During Indonesia’s occupation of Timor Leste, thousands of East Timorese children were forcibly removed from their families and brought to Indonesia. In 2016, AJAR published a photo book to provide a glimpse into the stolen children’s journeys of struggle and resilience—and hopes for a more just future. In the words of the photobook’s co-author, Isabelinha […]
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On 13 July 2017, a group of elderly women performed a theatre play called “Gejolak Makam Keramat” in Yogyakarta. Adapted from another script entitled “Leng”, the play told the struggle of community members when faced with a factory’s expansion efforts that threatened to evict them as well as their sacred cemetery. As a realist play, […]
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Press Release: Laloran Justisa (Waves of Justice) is a new 20-episode law and order TV drama series centred around Rosa, a young lawyer working to defend the human rights of her clients. The series will be launched at a special screening in Dili Cineplex, Timor Leste, on 18 August 2017. Laloran Justisa has been designed, […]
On June 26 2017, AJAR held a joint event to commemorate the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Yangon, Myanmar. Along with the Vimutti Women’s Organization (VWO), the Network of Human Rights Documentation (ND-Burma), the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) and the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), AJAR hosted a panel […]
Press Release Nine Years after the Recommendations of the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF): Where Are the Children Now? Jakarta/Dili, July 15, 2017 Nine years ago today, on July 15 2008, the final report Per Memoriam ad Spem from the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) was officially submitted to the Governments of Indonesia […]
Picture 1: Ruins of Rumoh Geudong “We must remember, not for the sake of revenge. We must remember so we can learn from the past and never repeat what happened here.” These words were spoken by Farida Haryani, Director of Paska-Aceh, addressing a group of over 1,000 community members, government and religious leaders in […]
by Pat Walsh Originally published on Inside Indonesia, February 20 2017 The Herb Feith Foundation gave its inaugural human rights education award to Putu Oka Sukanta. Pat Walsh presented the award. ‘I’m wearing this cap to keep my head warm because of the AC, but also to stop me from getting a swelled head,’ […]
On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) launches its manual “Unlearning Impunity: A Guide to Understanding and Action for Women Survivors” in Myanmar. This manual is a companion book of AJAR’s series of final reports on gender justice research. Since 2013, AJAR and […]
Despite Indonesia’s repeated commitments to address human rights violations committed in 1965 – such as extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and torture – more than five decades later millions of victims and their families are still waiting for truth, justice and reparation. On the 51st anniversary of these violations, Amnesty International, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), […]