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Indonesia's human
rights icone Munir was
murdered in Sept 2004
for his human rights
work. His perpetrators
enjoy immunity!
No impunity for Munir's
murder.
- Video: Ironic Survival
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Alex Mahuze is a Malind tribesman and a sago farmer in Merauke. His clan has for generations lived in harmony with nature. The arrival of the Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE) program has forced him to earn money through other means, which ironically harms the environment. He lost his lands and his culture is threatened, but Alex fights on.
- ALRC News
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ALRC Submissions to the Human Rights Council:
- s.21 (September 2012) - INDONESIA: ALRC and KontraS denounce government's failure to accept key UPR recommendations
- s.21 (September 2012) - INDONESIA: The ALRC calls for intervention by concerned states in light of the Indonesian Government's failure to accept key UPR recommendations
- s.20 (June 2012) - ASIA: Violations of freedom of expression and extra-judicial killings denounced in Thailand, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines
- s.20 (June 2012) - ASIA: Human Rights Council alerted to gender-motivated violations in Nepal, Pakistan and Indonesia
- s.20 (June 2012) - INDONESIA: The Indonesian Government must take action to address serious violations of the freedoms of assembly and expression in the Papuan provinces
- s.20 (June 2012) - INDONESIA: Blasphemy law should be repealed to show Indonesia's commitment to the protection of freedom of expression
- s.19 (March 2012) - INDONESIA: National laws and policies are resulting in violations of the right to food
- s.19 (March 2012) - INDONESIA: Attacks on religious minorities remain largely unchallenged by justice institutions
- s.16 (March 2011) - INDONESIA: Widespread impunity in Papua aggravating tensions
- Torture in Indonesia
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The practice of torture in Indonesia is already institutionalised. The practice of torture is deeply rooted because the police see it as a 'source of income', in a form of bribery when committing torture. Accordingly, this becomes an incentive to conduct torture for police officers with relatively low salaries. Form the legal point of view, the perpetrator should have been punished. However, punishment of the perpetrators is difficult as the victims are reluctant to file complaints and refuse to voice their sufferings. This whole situation makes the struggle to eliminate torture is even harder.
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- Human Rights Reports
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The State of Human Rights in Indonesia in the years:
2012
2011(English, Bahasa Indonesian), 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005The Report portrays the bleak reality of the abuse of civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights in Papua in 2010 and 2011. The aim of the Report is to raise awareness of the human rights situation in Papua and to create in Papua a 'land of peace'.
