"Human rights in the sense of human solidarity have created & new
universal and equal language going beyond racial, gender, ethnic or
religious boundaries. That is why we consider it a doorway to dialogue
for people of all socio-cultural groups and all ideologies ." (Munir,
December 8, 1965 - September 7, 2004).
Munir Said Thalib or best known as Munir, one of Indonesia's most
respected and courageous human rights activists, passed away on
September 7, 2004. The suspicion of foul play began when he was
reported to have died on the Garuda Indonesia aircraft flight number
GA-974 taking him to the Netherlands, where he had intended to study
for a master's degree in humanitarian law at Utrecht University on a
scholarship sponsored by the Dutch government. Munir was only 38.
Later the result of the autopsy stating that Munir had died from arsenic
poisoning, seems to have confirmed the suspicion that someone had
intentionally killed Munir. |