Jadi keadilan itu harus selektif? ----- Original Message ----- From: "ANDREAS MIHARDJA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 12:57 AM Subject: Re: [ppiindia] Liberian Seized to Stand Trial on War Crimes [update]
> Suharto memang melanggar HAM = begitupun Pinochet dan juga Mao atau Chiang > dari China. Penghukuman mereka semua tergantung dari rakyat. Rakyat > Chili - ini termasuk pem. sekarang tidak bersedia menghukum dia - tetapi > oleh karena desakan international yah proforma mereka diadili. Rakyat > China semua tahu betapa kejamnnya Mao dan Chiang tetapi mereka tidak > mungkin akan dihukum. Saya kira Suharto juga sama. Menghukum Presiden > sampai sekarang masih dianggap memalukan negara. [Suatu negara besar > diperintah seorang despote] Saya atau kel. saya termasuk yg dirugikan oleh > Suharto - saya kira menghukum dia -- is not in the interest of the nation. > Jangan lupa kalau sekarang dia dihukum - nanti banyak presiden2 yad dpt > dihukum oleh karena melanggar sesuatu dan yg mungkin nothing. > Kita tidak boleh bikin permulaannya. Presiden Marcos juga sama dan juga > korrup - selain dia hidup dlm ecile dia tidak dihukum, meskipun rakyat > memang menjerit. Jikalau asa genocide pembunuhan suatu suku seperti di > Serbia Montenegro nah ini UN yg menghukum bukan rakyat sendiri. > Andreas > > Ambon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > REFLEKSI: Perbedaan antara Pak Harto dengan mereka yang dituntut ialah > Pak Harto dilindungi oleh maha kuasa makanya bisa bebas dari tuntutan > hukum. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/30/international/africa/30liberia.html?_r=1&oref=slogin > > > > Liberian Seized to Stand Trial on War Crimes > By LYDIA POLGREEN > Published: March 30, 2006 > > FREETOWN, Sierra Leone, March 29 - Charles G. Taylor, the warlord who > became Liberia's president, was captured Wednesday after a dramatic 24 > hours in which he disappeared from the villa in Nigeria where he had lived > in exile and then was recognized at a remote outpost as he tried to leave > the country. > > > Michael Kamber for The New York Times > Charles Taylor, on steps, ex-president of Liberia, arriving Wednesday in > Sierra Leone after being caught in Nigeria while fleeing war crimes > charges. > > > > Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria > Video Report > Enlarge This Image > > European Pressphoto Agency > Charles G. Taylor as he was led off a Nigerian plane yesterday in > Monrovia, Liberia, his first stop en route to a jail cell in Sierra Leone. > > He was brought here to face war crimes charges for his role in a brutal > decade-long civil war in Sierra Leone, one of a series of conflagrations > that he set off, killing at least 300,000 people. He is the first African > head of state to face such charges in an international court. > > Mr. Taylor's arrival by helicopter under extraordinary security capped a > saga that began nearly three years ago, when he fled his nation in the > face of a rebel onslaught. He was captured Wednesday morning after a > customs official recognized him as he tried to escape into Cameroon. > > He arrived unshaven and dressed in a white tunic covered by a bullet-proof > vest, tan pants and slip-on shoes. His appearance was in stark contrast to > his dapper look in his last public appearance, in 2003, when he went into > exile after a 14-year civil war that killed a quarter million of his > countrymen, defiantly declaring, "God willing, I will be back." > > He did return to Liberia, briefly, on Wednesday, but only to be handed > over to United Nations troops who promptly flew him here, where he was > read the indictment from a United Nations-backed court dealing with war > crimes in Sierra Leone - 11 counts of crimes against humanity - then > jailed. > > Desmond de Silva, the prosecutor who will try the case, said Mr. Taylor's > arrival "sends out the clear message that no matter how rich, powerful or > feared people may be, the law is above them." > > The trial is sure to resonate on a continent where dictators have ruled > with ruthless impunity. From Idi Amin, the soldier whose murderous rule in > Uganda gave way to comfortable exile in Saudi Arabia, to Haile Mengistu > Mariam, whose 14-year Communist rule in Ethiopia brought political purges > that killed more than a million people but who is now living quietly in > Zimbabwe, African leaders who brutalize their citizens have faced few > consequences. > > "The current perpetrators of serious human rights crimes should be put on > notice that international courts take the crimes they commit very, very > seriously," said Corinne Dufka of Human Rights Watch. > > Mr. Taylor's arrival here was a dramatic turn in the already complicated > saga of the effort to bring him to justice after he ignited a series of > civil wars in the 1990's that engulfed much of West Africa. > > In the early 1980's, Mr. Taylor was a senior government procurement > officer in Liberia. Charged in 1983 with embezzling nearly $1 million, he > fled. He was arrested in Massachusetts in 1984, then escaped from jail in > 1985. He resurfaced in Liberia in 1989 as a Libyan-trained warlord, > leading a rebel force. He was elected president in 1997, in a vote > overshadowed by fears of what might happen if he lost. > > A warrant for his arrest was issued in March 2003. But as part of an > agreement to remove him from power and halt a bloodbath in Liberia, > Nigeria offered him asylum and refused to hand him over to the court in > Sierra Leone, where he was accused of fomenting a civil war. > > Though under intense pressure by the United States to arrest him, > President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria