Ah, untung masih ada aktivis Hak-Hak Azasi Manusia
yang angkat bicara.
---
December 22, 2007
Activists blame govt for Ahmadiyah sect attacks
National News - Saturday, December 22, 2007
Nana Rukmana, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta, Kuningan
Rights activists agreed Friday the government was
directly and indirectly responsible for Tuesday's
violent attacks against followers of the Ahmadiyah
sect in Kuningan, West Java.
Chairman of Setara Institute Hendardi said the
government must understand one of its main tasks, as
per the 1945 Constitution, was to protect followers of
every religious belief.
Rights activists said the government was directly
responsible because of its inability to protect
believers of various faiths in Indonesia.
They said the government was also indirectly at fault
because it had allowed such attacks to occur
repeatedly.
The Ahmadiyah worship complex in Kuningan was attacked
by a group of people on Tuesday, leaving four injured.
The attack followed a rally protesting the sect's
beliefs and demanding the total closure of the
complex.
Hendardi said, "The existence of overlapping and
conflicting regulations should not have become a
reason for the government to neglect their
responsibility toward promoting, protecting and
fulfilling a person's right to choose a personal
belief".
In Kuningan, the regental administration had yet to
reopen the sealed Ahmadiyah worship complex, despite
calls from Vice President Jusuf Kalla on Thursday for
the seal to be removed.
But head of Kuningan legal agency, Jatnika, said the
administration had not received an order to reopen the
worship complex.
"I've heard about Kalla's plea for no more violence,
but none on the seal," Jatnika said Friday.
"We will still seal the worship complex until there is
a firm order from the central government."
Syaiful Anam from Human Rights Watch group said the
government had to held accountable.
Anam said the police could also be categorized as
having violated human rights because they had
tolerated the attacks.
"I have seen the police let this kind of religious
violence happen repeatedly," Anam said.
"What recently happened to the Ahmadiyah community in
Kuningan has happened in other places, around two
years ago.
"However, the police have never held anyone
responsible for the violence and no-one has been
brought to court."
However the National Commission on Human Rights has
also been criticized.
Some have said the commission has failed to act on
reports filed by religious groups relating to mounting
recent threats against them.
Rights commissioner Syafruddin Ngulma Simeulue did not
deny said criticisms.
"However, I need to inform people that one of the
biggest difficulties the commission is facing is that
the spirit of promoting human rights has not been
instilled by the government in all of its offices,"
Syafruddin told the Post.
He said the commission planned to meet with the
National Police Chief in January.
"We want to emphasize to the police their role is
seriously needed in protecting all Indonesians,
regardless of their religions," Syafruddin said.
National Police spokesman Insp. Gen. Sisno Adiwinoto
said because some violent acts had occurred, the
police would conduct an investigation and would use
the law to see those responsible brought to court.
(uwi)
---------------
Jusfiq Hadjar gelar Sutan Maradjo Lelo
Allah yang disembah orang Islam tipikal dan yang digambarkan oleh al-Mushaf itu
dungu, buas, kejam, keji, ganas, zalim lagi biadab hanyalah Allah fiktif.
__________________________________________________________
Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com
Post message: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Unsubscribe : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
List owner : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
