TheJakartaPost
Please Update your browser
Your browser is out of date, and may not be compatible with our website. A list of the most popular web browsers can be found below.
Just click on the icons to get to the download page.
Films screenings held in 23 cities in honor of Munir
Change Size
Suciwati, the wife of the late human rights campaigner Munir Said Thalib, shows off a street sign honoring her husband, in Jakarta in April 2015. The Dutch government officially named a street after Munir on April 14. (Antara/Reno Esnir)
T
he House of Munir museum, or Omah Munir, and Sahabat Munir (Friends of Munir) activists will commemorate the 12-year anniversary of the death of the slain human rights campaigner with a series of movie screenings this week.
This year’s theme, according to Omah Munir volunteer Ucu Agustin, is "A Night to Pay Attention to Munir".
The screenings will be held from Sept. 4 to 11 in 23 cities, including Jakarta, Bandung, Medan, Surabaya, Bali, Makassar and Jayapura. The peak will be on Sept. 7, the day Munir Said Thalib, the founder of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) died after being poisoned aboard an airplane from Indonesia to Amsterdam in 2004.
"We must remember that Munir's case is not settled yet," Ucu said on Sunday, as quoted by tempo.co.
The movies to be shown were about Munir and social injustice, as the screenings aimed to draw society’s attention to Munir's unresolved case.
The movies include Bunga Dibakar (Burned Flowers) by Ratrikala Bhre Aditya and Garuda's Deadly Upgrade by Lexy Rambadeta and David O'shea, both documentaries on Munir's murder, as well as Tuti Koto: A Brave Woman by Riri Riza, His Story by Steve Pillar Setiabudi, Kiri Hijau Kanan Merah (Left Green, Right Red) by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cerita tentang Cak Munir (A Story on Cak Munir) by Hariwi.
Activists would also hold their weekly silent protest in front of the State Palace as part of efforts to commemorate the activist’s death on Sept. 8, as every Thursday (rin)
