Press Release

The ICHRRF is very pleased to welcome Machyar Kumbang as Honorary Director of Outreach to the Fine Arts Community with ICHRRF’s Executive Team. He is a neoclassical artist who was born in Aceh province of Indonesia. He is now a US citizen and lives in Virginia. For his modern, liberal and rational views, he has been ex-communicated by his family of origin and faced persecution and death threats in Indonesia. He has deep interest in promoting arts, sculpture, music, literature, painting and other creative pursuits in life. He will be promoting the message of human rights and religious freedom in the Fine Arts community. He attended our 3rd Annual ICHRRF Conference recently in Lorton, VA. We were extremely privileged to have him deliver the monthly #SpeakingUpSeries lecture on Sectarian Laws and Human Rights on November 2nd, 2025. We hope that his volunteer services will be very valuable not only to the ICHRRF as an organization but also to the cause of human rights for years to come.