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)