Groups Urge Any New Government of Indonesia to Pursue Justice and Respect Rights

Read the Statement to the next government of Indonesia on human rights

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Groups Urge Any New Government of Indonesia to Pursue Justice and Respect Rights

June 30, 2014 - In a statement released today human rights groups urged the next government of Indonesia "to break with the past [and] fully and meaningfully address the legacy of impunity for past human rights violations," adding that "the continued lack of accountability for past and ongoing violations of human rights threatens lasting progress."

The statement, coordinated by the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) and signed by 32 organizations based in a dozen countries, urged the Indonesia government to “provide meaningful reparations for the victims, survivors and their families of egregious human rights crimes.” It also called on the next government to bring the military “fully under civilian control and the rule of law.”

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Indonesia’s Militarized Democracy: Candidates bring proven records of violating human rights

New from ETAN.

ELECTION BACKGROUNDER

Indonesia’s Militarized Democracy: Candidates bring proven records of violating human rights

Contents

• Prabowo Subianto
• Wiranto
• Djoko Santoso
• Pramowo Edhie Wibowo
• Endriartono Sutarto
• Djoko Suyanto
• Dino Patti Djalal
• Sutiyoso

Although Indonesia has made strides toward consolidating its democracy, some of its leading presidential and vice-presidential candidates continue to have deeply troubling backgrounds of gross human rights violations. This report provides a brief background on Indonesian democratization and examines some of the contenders for the nation’s highest political offices.

Read the backgrounder here: http://etan.org/news/2014/3candidates.htm

Prabowo with Kopassus troops

Wiranto