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View all search resultsCivil society groups are mourning two decades of injustice surrounding the 2004 murder of activist Munir Said Thalib, noting that much of the case remains shrouded in mystery and that the mastermind behind is likely still at large.
The police granted the victim’s family's request for AM''s exhumation on Monday during a meeting with the House of Representatives Commission III overseeing legal affairs, following pressure from civil groups and lawmakers for a second autopsy to determine the cause of death of the 13-year-old boy.
Indonesia’s democracy has gone backward since Reform, pushing the democratic values students and the public fought for during the fall of the New Order in May 1998 increasingly out of reach, according to Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid.
Retno said that over the next two years Indonesia would use its position on the UNHRC to promote three key issues, increasing countries’ national capacities to uphold human rights; intensifying dialogue between countries and regional groups; and the implementation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights principles.
During the overseas tour, the government team will update the number of Indonesian political exiles residing abroad and hear their insights on the nonjudicial settlement of past human rights cases, a senior official said.
In his congratulatory message sent to the PKB leadership over the weekend, Xanana said the PKB had contributed to the peace and reconciliation efforts between Indonesia and Timor Leste, which were pioneered by its founding member Abdurrahman "Gus Dur" Wahid.
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