Munir Said Thalib

Munir Said Thalib (December 8 , 1965 – September 7 , 2004 ) known simply by his first name Munir is Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activist. The founder of the Kontras human rights organisation and laureate of the Right Livelihood Award , Munir was poisoned with arsenic in 2004 on a Garuda Indonesia airline flight from Jakarta to Amsterdam while travelling to Utrecht University to pursue a doctorate in international law and human rights.

Sourced

• "Human rights in the sense of human solidarity has created a new universal and equal language going beyond racial, gender, ethnic or religious boundaries. That is why we consider it a doorway to dialogue for people of all socio-cultural groups and all ideologies."
  • Source: Right Livelihood Award [1]

External links

• Munir - Right Livelihood Award laureate (2000)
• Who Killed Munir?