Marsinah was a worker activist at an Indonesian company, PT Catur Putra Surya in Porong, East Java

East Java

East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and islands to its east and to its north East Java is a province of Indonesia. It is located on the eastern part of the island of Java and includes neighboring Madura and...

 province, whose rape and murder drew international attention to the practices of the Suharto dictatorship

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and the suppression of workers. Marsinah was serving as a negotiator for 500 workers striking over supplemental payments for food and transportation. On May 4 she was kidnapped following a demonstration, her body found four days later. Those responsible have never been brought to justice.

External links

• Megawati Reopens Marsinah Case Workers Online, 19 April 2002, Accessed 13 May 2009.
• The Limits of Openness: Human Rights in Indonesia and East Timor Human Rights Watch, September 1994.

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