Kasus munir said thalib biography

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    • Munir Said Thalib

    Indonesian activist (–)

    Munir Said Thalib (8 December &#; 7 September ) was an Indonesian activist. Founder of the Kontras human rights organisation and laureate of the Right Livelihood Award, Munir was assassinated in while travelling to Utrecht University to pursue a master's degree in international law and human rights.[1] He is one of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activists.

    Political activist career

    Munir was born in Batu, East Java into a family of Mixed HadhramiArab and Javanese origins,[2] from Kathiri. He studied law at Brawijaya University in Malang in the province of East Java, and later started off his career in as a legal aid officer in the East Java provincial capital, Surabaya. He became one of Indonesia's leading human rights campaigners[3] and faced intimidation, including death threats. He accused the Indonesian military of human rights violations in East Timor and in the troubled