Munir said thalib biography of albert

Indonesian activist (1965–2004)

Munir Said Thalib (8 December 1965 – 7 September 2004) was an Indonesian activist.

Munir said thalib biography of albert

Founder of the Kontras human rights organisation and laureate of the 2000 Right Livelihood Award, Munir was assassinated in 2004 while travelling to Utrecht University to pursue a master's degree in international law and human rights.^[1] He is one of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activists.

Political activist career

Munir was born in Batu, East Java into a family of Mixed HadhramiArab and Javanese origins,^[2] from Kathiri. He studied law at Brawijaya University in Malang in the province of East Java, and later started off his career in 1989 as a legal aid officer in the East Java provincial capital, Surabaya.

He became one of Indonesia's leading human rights campaigners^[3] and faced intimidation, including death threats. He accused the Indonesian military of human rights violatio