Background
Sari, Dita was born in 1972 in Medan, Indonesia.
Sari, Dita was born in 1972 in Medan, Indonesia.
Attended, University Indonesia.
As a human rights campaigner during the Suharto regime, she was sentenced to five years imprisonment in 1996 on the charge of sedition. During her imprisonment, she was named a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. She was awarded the 2001 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Emergent Leadership.
In 2002 she refused a $50,000 human rights award from Reebok as a form of protest for what she considers is the company"s poor record on the issue of workers rights.
Politically she is the leader of the Party of the Democratic Revolution, a socialist party within the broader Papernas alliance.
After her release in 1999 she was elected Chairperson by the Congress of the National Front for Indonesian Workers Struggle (FNPBI).