First-Year Anniversary of the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Truth-Seeking on Human Rights Violations in Aceh to Strengthen Peace 24 October 2017 Today marks the first-year anniversary of the Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Aceh TRC) following its inauguration by the Governor of Aceh on 24 October 2016. The Aceh TRC’s presence is a milestone […]
Press Release: Regional Asia Seminar on the “Role of Truth in Strengthening Peace in Asia” Banda Aceh, 12 October 2017 More than 100 policymakers, academics, civil society and survivors from Indonesia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Timor-Leste and South Korea are gathering in Banda Aceh on 12 October 2017 to discuss the role of truth […]
Since November 2015, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) has worked with the Papuan Women Working Group (PWG), consisting of women activists, religious leaders, and human rights organisations, with the goal to understand deeper the experiences of women victims of violence in the provinces of Papua and West Papua. The findings of our participatory action research […]
JOINT PUBLIC STATEMENT 6 September 2017 Indonesia: Government must make public the 2005 fact-finding report on Munir’s case In commemorating the thirteen years after the killing of human rights defender Munir Said Thalib, 7th of September 2017, the undersigned regional and international human rights organizations call on the Indonesian President Joko Widodo to take decisive […]
PUBLIC STATEMENT 30 August 2017 Indonesia: Continuing failure in addressing enforced disappearances would worsen culture of impunity As people around the world today mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, AFAD (Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances), AJAR (Asia Justice and Rights), Amnesty International, IKOHI (Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared) and […]
Read More… from Public Statement on the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
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 […]
Read More… from Stolen: A Journey Home in Photographs and Memories
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, […]
Read More… from Indonesia: Women Survivors Voiced Their Truth through Theatre
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, […]