Laos: Five Months On, Demand for Accountability and Action in Sombath Somphone’s Disappearance Inten Bangkok/Manila/Jakarta (15 May 2013) – The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Focus on the Global South, The Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD) and the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) reiterated their call on the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) and ASEAN governments to break the silence and take action on the disappearance of Laotian development worker, educator and Magsaysay award winner Sombath Somphone. The appeal was made as civil society organizations, respected world leaders and the diplomatic community, friends and family marked the fifth month of Sombath Somphone’s disappearance today. detail
06 Mei 2013
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KontraS Believes SBY Not Deserving of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation World Statesman Award beca The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS)—a human rights organization in Indonesia —is disappointed with the recent conferment of the World Statesman Award to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) by the Appeal of Conscience Foundation. We believe that SBY, as the President of the Republic of Indonesia, is not eligible to accept this award at this time because of his failure to protect religious minorities from repeated violent acts of intolerance. detail
10 Apr 2013 Source: NYTIMES.COM Killings Stir Questions on Indonesia Military Overhaul Soon after midnight on March 23, a group of heavily armed, masked men forced their way inside a prison near the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta and summarily executed four recently arrived detainees with gunshots to the head. 30 Des 2012 Source: TIEMPO.INFONEWS.COM Indonesia busca justicia para sus desaparecidos Hace 15 años Haris Ashar fue detenido y torturado con unos 30 compañeros de la Universidad mientras se manifestaba contra el gobierno autoritario de Suharto en Indonesia03 Mar 2011 Source: THEJAKARTAPOST.COM Kontras warns SBY against Gerindra coalition The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has urged president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to drop any plan to form a political coalition with the Great Indonesia Movement Party (Gerindra), saying the move would represent a major setback for human rights in the country.02 Mar 2011 Source: TheJAKARTAGLOBE.COM Activists Urge New Legal Steps Against Former Spy Chief Over Munir’s Murder Activists on Tuesday said the Attorney General’s Office should now have enough ammunition to launch further legal action against former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono,
The issue of enforced disappearances has remained as one of the unresolved yet critical human rights issues faced by the Government of Indonesia for quite a long time. In the spirit of taking a step forward in finding the solution, on the 29th of March 2012, The Indonesian Coalition against Enforced Disappearances: Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), Indonesian Association of Families of the Disappeared (IKOHI), Indonesian Law and Policy Study (PSHK), Human Rights Working Group, Indonesia Human Rights Monitor (Imparsial), Institute for Policy Research and Advocacy (Elsam) held a Public Seminar on the Urgency of Indonesia to Ratify the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, in Jakarta, Indonesia. detail
29 Mar 2012
