Seminar Memperingati 10 Tahun Tragedi Kemanusiaan Mei 1998 di Amerika Utara dilakukan di delapan kota utama, yaitu San Francisco, San Leandro, Sacramento, Los Angeles Area, Atlanta, Dallas, Washington DC dan Toronto yang dimulai dari tanggal 10 Mei 2008 hingga 25 Mei 2008. Dengan diprakarsai oleh Media Indonesia, dan berkoalisi dengan organisasi Human Rights di […]
By Gideon Rubin
Staff Writer
Article Created: 05/11/2008 09:15:48 PM PDT
(Source: Inside Bay Area)
SAN LEANDRO
Lilly Lim expected at least a semblance of normalcy when she went to work at a suburban Jakarta shipping company on a spring day 10 years ago.
Lim, then a 28-year-old self-identified Chinese-Indonesian accountant, had her worries the day after six student demonstrators protesting […]
Oleh Mutiara Andalas, S.J.
(Surat Terbuka kepada Paguyuban Korban dan Keluarga Korban Mei 1998)
Tunjukkan dukungan anda dengan memasukkan petisi di sini.
Sahabat,
Mei 2008 tinggal dalam hitungan jari. Sepuluh tahun lalu, langit Indonesia berawan kematian. Indonesia bergenang air mata. Air mataku menutup akhir kisahmu. Aku hendak mengirimkannya ke seluruh penjuru mata angin. Aku mengenang Eten, Iwan, Mumung, Stefanus […]
Ten years after May 1998 tragedy
The Jakarta Post
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Opinion
Jennie S. Bev, San Francisco
This May we are commemorating the 10th anniversary of the May 1998 tragedy, which is better known as the May 1998 riots. This historic incident is an important life-changing milestone in many people’s lives, whoever they are.
I lost […]
Informasi singkat Seminar dan Renungan dalam memperingati 10 Tahun Tragedi Kemanusiaan Mei 1998 di San Francisco Bay Area
Tema Seminar
Menuju Indonesia Baru Tanpa Kekerasan dan Diskriminasi
(dalam rangka memperingati 10 Tahun Tragedi Kemanusiaan Mei 1998)
Pembicara
Drs. Eddie Lembong (Ketua Yayasan Nation Building/NABIL, Indonesia)
[Bio oleh Pusat Data Tempo dan sumber lain.]
Dr. Muhamad Ali (Religious Studies Department, University of […]
Compassionate democracy: Myth or reality?
Previously published by The Jakarta Post
Opinion, Saturday, April 26, 2008
Jennie S. Bev, San Francisco
Democracy in its simplest definition refers to rule by the majority, in which their voice determines decisions. In other words, this definition implies that minorities have very little, or even no voice at all.
While there are […]
This article is dedicated to all victims and survivors of crimes against humanity whoever and wherever they are in the world. We are born as human beings with good balance of mind and heart elements, but for some reasons we have grown apart from our compassionate heart. It’s time to return and ponder upon what […]
Air Mata Kami Belum Kering
Oleh Mutiara Andalas, S.J.
“Ya Allah, anakku ke mana, anakku ke mana, saya ke mana, ke mana perginya anakku? Ia anak laki-lakiku satu-satunya. Ya Allah, anakku ditemukan udah seperti kayak ayam panggang. Anakku, Mis, pulang sudah menjadi mayat. Aku minta pemerintah mengungkap provokator Mei 1998. Ia masih tinggal bersama keluarga kami seandainya […]
Background
“Around 11:30am, I saw several people of a large crowd hijacked a car and forced the passengers to come out of the car. They pulled two women out of the car and stripped them naked. They gang raped them. Those two girls tried to fight while shouting with fear, but failed,” said an eyewitness in […]
Latar Belakang
“Sekitar jam 11.30, saya melihat beberapa orang di antara massa mencegat sebuah mobil dan memaksa penumpang turun, kemudian menarik dua orang gadis keluar. Mereka mulai melucuti pakaian kedua gadis itu dan memperkosanya beramai-ramai. Kedua gadis itu coba melawan sambil menjerit ketakutan, namun sia-sia,” tutur seorang saksi mata di Muara Angke, Jakarta pada tanggal 14 […]
