Clients in Jakarta

Suciwati

: Suciwati signs the accompaniment contract with PBI. Photo: PBI

Suciwati, is the widow of Munir Said Thalib. Munir, one of the country's leading human rights campaigners poisoned on a Garuda Airlines flight in 2004. Since Munir’s murder, Suciwati has spearheaded the relentless pursuit for the resolution of this case. Human rights groups and independent observers believe that behind the poisoning lies complex links to the Indonesian intelligence agency, BIN. Despite receiving anonymous threats and pressure to cease, Suciwati and Komite Aksi Solidaritas Untuk Munir (KASUM), Action Committee in Solidarity for Munir, continue their struggle for justice.

After three years the investigation finally seems to be moving towards uncovering the persons who planned the murder. In the beginning of 2008 the Supreme Court convicted former Garuda employee Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto and the former head of Garuda Indra Setiawan for involvement in the murder. In June 2008, the police detained former state intelligence agency (BIN) deputy chief Muchdi Purwopranjono. Suciwati stated publicly that Muchdi was just the executor and demanded that the police also arrest his boss, Hendropriyono, who she believes to be the mastermind behind the assassination.
In May 2008 Suciwati traveled to the UK and Germany to meet a number of parliamentarians to advocate for the international community to continue pressuring the Indonesian government to bring the case to resolution. She also participated in the Conference on 10 years of Security Reform in Indonesia organized by Watch Indonesia

PBHI

: Torture victim and PBHI member Matias Heluka being blocked by Indonesian police from entering Makassar Court to testify in 2006.

Perhimpunan Bantuan dan Hak Asasi Manusia Indonesia, Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association

The Jakarta-based organization PBHI has been working for the promotion and protection of human rights since November 1996. PBHI's activities include providing legal assistance to and advocacy for victims of human rights violations and building up local capacities for legal awareness and representation through workshops, internships, and short-term courses. In recent years, Papua has become one of PBHI's focuses and many Papuans have enlisted as volunteers. The organization has been a prime actor in the investigations and defence of many human rights cases. Recently, PBHI lawyers defended the accused of the 16 March Abepura trial in Papua and the Timika Mile 62 trial, which took place in Jakarta. PBHI's lawyer Maya Lauren, as well as a PBHI volunteer Herman Sewaki traveled to Europe in November to discuss human rights issues and raise awareness of the plight of many Papuans.

WALHI

(Wahana Linkungan Hidup Indonesia, Friends of the Earth Indonesia)

The largest forum of non-governmental, community-based, and environmentally aware organizations in Indonesia, WALHI, is represented in 26 provinces and has over 436 member organizations as of the end of 2006. WALHI works towards social transformation, peoples' sovereignty, and the sustainability of the environment, life, and livelihoods. WALHI works to defend Indonesia's natural world and local communities from injustice carried out in the name of economic development. As a result, WALHI members have recently come under threat in areas where they are teaming up with small communities and indigenous populations to struggle against perpetrators of environmental exploitation and injustice.