[Press Release] Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Assosiasaun Chega Ba Ita (ACbit) and Centro Nacional Chega! (CNC) is hosting a 20-Year Commemoration of the Referendum, Timor-Leste.

Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Assosiasaun Chega Ba Ita (ACbit) and Centro Nacional Chega! (CNC) is hosting a 20-Year Commemoration of the Referendum, Timor-Leste.   Jakarta, August 26, 2019 –– On August 26-30, 2019, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Assosiasaun Chega Ba Ita (ACbit) and Centro Nacional Chega! (CNC) are taking part in celebrating the […]

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[Press Release]“Find and Reunite the Children” Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) Recommendations: 11 Years On

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, […]

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[Press Release]Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission Public Hearing in North Aceh: The Urgency to Provide Reparation for Victims

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 […]

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‘Centro Nacional Chega!: Time to Focus on Survivors’ Policy Paper Launch on the Second-Year Anniversary of the Centro Nacional Chega!

Second-Year Anniversary of the Centro Nacional Chega! Keeping the Promise for Truth, Justice, and Healing in Timor-Leste 17 July 2019   Dili, July 17 2019 – Today marks the second-year anniversary of the Chega! National Centre (CNC, Centro Nacional Chega!), Through Memory to Hope, an independent institution in Timor-Leste. The CNC is tasked to ensure the […]

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[Press Release] International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Revealing the Act of Torture in Aceh

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 […]

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Exhibition: Progress and Challenges of Accountability in Asia: Global Initiatives for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Site-Visit Day.

“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 […]

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AJAR’s response to UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar’s report

“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 […]

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Mobilising Youth for Change: AJAR Timor-Leste’s Human Rights and Social Justice School for Young Changemakers

Ines Maia is a 27-year-old from Bobonaro District, Timor-Leste. Already an active member of a student group, Ines took a deeper dive into her passion by enrolling in AJAR Timor-Leste’s “Human Rights and Social Justice School for Young Changemakers.” “[This school] is an alternative mechanism to expose the Timorese society to a global perspective,” she […]

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AJAR’s Partner Vimutti Women’s Organization Launches Participatory Action Research Report

[quote]The violence that we faced was not only the brutal torture during our arrest, but also the discrimination from our communities afterward. That sort of discrimination affected our mental health.[/quote] – Ma Soe Soe Khaing (former political prisoner and activist, Myanmar) AJAR’s partner Vimutti Women’s Organisation launched a report based on their participatory action research with 10 […]

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