AI Index: ASA 21/020/2010
Abductions & Extra-Judicial Killings
Displaying 201 - 250 of 393 Documents
September 6, 2010
Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – In the minds of human rights activists in Indonesia, two events stand out as reprehensible examples of the impunity enjoyed by human rights violators in the coun
September 5, 2010
Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of social and non-government organisations that are part of the Friends of Munir movement gathered today to commemorate six years since Munir's death, a hum
April 8, 2010
AHRC-STM-056-2010
February 11, 2010
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono once said that finding Munir's killers was the test of Indonesia's history.
October 28, 2009
AHRC-OLT-030-2009
An Open Letter to the UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances by the Asian Human Rights Commission
October 6, 2009
AHRC-PRL-037-2009
October 2, 2009
AHRC-OLT-026-2009
September 11, 2009
Alleged criminal defamation the wrong approach to Munir killing 00 Elaine Pearson, deputy Asia director
September 4, 2009
AHRC-STM-186-2009
February 18, 2009
Indra Subagja, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) will not be giving permission for a concert event titled "Tribute to Munir" at its Depok campus in West Jakarta on February 20
December 29, 2008
Human rights groups raise concerns about witness tampering
December 5, 2008
Dear friends,
November 13, 2008
Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – On Wednesday some 100 people, calling themselves the Papua Human Rights Awareness Coalition, commemorated the seventh anniversary of the death of Theys Hi
June 20, 2008
The arrest yesterday of Muchdi Purwopranjono to face the charge of the murder of human rights activist, Munir, is a major step forward in efforts to end the culture of impunity in Indon
March 28, 2008
Jakarta – Constitutional Court chief Jimly Asshiddiqie said Thursday murdered human rights campaigner Munir deserves a national heroes title for his outstanding contribution to justice.
February 11, 2008
Dili – Eight unidentified men attacked a bus and killed three passengers near Los Palos, the Indonesian police said on Tuesday.
October 1, 2007
Sarah Smiles, Canberra – The 17-year-old daughter of a prominent Papuan activist has been kidnapped, drugged and assaulted at gunpoint by a group allegedly linked to Indonesian security
September 8, 2007
Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – With the emergence of new evidence in the murder case of Munir Said Thalib, pressure is mounting for a thorough and rapid investigation of the circumstances su
September 7, 2007
Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Activists in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta commemorated three years since Munir's death by demanding that the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) be d
Sunudyantoro/Rohman Taufiq, Surabaya – Today, three years ago, human rights activist Munir died on a flight from Jakarta via Singapore to Amsterdam.
Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – A bunch of roses and a wreath of flowers symbolising the death of Munir was handed to officials on guard in front of the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) off
Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – Three years have passed without any progress being made on who murdered human rights activist Munir.
Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – Exactly three years since Munir's death, one thousand people from the Solidarity Alliance for Munir and Democracy (Asumsi) gathered at the Proclamation Monumen
Aboeprijadi Santoso, Amsterdam – The third anniversary of the assassination of Indonesia's most well-known human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, has seen the public at home and abro
September 3, 2007
Jakarta – Activists will use this week's passing of the third anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib to pressure the government to find those responsible f
April 30, 2007
Jakarta – Human rights groups backed Monday an Indonesian police probe into the 2004 murder of a rights activist, hopeful it will reveal that the nation's intelligence agency was behind
Police suspect that efforts to poison Munir were not only made at Changi Airport in Singapore but also during the Singapore-Amsterdam flight.
At least five people saw Munir at Changi Airport, Singapore, on September 7, 2004, a few hours before his death.
He was active in church and close to the military. But his present whereabouts are unknown.
It was late afternoon in Breda, The Netherlands, on Saturday two weeks ago. A man received a telephone call from Jakarta. He said the caller was a senior ranking military man.
The glass of warm tea could not settle his stomach. He felt pain whenever his stomach was touched. He made frequent trips to the bathroom, due to diarrhea and vomiting.
April 25, 2007
Muslima Hapsari/Irmawati/Sutarto, Jakarta – There are problems being experienced as regards further progress in the Munir murder case.
April 21, 2007
Jakarta – The National Police confirmed Friday that it is protecting key witnesses to the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
April 18, 2007
James Balowski, Jakarta – Indonesian police have named two new suspects in the murder of human rights activist Munir, who died of arsenic poisoning on a Garuda flight from Jakarta to Am
April 17, 2007
Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Two former senior intelligence officers alleged to be connected with the death of rights activist Munir Said Thalib have expressed their support for the in
April 16, 2007
Mark Forbes – The former head of Garuda, Indonesia's national airline, has been arrested over the poisoning of the country's leading human rights activist, Munir Said Thalib, on a fligh
April 14, 2007
Police on Friday handed over to prosecutors new evidence relating to the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
April 13, 2007
Under mangled branches in a dusty, untended East Java cemetery lie the remains of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
April 12, 2007
Jakarta – The police claim to have new evidence as regards declaring former Garuda Indonesia Managing Director Indra Setiawan and Vice President forAviation Security Ramelgia Anwar as s
Jakarta, Kompas – The announcement by Indonesian police chief General Sutanto of the initials of two new suspects in the Munir murder case has raised questions among members of the Hous
April 11, 2007
M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Police on Tuesday named two new suspects in the 2004 murder case of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib.
Ramadhian Fadillah P, Jakarta – The former deputy head of the Munir Fact Finding Team (TPF), Asmara Nababan, is calling in President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's promise to provide direct
Ramadhian Fadillah, Jakarta – The naming of two new suspects in the mysterious murder of human rights activist Munir offers some small measure of hope that the case will be solved.
April 10, 2007
Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – There has been more hints given out on the puzzle of who the new suspects are in the murder human rights activist Munir.
Jakarta – In order to increase the chances of Indonesia being reelected as a member of the United Nations Human Rights Commission, the government must soon make a breakthrough in invest
April 9, 2007
Badriah, Jakarta – National Police Chief General Sutanto is still unwilling to name the new suspect in the Munir case.
Imron Rosyid, Jakarta – A number of legislators are urging the police to announce the name of the new suspect in the human rights activist Munir murder case as soon as possible.
March 23, 2007
We gladly applaud Indonesia government's planning to prevent the practice of disappearance by signing and ratifying international convention on the protection of all persons from enforc
November 16, 2006
President Bush should ask the Indonesian president about his government's failure to convict anyone for the fatal poisoning of Munir Said Thalib two years ago, a leading human rights ad