Former Gen. Prabowo - serial human rights violator - is a leading candidate in Indonesia's Presidential election this coming February.
Read what ETAN and ANTI have to say about his abysmal human rights record.
ANTI: We strongly oppose impunity: We strongly oppose Prabowo Subianto that has been accused of serious crimes returning to power
"The facts show that during the Suharto regime Prabowo Subianto was involved in a series of serious crimes and human rights violations in Timor-Leste such as the massacre that occurred in 1983 in Viqueque which is known as the Kraras incident with 200 victims losing their lives. This town was known as the “town of widows” because many of the husbands of the victims were massacred in this bloody incident."
"Former U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Robert Gelbard described Prabowo as 'somebody who is perhaps the greatest violator of human rights in contemporary times among the Indonesian military. His deeds in the late 1990s before democracy took hold, were shocking, even by TNI standards.'"
"Do I have the guts," Prabowo asked, "am I ready to be called a fascist dictator?" By Allan Nairn
Indonesia needs, Prabowo said, "a benign authoritarian regime." He said the many ethnicities and religions precluded democracy.!"... "Do I have the guts," Prabowo asked, "am I ready to be called a fascist dictator?" "[Pakistan's General Pervez] Musharraf had the guts, " Prabowo said.
