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Returning Home: Nine Stolen Children Reunited with their Families in Timor-Leste

Posted on 7 December 2018 (11 November 2021)

Dili, Timor-Leste 7 December 2018 After 36 years, Moses Xavier finally returned to Timor-Leste. Choking with tears of emotion, he hugged tightly almost everyone who greeted him. He was particularly moved to see his sister, immediately asking about her leg that was injured by a bomb during the past conflict in East Timor. “We can […]

The Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission Public Hearing: Providing Space for Victims of Torture to Voice Their Truth and Hope

Posted on 29 November 2018 (16 September 2021)

29 November 2018 Banda Aceh, Indonesia “I feel relieved,” said the first testifier when asked how he felt at the end of the first day of the public hearing at the Governor’s compound in Banda Aceh. On 28-29 November 2018, the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) held its first formal public hearing for victims […]

Strengthening Survivors, Moving Towards Accountability in Asia

Posted on 21 September 2018 (16 September 2021)

Southeast Asian cities have much in common: urban sprawl, the hustle and bustle of daily life, colorful street flair, impossibly crowded roads, and a history of tenuous human rights protections and unresolved impunity for mass human rights violations. Like a typical traffic jam in a Southeast Asian metropolis, accountability has had some jolts forward and […]

Nurturing Memory through the Rumoh Geudong Monument in Aceh, Indonesia

Posted on 26 July 2018 (11 November 2021)

“Don’t Bury the Truth; Speak Even if not with Words!” The Rumoh Geudong monument was officially dedicated on 12 July 2018 with about a thousand people—including survivors and people from Pidie and Pidie Jaya Districts in attendance. From 1989–1998, when Aceh was declared a Military Operation Area, Rumoh Geudong was used as an Indonesian military […]

Press Release—First-Year Anniversary of the Centro Nacional Chega!: Keeping the Promise for Truth, Justice, and Healing in Timor-Leste

Posted on 17 July 2018 (28 October 2021)

First-Year Anniversary of the Centro Nacional Chega! Keeping the Promise for Truth, Justice, and Healing in Timor-Leste 17 July 2018 Today marks the first-year anniversary of the Chega! National Centre (CNC, Centro Nacional Chega!), Through Memory to Hope, an independent institution in Timor-Leste established to facilitate implementation of the recommendations of Timor-Leste’s Commission of Reception, […]

10 Years of Commission of Truth and Friendship of Indonesia and Timor-Leste (Infographic)

Posted on 16 July 2018 (11 November 2021)

15 July 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Per Memoriam Ad Spem [Through Memory towards Hope], the final report of the Commission of Truth and Friendship (CTF) of Indonesia and Timor-Leste. This initiative, the only bilateral commission in the world, was tasked with strengthening peace and friendship between the two countries by revealing the conclusive […]

Press Release: A Disappearing Promise, 10 Years of Commission of Truth and Friendship of Indonesia and Timor Leste

Posted on 13 July 2018 (16 September 2021)

Press Release A Disappearing Promise: Commission on Disappeared Persons 10 Years of Commission of Truth and Friendship of Indonesia and Timor Leste Jakarta, Indonesia and Dili, Timor-Leste 13 July 2018 15 July 2018 marks the 10th anniversary of Per Memoriam Ad Spem [Through Memory towards Hope], the final report of the Commission of Truth and […]

International Educators’ Workshop on Strengthening the Capacity for Education on History and Violence Prevention, Dili, Timor-Leste

Posted on 29 June 2018 (16 September 2021)

AJAR, Centro Nacional Chega! (CNC), and the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC) conducted an “International Educators’ Workshop on Strengthening the Capacity for Education on History and Violence Prevention” on 25-28 June 2018 in Dili, Timor-Leste. The workshop is a continuation of the workshop in Cambodia, January 2018 and is part of the joint […]

Press Release: “Mosaic” Manual Launch on the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Posted on 26 June 2018 (11 November 2021)

Facilitating healing from torture through community-based processes: “Mosaic: A Manual for Rebuilding Lives and Communities After Torture” Thirty one years after the United Nations Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment came into effect, the legacy and practice of torture remain pervasive in conflict and post-conflict settings across Asia. Weak […]

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