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The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) launched the Asia Alliance Against Torture website which is an alliance of civil society organizations throughout Asia to advocate and campaign against torture. The launch of this website validates the work of the alliance against torture. This website is created in order to consolidate human rights movement against violence and to ensure a fair and honest legal movement and able to intervene the issue in other Asian countries.

“The website aims to consolidate the human rights movement against violence, ensure a fair and honest legal movement - and later intervenethe issue at a number of countries, or a number of rulers who allow torture to occur,” Director of Lokataru Law and Human Rights, HarisAzhar, said on a press conference after the launching of the Asia Alliance Against Torture (AAA) website at BakoelKoffieCikini, Central Jakarta, Tuesday, April 24^th.

Haris also added that the website is a manifestation of growing awareness that thenumber of violent practices in various countries in Asia is increasing. This website was the result of a meeting of KontraS and several human rights organizations in Asian countries several years ago which tried to reduce violence in Asia. (VOI/Egi/trans by Rezha/DP)

In commemorating Disaster Preparedness Day on April 26, the National Disaster Management Agency-BNPB conducts various activities. Head of BNPB, Willem Rampangilei explained, Disaster Preparedness Day is commemorated because Indonesia is one of disaster-prone countries. In a disaster evacuation rehearsal held at BNPB building, Tuesday, April 24, he said, 215 million people live in earthquake, flood, tsunami, volcano eruption and landslide prone areas. The number of catastrophic has increased from year to year. He noted there were 2,772 disasters in 2017. He also said that disaster and disaster management is a complex and multidimensional problem, then there must be collaboration between society, government and business world. He stressed the importance of community participation in disaster management. In managing disaster, BNPB is always based on the community.

“Disaster management efforts should be community-based. Well this is what we do. We should be able to build community participation. One, we always give socialization about the understanding that our country is prone to disaster, then he must understand the hazard around him, after he understands it when receiving an early warning how to respond,” said Willem Rampangilei.

Willem further explained, the community-based disaster response must be a national movement. On Monday, April 24, BNPB conducts a series of activities to commemorate Disaster Preparedness Day as an effort to build awareness and community participation in disaster management. Willem said, one could survive from disaster 34% because of individual capacity, 32% of families and 28% because of the people around him. Therefore, the society plays the most important role in disaster management. (VOI/SEKAR/DP)

The population of Sumatran tigers (Panthera tigris sumatrae) reaches 400 across Sumatran forests, according to the Environmental Affairs and Forestry Ministry. Sumatran tigers could be found in Ulu Masen National Park, Kerumutan sanctuary, Rimbang Baling, Bukit Tiga Puluh, and up to Lampung, Wiratno, director general for Natural Resources and Ecosystem Conservation Affairs of the ministry said in Pekanbaru, Riau Province, recently. 

He called for protection of the tiger habitats and food cycles in their habitats on Sumatra Island.

"There is a drastic change of forest function in Sumatra," he stated.

Panthera tigris sumatrae, one of the six remaining tiger species in the world, is currently in the brink of extinction due to conversion of Sumatran forests, he remarked.

In Riau Province, some 190 Sumatran tigers exist, or one third of the total tiger population on Sumatra Island. The tiger habitat in Riau is located in Kerumutan forest sanctuary, which was also the habitat of Bonita. ( antara ) 

Bonita, four years old tigress, which had roamed around in human settlements and plantations since January 2018, had killed one woman and one man.  On April 20, Bonita was capture alive, after being shot twice with tranquilizer, Riau Natural Resources Conservation Agency head Suharyono said in the provincial capital of Pekanbaru on Saturday. Bonita is currently being kept in an animal rehabilitation center owned by Arsari Djojohadikusumo Foundation, for observation.

The city of Surakarta or Solo, Central Java, hosts the international chess tournament JAPFA Grand Master (GM) and Woman Grand Master Chess (WGM) 2018 on 25 April to 1 May.

"This is the first international chess tournament in Solo since Ibu Tien Cup in 1982," said General Chairman of the All Indonesia Chess Entity Association (PB Percasi) GM Utut Adianto at the press conference of the chess tournament in Jakarta on Monday, April 23, 2018 . "After 36 years, now we are going there again to hold an international tournament," Utut said.

 
For the tournament in Surakarta which is also known by the name of the city of Solo, Utut said, only the outstanding achievers are included to encourage national chess players. 

Rahmat Indrajaya, Corporate Affairs Director of PT Japfa Comfeed Indonesia Tbk (Japfa), as the sponsor of the event, continues to commit to support the achievement of national chess players.

"We support the achievement of the young chess players' ratings, and this tournament must be present again in Indonesia," he said.

Here are the names of foreign and national players who will participate in the Japfa tournament in Solo.

Son: GM Jayson Gonzales (Philippines), GM Nguyen Anh Dung (Vietnam), GM Ma Qun (China), GM East Garayev (United States), IM Kevin Goh Wi Ming (Singapore), GM Anton Demchenko (Russia), GM Susanto Megaranto (Indonesia), FM Novendra Priasmoro (Indonesia), IM Sean Winshand Cuhendi (Indonesia), IM Muhammad Lutfi Ali (Indonesia), EGM Medina Warda Aulia (Indonesia), and FM Yoseph Theoligus Taher (Indonesia)

(WIM) Safina (Wim), WIMM Wijaya Blagojevic (Serbia), WIM Mila Zarkovic (Serbia), WIM Dewi AA Citra (WIM) Indonesia), WFM Umi Fisabilillah (Indonesia), and WIM Chelsie Monica Sihite (Indonesia). ( tempo )