had insisted he would hand over Mr. > Taylor only to an elected Liberian government. Earlier this month, Ellen > Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia's new president, herself facing pressure from the > United States, made the request, and Mr. Obasanjo agreed. > > But Nigeria insisted that it was Liberia's responsibility to go and arrest > him, with Mr. Obasanjo's spokeswoman declaring that Mr. Taylor was "not a > prisoner," which seemed almost to taunt Mr. Taylor into trying to escape > from his lightly guarded compound in Calabar. > > Late Monday night the Nigerian government said he had vanished. He was > found more than 600 miles north, in an ash-colored Land Rover with a large > quantity of dollars, in the company of a woman and a driver, Haz Iwendi, a > spokesman for the National Police, said by telephone. > > A customs official spotted Mr. Taylor, whose vehicle had diplomatic > license plates, early Wednesday morning in the border town of Ngala, Mr. > Iwendi said. > > The escape was an acute embarrassment for Mr. Obasanjo, who arrived > Tuesday in Washington for a visit to the White House to discuss security > in the volatile Niger Delta, where attacks by militants on oil facilities > and kidnappings have slashed output. Nigeria is the United States' > fifth-largest supplier of oil. > > Skip to next paragraph > > Pool photo by Brendan Smialowski > President Bush met with the President of Nigeria, Olesegun Obasanjo, today > in the Oval Office. > > > > Video Report > > Nic Bothma/EPA > Charles G. Taylor, the former president of Liberia, had disappeared > Monday. > > Outraged American lawmakers called on President Bush to cancel his meeting > with Mr. Obasanjo, with whom Mr. Bush has had a warm relationship, based > in part on their shared Christian faith and bolstered by Mr. Obasanjo's > role as a regional problem solver. > > But internal problems have eroded the Nigerian's status. Militants in the > Niger Delta, sectarian violence that killed more than 100 people last > month and a political crisis stemming from plans to try to extend his rule > to a third term have roiled Nigeria. > > Mr. Bush met with him on Wednesday, and at a joint news conference, hailed > the arrest of Mr. Taylor. "The fact that Charles Taylor will be brought to > justice in a court of law will help Liberia," Mr. Bush said, "and is a > signal, Mr. President, of your deep desire for there to be peace in your > neighborhood." > > Mr. Taylor was flown on a Nigerian government jet from Borno State, in > northeastern Nigeria, where he was captured, to Monrovia, Liberia's > capital. There he was handed over to Liberian officials, who promptly > turned him over to United Nations peacekeepers, who arrested him. After a > brief medical checkup, he boarded a helicopter for Sierra Leone. > > The reaction to Mr. Taylor's arrival here was muted and fearful. > > J. B. Jenkins-Johnson, a human rights lawyer in Freetown, worried that Mr. > Taylor's arrival would cause unrest in a country still reeling from the > long civil war. "Let them not bring that man here," Mr. Jenkins-Johnson > said. "This man will bring us nothing but problems." > > Indeed, many Sierra Leoneans wonder if the court's work will do much to > help them improve their lives. "The Taylor case doesn't have a lot of > resonance," said Olu Gordon, a political analyst and journalist in > Freetown. "It is abstract, while the problems they face are concrete: what > to feed their children, how to pay for school, and so on." > > The loudest calls for Mr. Taylor's arrest came not from his victims but > from the United States, which has backed the international court here > financially and diplomatically. > > Ms. Johnson Sirleaf, the Liberian leader, had been hesitant to act on Mr. > Taylor, saying that the peace in Liberia was still fragile and that any > action could stir up his allies, several of whom hold seats in Liberia's > new legislature. Several of his commanders remain in Liberia, and news of > Mr. Taylor's arrest caused immediate fears of a coup attempt. > > But removing him from the scene could also help stabilize the region, said > Mike McGovern, an analyst for the International Crisis Group, by > demoralizing Mr. Taylor's supporters. > > "The arrest closes an ugly chapter in Liberian history and gives people > the confidence to look to the future," Mr. McGovern said in an interview > in Monrovia. "A lot of people are still sitting on the fence. Once they > have a clear idea of where Taylor is and what's likely to happen to him, > they're likely to really turn their backs on that period and move > forward." > > In Liberia, human rights advocates exulted in the news. "This is a great > day," said Jerome J. Verdier Sr., head of the country's Truth and > Reconciliation Commission. "It's a fundamental triumph for the rule of law > both in Liberia and the sub-region." > > < > Katharine Houreld contributed reporting from Monrovia for this article, > and Steven R. Weisman from Washington. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > *************************************************************************** > Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia > yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia > *************************************************************************** > __________________________________________________________________________ > Mohon Perhatian: > > 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) > 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. > 3. Reading only, http://dear.to/ppi > 4. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 5. 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