---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Tommy Pollak <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 9:54 PM Subject: Fwd: [etan-key] ETAN condemns attack on Jakarta human rights gathering To: Gabriel Jonsson <[email protected]>, Hendrik Amahorseja < [email protected]>
-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [etan-key] ETAN condemns attack on Jakarta human rights gathering Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2017 13:06:43 -0400 From: ETAN <[email protected]> Reply-To: ETAN <[email protected]> To: [email protected], [email protected] *ETAN condemns attack on Jakarta human rights gathering *For more information contact: John M. Miller, +1-917-690-4391; [email protected] Sept. 18, 2017 - The East Timor and Indonesia /Action /Network (ETAN) strongly condemns the recent attacks against the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) headquarters in Jakarta. "ETAN is shocked and saddened to see such brazen attacks against a peaceful gathering of civil society in Indonesia's capital," said John M. Miller, National Coordinator of ETAN. "We join others in Indonesia and around the world in calling on the Indonesian government to prosecute those responsible for the violence and take immediate steps to end the thuggish threats against Indonesian civil society." "The events over the past weekend are a leap backwards in Indonesia's transition from military dictatorship to democracy," said ETAN's National Coordinator John M. Miller. "The hardline groups of today are alarmingly similar to the paramilitaries of the New Order regime. Indonesia must learn from the past and ensure that this time these groups do not enjoy any impunity." "Freedom of speech and assembly are central to democracy," added Miller. "Indonesia needs more, not less, discussion of past human rights violations from 1965 on. Furthermore, the victims of those crimes need justice." *Background *Hundreds of self-proclaimed anti-communists began demonstrating at the LBH building on**Saturday, September 16, against a planned discussion between survivors of the 1965-1967 massacres and their allies. Fueled by an online smear campaign, suspected members of hardline groups gathered outside the office and claimed those inside were members of the long-defunct Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). After police cancelled the planned discussion, LBH-Jakarta responded by quickly organizing a cultural event on Sunday, September 17 titled "Asik Asik Aksi: Darurat Demokrasi" [Fun and Action: Democratic Emergency]. After a few hours of music and poetry, the participants found they were unable to safely leave the building as it had been surrounded by an increasingly angry mob. Despite a heavy police and military presence, the mob terrorized those trapped inside for hours, chanting anti-communist slogans, death threats, and throwing rocks and bottles. After midnight the police began using tear gas against the protesters, and in the early hours of September 18 those inside the LBH building were finally able to leave. In contrast to the increasingly heavy-handed approach towards peaceful protests organized by Papuan independence supporters, reports on social media indicate state security forces showed reluctance to confront the so-called anti-communist protesters. Although hundreds are regularly detained in Jakarta and Jayapura when peacefully protesting human rights violations in Papua, only five people were arrested on suspicion of provoking the violence. The LBH building in Cikini houses two of Indonesia's most prominent civil society organizations, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (Y-LBHI) and the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta), which engage in human rights legal advocacy and provide legal support for poor and marginalized groups. The building is centrally located and its facilities are often shared with other civil society organizations. see this online here: http://etan.org/news/2017/09lbhattack.htm etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan ETAN welcomes your financial support. For more info: http://etan.org/etan/donate.htm John M. Miller, National Coordinator East Timor & Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) PO Box 1663, New York, NY 10035-1663 USA Phone: +1-917-690-4391 Email: [email protected] Skype: john.m.miller Twitter/Instagram: @etan009 Web: http://etan.org <http://etan.org/>2012 Recipient of the Ordem de Timor-Leste (Order of Timor-Leste) Subscribe to ETAN's email listservs: https://fs20.formsite.com/jmm555/form2/index.html <https://fs20.formsite.com/jmm555/form2/index.html> -- Östtimorkommittén Tommy Pollák Kassör och info Wiboms v 12, 2 tr Tel 073 396 4591 171 60 SOLNA -- Anda menerima pesan ini karena Anda berlangganan grup "GELORA45" dari Google Grup. Untuk berhenti berlangganan dan berhenti menerima email dari grup ini, kirim email ke [email protected]. Untuk melihat diskusi ini di web, kunjungi https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gelora1945/CAGjSX2B0HtZ9icRAa1MPffE7A7KnpoRNJUr0A2uayvxsAHOW0g%40mail.gmail.com.
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