Protests mark Rights Day

Protests mark Rights Day

YOGYAKARTA: Hundreds of students staged separate
demonstrations at campuses here yesterday to mark International
Human Rights Day.

About 200 students of the National Islamic Institute held an
open forum, allowing student leaders take turns in expressing
their views on the subject of human rights, while their
colleagues held up banners denouncing the military's intervention
in campus affairs.

At Atmajaya University, the student protesters denounced
government economic policies which, they said, have allowed large
conglomerates to prosper at the expense of workers. The students
also denounced the government's media censorship.

At the Indonesian Islamic University, students protested
against human rights violations in the country. (02/rms)