UPC wins Yap Thiam Hien rights award<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Urban Poor Consortium (UPC), a non-
\ngovernmental organization helping to protect the rights of those
\nvictimized by city administration development programs, is this
\nyear's recipient of the Yap Thiam Hien human rights award.<\/p>\n
\"The consortium, led by Wardah Hafidz, will receive the award
\non Dec. 10, which is International Human Rights Day,\" Todung
\nMulya Lubis, the executive director of the Center for Human
\nRights Studies (Yapusham) and the award organizer, said at a
\nmedia conference on Monday.<\/p>\n
Todung said the panel of jurists had picked UPC from among
\nfive well-deserving nominees, but he did not identify the others.<\/p>\n
A Yapusham executive, however, told The Jakarta Post that the
\nfour other nominees were Sulami, a rights activist of the
\nIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani), allegedly associated with
\nthe outlawed Indonesian Communist Party (PKI); Otto Samsuddin, an
\nAceh-based rights activist; Hendardi, coordinator of the
\nIndonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) and
\nGedong Bagus Oka, a Bali-based rights activist.<\/p>\n
Todung said the award was presented annually in memory of Yap
\nThiam Hien, a noted Indonesian lawyer who dedicated his life to
\nthe struggle for human rights protection in the country. The
\naward was first issued in 1992.<\/p>\n
\"The panel made a unanimous decision to give the award to the
\nconsortium, which has been instrumental in human rights promotion
\nby helping to protect the rights of the poor victimized by city
\ndevelopment programs,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The panel members include the rector of the State Institute of
\nIslamic Studies (IAIN) Azyumardi Azra, University of Indonesia
\n(UI) law professor Mardjono Reksodiputro, Surabaya-based
\nAirlangga University law professor Soetandyo Wignyosoebroto,
\nSemarang-based Diponegoro University law professor Maria S.W.
\nSumardjono and Atma Jaya University sociologist Mely G. Tan, he
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
Last year's recipients were Sarah Lary Mboeik, a rights
\nactivist from East Nusa Tenggara, and Mama Yosefa Alomang, an
\nIrianese tribal rights advocate who refused to attend the award
\nceremony in protest of the government's lack of attention to
\nproblems in Irian Jaya. (01)<\/p>",
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