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[Press Release] International Day in Support of Victims of Torture: Revealing the Act of Torture in Aceh

Revealing the Act of Torture in Aceh: Healing Survivors and Preserving Public Memory.   Banda Aceh, 26 June – In commemoration...

Exhibition: Progress and Challenges of Accountability in Asia: Global Initiatives for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Site-Visit Day.

“The Aceh TRC has a mandate for exhumation, but in terms of budget and resources, they are even struggling to...

Indonesia: Global Initiatives for Justice, Truth and Reconciliation Site-Visit Day

“The Aceh TRC has a mandate for exhumation, but in terms of budget and resources, they are even struggling to...

AJAR’s response to UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar’s report

“Stop the talking, and start the doing!” - Ms Yanghee Lee, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in...

Mobilising Youth for Change: AJAR Timor-Leste’s Human Rights and Social Justice School for Young Changemakers

Ines Maia is a 27-year-old from Bobonaro District, Timor-Leste. Already an active member of a student group, Ines took a...

Human Rights and Social Justice School for Young Changemakers

Timor-Leste: Mobilising Youth for Change — AJAR’s Human Rights and Social Justice School for Young Changemakers

Ines Maia is a 27-year-old from Bobonaro District, Timor-Leste. Already an active member of a student group, Ines took a...

AJAR’s Partner Vimutti Women’s Organization Launches Participatory Action Research Report

[quote]The violence that we faced was not only the brutal torture during our arrest, but also the discrimination from our communities afterward....

Returning Home: Nine Stolen Children Reunited with their Families in Timor-Leste

Dili, Timor-Leste 7 December 2018 After 36 years, Moses Xavier finally returned to Timor-Leste. Choking with tears of emotion, he...

The Aceh Truth and Reconciliation Commission Public Hearing: Providing Space for Victims of Torture to Voice Their Truth and Hope

29 November 2018 Banda Aceh, Indonesia “I feel relieved,” said the first testifier when asked how he felt at the...