Maria C. Sumarsih wins Yap Thiam Hien Award<\/p>\n
Joining a select group of lauded Indonesian human rights
\nactivists, Maria Catarina Sumarsih received on Friday the 2004
\nYap Thiam Hien Award for her consistent and courageous fight
\nover the past six years in seeking justice for victims of human
\nrights abuses.<\/p>\n
Sumarsih, who works at the House of Representatives
\nSecretariat, said she dedicated the award to her son, who was one
\nof the 17 people killed in the 1998 shooting spree against
\nstudents during a massive demonstration in the Semanggi area of
\nJakarta, and vowed to continue her fight to defend human rights
\n\"as long as her time and life allow to\".<\/p>\n
Her son, Bernardinus Realino Norma Irawan, was one of student
\ndemonstrators who were shot dead during a Semanggi incident.<\/p>\n
\"I may not have all the knowledge or great skills, but I do
\nknow that united victims are invincible,\" she told an applauding
\naudience. -- JP<\/p>",
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