The attacks are troubling, but it is good to see Indonesia has human rights groups. I wonder what their religious background is...
Sent from my iPhone On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:03, [email protected] wrote: > > Straits Times / Singapore > July 26, 2010 > > Attacks on churches rising > > JAKARTA - INDONESIAN human rights activists on Monday urged President Susilo > Bambang Yudhoyono to investigate attacks on Christian churches, which they > say have increased in the last two years. > > From January to July, there were 28 cases of religious freedom violations by > 'intolerant groups targeting Christians,' up from 17 for the whole of 2008 > and 18 in 2009, the Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace said in a report. > > Based on reports by churches and the media, the violations - mostly by > radical Muslim groups - include forced closure of churches, revocation and > delays in issuing building permits, and attacks such as torching and damaging > churches, the institute said. > > 'These incidents are a breach of law and human rights. The President and the > government have been very silent on this matter and have not provided enough > protection to citizens,' Setara's deputy chief Bonar Tigor Naipospos told AFP. > > 'The attackers have become bolder as law enforcement is weak. We can't let > the incidents continue as peace in the country will be jeopardised,' he added. > > The attacks, which mostly took place in Jakarta and West Java province, have > made Christians 'scared and anxious', said Parasian Hutasoit, spokesman for > Huria Christian Protestant Batak Church Filadelfia. -- AFP > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
