Features

March 2009

Photo Gallery | Indonesian Victims' Congress

All photos by Poriaman Sitanggang.

As part of an "Action of Tears," a victim stands in front of protest art that demands the full investigation of a 1984 massacre of demonstrators in Tanjung Priok.

 

Congress participants who are members of the suppressed Islamic sect Ahmadiyah view one of the displays in the memorialization gallery.

In Groups, participants discussed such issues as past human rights violations, environmental issues and women's political role in the human rights movement.

Olga da Silva Amaral, a victim of sexual slavery by Indonesian occupying forces in East Timor in 1982, gives her testimony during an outdoor evening session.

Congress participants who joined a victim's silent vigil that is held weekly in front of the Presidential palace negotiate with police.

Police accompany silent protesters.

Congress participants join the 104th weekly victims' vigil with the National Monument in the background.

Theys Eleay, an indigenous leader of Papua who was killed in 2001, is part of the video gallery of victims that forms a backdrop during the welcome address.

Participants celebrate the opening of the Victims' Congress.

The Tari Saman Acehnese dance troupe performs at the opening ceremony.

A father holds up the T-shirt of his son, a political activist who was kidnapped during a wave of disappearances in 1997-1998.