8 years ago – Jakarta/Dili, Indonesia/Timor-Leste, 15 July 2017 — Nine years ago today, on 15 July 2008, the final report Per Memoriam ad Spem from the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) was officially submitted…
8 years ago – “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…
9 years ago – Yangon, Myanmar, 24 November 2016 — 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…
9 years ago – Jakarta, Indonesia, 1 October 2016 — Despite Indonesia’s repeated commitments to address human rights violations committed in 1965 – such as extrajudicial executions, enforced disappearances and torture – more than…
9 years ago – Dili, Timor-Leste, 16 May 2016 — “I want to hug and kiss my mother,” said Muhammad Yaqub, born as Manuel da Costa, on the day before travelling home to Timor-Leste…
9 years ago – A response to the Symposium on 1965 in Indonesia Jakarta, Indonesia, 19 April 2016 — On 18-19 April 2016, Solidarity Forum for the Nation’s Children (FSAB), the President’s Review Council,…
9 years ago – Jakarta, Indonesia, 6 April 2016 — civil society, survivors of torture and policymakers from Indonesia, Timor-Leste, Myanmar and Sri Lanka along with international experts are gathering in Jakarta’s 6-7 April…
10 years ago – On the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, 26 June 2015 Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 June 2015 — Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR) is working with KontraS (Indonesia), the…
10 years ago – Jakarta, Indonesia, 26 May 2015 — From May 18-23, 2015, 14 “child transfers” (2) taken between the ages of five and fifteen during the conflict in Timor-Leste were reunited with…