~~~~~~~Forum Diskusi Software dan Internet untuk Kristen-Katolik~~~~~~~ This is a forwarded message =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= **** PLEASE SIGN THE JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS STATEMENT **** ������� "PROTECT ALL PEOPLE'S LIVES IN MALUKU" Simply go to the website below to add your name to the list of people calling for an end to the bloodshed in the Moluccas (especially Ambon and Halmahera), Indonesia. http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/maluku.htm It only takes a few seconds!� Please forward this appeal to others who you think may care about the lives of those caught up in the violence in Maluku. If you are not aware of the terrible tragedy that is going on in Maluku, following is a short summary of the situation.� If you do not have internet access, please reply to this email with the words SEND STATEMENT in the Subject Line, and we will send you a copy by email. SITUATION IN MALUKU The provinces of Maluku and North Maluku in Indonesia have been the scene of ongoing violence and destruction since January 1999.� In the past 18 months, between 3,000 and 4,000 people have been killed, and over half a million people have been displaced [Human Rights Watch figures].� AHRC has received daily eyewitness accounts of the bloodshed, which include machete and bomb attacks on aged people sheltering in churches, burning of houses with families still living in them, sniper fire continuing throughout the city of Ambon for weeks on end, and the university being burnt down.� Over 100 people were slaughtered in a single day in the village of Duma, with a further 500 people being drowned while trying to escape to a neighbouring island. Fighting has occurred along religious lines, and has been inflamed further by the arrival in Maluku of a 2,000 strong Muslim force known as the Laskar Jihad, intent on carrying out a Holy War against the local Christians.� Christian gangs have also participated in anti-Muslim violence, and the Indonesian security forces have been taking sides and supplying arms to fuel the bloodshed further, instead of carrying out their orders to disarm civilians and stop the fighting.� Civilian fighters are now armed with rifles, automatic weapons, mortars, grenades and even tanks. It seems that the 'religious' violence is being orchestrated by powerful Indonesian figures who stand to gain politically from the destabilisation of Indonesia.� While this cannot be proven at this stage, many analysts agree that those responsible for escalating the conflict must have the backing of wealthy and influential people, otherwise their actions would have been stopped long ago. The Indonesian government has declared a state of civil emergency in the region and rotated the troops accused of taking sides.� However, just last Friday another 22 people were killed, 60 injured and hundreds of buildings burnt in a well-planned attack on the mainly Christian village of Waai, leading the Governor of Maluku to comment "the reality in the field is that the clashes have continued, even with the civil emergency".� The violence shows no sign of abating and there are many signs that it will get much worse.� Meanwhile, aid agencies have had to abandon the region, with no humanitarian corridors to allow them to bring food, water or medical supplies to the thousands of internal refugees. The international community has a responsibility to intervene in this situation, by offering many different forms of assistance to the Indonesian government.� The Joint Human Rights Statement outlines the actions that the United Nations (UN), the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Indonesian government and the Indonesian National Human Rights Commission could reasonably be asked to take to stop the escalating violence and social chaos that has gripped the Moluccan Islands. Please sign the petition by going to the website http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/maluku.htm If you cannot access the internet, please reply to this email with the words SEND STATEMENT in the Subject Line. =========================================================== AHRC Ugent Appeals Programme Asian Human Rights Commission Unit D, 7th Floor, Mongkok Commercial Centre, 16 - 16B Argyle Street, Kowloon, HONGKONG Tel: +(852) - 2698-6339 Fax: +(852) - 2698-6367 E-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Please contact the AHRC Urgent Appeals Coordinator if you require further information or to make requests for further appeals. ___________________________________________________________________ AHRC has an Urgent Appeal Programme which operates around the clock. AHRC issues urgent appeals on behalf of persons or groups of persons whose human rights have been violated. All urgent appeals released by the AHRC since late 1997 can be accessed at our website: http://www.ahrchk.net/appeal/index.html _____________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ Asian Human Rights Commission���| Tel: +(852)-2698-6339�� Unit D,7 Floor,16 Argyle Street,| Fax: +(852)-2698-6367���� Mongkok Commercial Centre,�����| E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]���� Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR���������| Web:www.ahrchk.net __________________________________________________________ Staff and personal e-mail addresses: Basil FERNANDO - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sanjeewa LIYANAGE - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Louise SUN Wai Han - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fanny NG Fung Yee - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> PARK Jae-man - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sinapan SAMYDORAI - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,AHRC Urgent Appeals <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Philip SETUNGA - Religous Group for Human Rights - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CHEW Choo Lin - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Human Rights School <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Grace CHOY King Yan - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kai Shing Wong - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Tim Gill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___________________________________________________________ You are also invited visit Cyberspace Graveyard for Disappeared Persons at www.disappearances.organd Human Rights Correspondence School at: www.hrschool.org(which is presently under construction). <!--- end of forwarded message ---!> -- With His Love, wie ... 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