May, 23, 2012

Shining a Light on Indonesian Military's Power

Undeterred by death threats, an Indonesian activist tells Canadians of her work to uncover her husband's murderer.

Published May 30, 2007

Two years ago, the Asian edition of Time magazine named Suciwati Munir one of the heroes of Asia. The honour was in recognition of her persistence to have the Indonesian government launch a public inquiry into the death of her 38-year-old husband, Munir Said Thalib, who was poisoned in 2004 aboard an Indonesian airline while en route to the Netherlands for graduate studies. Mr. Thalib was a famous human rights...

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