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Munir Said Thalib (December 8, 1965 Malang, East Java – September 7, 2004), affectionately known...

Munir Said Thalib (December 8, 1965 Malang, East Java – September 7, 2004), affectionately known simply as 'Munir', was one of Indonesia's most famous human rights and anti-corruption activist. The founder of the Kontras human rights organisation and laureate of the 2002 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. His wife Suciwati, later becoming a ferocious human rights activists, pursuing the investigation of Munir's assassination, also active in various human rights issues. He had two children. His last position was Executive Director of IMPARSIAL, another Indonesian Human Rights Watch NGO. Munir was born into a family of Hadhrami Arab and Javanese origins. 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 and faced intimidation, including death threats. He accused the Indonesian military of human rights violations in East Timor and in the troubled provinces of