Published on The Jakarta Post by Tama Salim “I want to hug & kiss my mother,” said Muhammad Yaqub, born Manuel da Costa, shortly before traveling home to Timor Leste after 25 years of living in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan. One week later he has managed to do just that and a whole lot more, spending […]
Dili, 19 May 2016. “I want to hug and kiss my mother,” said Muhammad Yaqub, born as Manuel da Costa, on the day before traveling home to Timor-Leste after 25 years. Yaqub is one of eleven individuals (three females and eight males) who are being reunited with their families after 20-40 years. Yaqub is one […]
Dili, 16 Mei, 2016. Setelah terpisah selama 20-40 tahun, sebelas orang (3 laki-laki dan 7 perempuan) yang sewaktu masih anak diambil secara paksa dari keluarganya pada masa konflik di Timor-Leste, kemarin bertemu kembali dengan keluarganya. Mereka berasal dari Makasar, Balikpapan, Banjarmasin dan Jakarta. Peserta tertua bernama Gregorio Muslimin sudah kehilangan kontak dengan keluarga sejak tahun […]
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Written by AJAR’s Director, Galuh Wandita. Last week an extraordinary thing took place in Jakarta. For the first time, survivors of the 1965 atrocities were in the same room with some of Indonesia’s highest-ranking generals and officials, talking about what happened. There were different views: denials of the killings, a refusal to apologize, and pleas […]
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Tanggapan AJAR terhadap Simposium 1965 JAKARTA, April 19, 2016 Pada tanggal 18 – 19 April 2016, sebuah simposium yang diselengarakan secara bersama oleh Forum Silaturahmi Anak Bangsa (FSAB), Dewan Pertimbangan Presiden, Dewan Pers Indonesia, Komnas HAM dan beberapa universitas di Indonesia, menyelenggarakan Simposium Nasional: Membedah Tragedi 1965, Pendekatan Kesejarahan. Dalam kegiatan dua hari tersebut, berbagai pihak diundang, […]
A response to the Symposium on 1965 in Indonesia JAKARTA, April 19, 2016 On 18-19 April 2016, Solidarity Forum for the Nation’s Children (FSAB), the President’s Review Council, the Indonesian Press Council, the National Commission on Human Rights, and several Indonesian universities held a national symposium: Dissecting the 1965 Tragedy through an Historical Approach. […]
Together with KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) and National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, with support from Europe Union, AJAR held a regional roundtable discussion on strengthening accountability for torture on April 6th 2016 in Jakarta. A total of 100 participants comprising of policy makers, CSO, survivors and media from Sri […]
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Together with KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) and National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, with support from Europe Union, AJAR held a regional roundtable discussion on strengthening accountability for torture on April 6th 2016 in Jakarta. A total of 100 participants comprising of policymakers, CSO, survivors and media from Sri Lanka, […]
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Empowering Survivors, Strengthening Accountability of Torture Roundtable Discussion: Challenges on Transitional Justice Approach in Dealing with Mass Torture in Asia JAKARTA, 6 April 2016 – civil society, survivors of torture and policy makers from Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Myanmar and Sri Lanka along with international experts are gathering in Jakarta’s 6-7 April 2006 to discuss challenges […]