justice. As part of a capacity-building strategy, AJAR invited staff from Women’s Organization Network (WON), Karen Women Empowerment Group (KWEG) and Kachin Women Association Thailand (KWAT) to do an exchange trip to Timor-Leste to […]

Regional: Capturing Women Survivors’ Narratives through Participatory Research

Posted on 29 July 2014 (18 September 2021)

This is part of AJAR research project on gender justice in three countries, Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and Myanmar. After conducting documentation in Indonesia and Timor-Leste during 2013 about women victims’ violation and strategy for survival, the field researchers and facilitators gathered in January 2014 in a workshop analysis to discuss the findings, evaluate the process in […]

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