In the heart of the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the collaboration between AJAR (Asia Justice and Rights) and SAVE (Social Action of Voluntary Efforts) creates waves of positive change. Committed to fostering human rights and dignity, this partnership is making significant strides in empowering the refugees of Camp 16 and Camp 01. This […]
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Aceh, Indonesia, 30 October 2023 — Asia Justice and Rights, in collaboration with three Aceh civil society organisations, have unveiled a digital map pinpointing prisons, checkpoints, and former clandestine sites of torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment during the Aceh conflict from 1976-2005. The digital map, available as an online, interactive website, […]
Puluhan anak-anak muda eks Timor Timur di Kupang berkumpul dan dengan bangga menuturkan kisah hidup mereka dalam sebuah pameran karya bertajuk “Merajut Nasib pada Sepetak Tanah di Negeri yang Dijanjikan”. Berlangsung pada tanggal 21-24 Oktober 2023, anak-anak muda ini datang dari kamp di Desa Noelbaki, Tuapukan, dan Naibonat – belasan kilometer dari pusat Kota Kupang, […]
From 9 to 14 October 2023, an international summit bringing together a regional network of individuals and organisations for truth, justice, and peacebuilding unfolded in Bangkok, Thailand. Hosted by Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Cross-Cultural Foundation (CrCF), the Transitional Justice Asia Network (TJAN), the Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation (GIJTR), supported by the […]
To celebrate International Day of Peace 2023, Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) and Transitional Justice Asia Networks hold a public discussion with the theme, “Action for Peace: Global Discourse, Progress and Learning from Communities Initiative for Sustainable Peace and Accountability in the Region”. The central objective of the vent was to highlight the significance of […]
Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) and civil society organisations of South-East Asia gathered together at Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta, Indonesia from 1-3 September 2023 for the annual ASEAN Civil Society Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum, with the theme of ‘Reclaiming safe space, restoring democracy in South-East Asia”. AJAR also participated as a member of the Regional […]
Seoul, South Korea, 30 August 2023 — To mark the International Day of Victims of Enforced Disappearance, the UN Human Rights Office in Seoul today held a conference featuring comparative examples from other countries and regions on judicial accountability, return of remains and memory for victims of enforced disappearance. Examples included practices from Nepal, Cyprus, […]
Timor-Leste has a long history of group conflict. In the Portuguese colonial period, gangs named Moradores were used to repress the local population. In the 1980s and 1990s, martial arts groups emerged – a combination of groups introduced from Indonesia to control the local population and others that had developed within Timor to resist the […]
AJAR, in collaboration with filmmaker Manuel Alberto Maia, is proud to announce the production of a full-length documentary exploring the enduring impact of conflict, trauma, and silence across generations in Indonesia, titled Kisah-kisah yang Belum Usai (English title: To An Ending Unwritten). Through intimate stories of resilience and resistance, the film will follow youth in […]