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Dear friends in Indonesia, I want to support your campaign, and am forwarding your message to some other mailing lists and to some Usenet newsgroups. I'm also a member of two organizations here in Sweden which you can probably count on for support: Folket i Bild / Kulturfront (Sweden) http://fib.se/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Clarté (Sweden) www.clarte.nu [EMAIL PROTECTED] These will get this message too. Rolf M. Malmö, Sweden >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 17:24:56 +0300 >Subject: Indonesia. Appeal for Solidarity. > > > >From: Djimadoum LEY-NGARDIGAL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Organization: ACTUS >Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2002 12:31:43 +0200 > >Subject: Appeal for Solidarity > > > Date: > Wed, 03 Jul 2002 16:05:42 +0700 > De: > patria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > A: > [EMAIL PROTECTED], .... >APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY FROM INDONESIAN EX-POLITICAL PRISONERS > > Jakarta 1 July 2002 > >Dear friends, > >This letter is a world-wide campaign for international solidarity from >tens >of millions of Indonesian ex-political prisoners and their families in >their >difficult struggle to restore their civil rights and to defend their >human >dignity. Because of the extremely inhuman treatment suffered by them, we > >draw your attention to the following aspects : > > >THE PAST SITUATION > >During the Suharto military regime (which lasted over 30 years), >massacres, >arbitrary detentions, kidnappings and so forth, were commonplace >throughout >Indonesia. The worst period was 1965-1966 when about 3 millions people >were >killed, and about 1,8 million people arbitrarily detained without >judicial >trials, in prisons and detention camps controlled by the military, or by > >police units. > >Thanks to the pressure of international public opinion most of the >political >prisoners have been released, though in many cases after more than 10 >years >imprisonment. Many were in bad health, many were aged. Some had been >despoiled of property due to illegal confiscation by the military >authorities (land, houses and valuables). > >The detainees came from all walks of life : military officers and common > >soldiers, civil servants, teachers, trade union leaders, and other >mass-organisations (women, students, peasants etc) . Most were detained >because of their supposed links with, or sympathy for, the Indonesian >Communist Party (PKI), or because of mere false accusations. > >The political prisoners suffered from all kids of ill-treatment and many > >worked as forced labourers. Tens of millions of their families at home >were >also victims of systematic state terrorism and psychological persecution > >during more than 30 years and many still suffer profound trauma, to this > >day. > > >THE PRESENT SITUATION OF EX-POLITICAL PRISONERS > >In the first years after release, many ex-political prisoners received >limited and temporary aid from the Catholic and Protestant churches. >This >aid was invaluable since even after release the military regime >continued to >treat them ( and their families) inhumanely. The downfall of the >Suharto >regime has not eradicated this practise. > >Even today, ex-political prisoners suffer from administrative >restrictions >promulgated by the Suharto regime, which deprived them of civil rights. >Former government civilian and military employees, sacked during the >Suharto >regime, receive no pensions or salaries. Those who are of age to work >are >not allowed to work. They receive no health service. Many live in >extreme >poverty. They are treated as secondary citizens or pariahs. Even until >now >political persecution and psychological persecution is pursued >throughout >Indonesia (by the political remnants of the military regime and a part >of >the fundamentalist sections of the Moslem community). > > >THE CREATION OF LEMBAGA > >In order to defend their fundamental rights as human beings and as >citizens, >ex-political prisoners have created an organisation “ Institute of >Advocacy >for the Rehabilitation of Victims of the New Order” (Lembaga Perjuangan >Rehabilitasi Korban Rezim Orde Baru -- called LEMBAGA). LEMBAGA, a >non-governmental organisation, was launched on 16 January 2000 in >Jakarta, >and is now implanted in many provinces and regions, including Java, >Sumatra, >Kalimantan (Borneo), Sulawesi (Celebes), Bali, Maluku (Moluccas). Its >adherents are of various ethnic groups and religions. > >The principal aims of this organisation are to urge the Indonesian >government to abolish at last the repressive regulations and decrees >applied >to ex-political prisoners and other victims of the Suharto government >and to >rehabilitate fully their civil rights In co-operation with other >democratic >forces, LEMBAGA will struggle against the remnants of inhuman policies >of >the military regime of Suharto. Together with other national and >international organisations, LEMBAGA will promote democratic struggle >for >peaceful reforms in political, economical and social life in Indonesia. > > >APPEAL FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT > >To strengthen our struggle in Indonesia, LEMBAGA needs the help and >actions >of solidarity of other organisations abroad; > > a) We would like, together with other Indonesian organisations, >to launch a >world-wide campaign about the human rights of the tens of millions of >ex-political prisoners and their families > b) To achieve this aim, we would like to close regular contact >with your >organisation, and with your help to establish links with other relevant >organisations in different countries > c) We would like your solidarity in making known our aims >to international >public opinion > d) We need your moral and material/financial support to >achieve our aims >in the difficult political, economical and social environment of >Indonesia >today. > >In order to know more about the difficult and inhuman present situation >of >the ex-political prisoners and their families, we propose to your >organisation TO SEND URGENTLY a representative (delegation) to >Indonesia. >Together with other Indonesian organisations with similar aims, we will >be >glad to welcome your delegation in Indonesia. With this visit, we will >have >the occasion to present to you more information about these problems, >and to >study together what can we do in the very near future. > >The secretariat of our head-office is situated in Jakarta, with the >postal >address : >LEMBAGA, Jalan Raya Bogor Km 22 number 31, Jakarta Timur 13830. >The phone number of our Secretariat is : 62-21- 8400309 >E-mail of the President of the Institute : >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >We thank you in advance for your attention and your support of >solidarity >to this appeal.. > > > >Jakarta, 1 July 2002 > > >On behalf of the Institute of Advocacy for the Rehabilitation of Victims >of >the New Order >(Lembaga Perjuangan Rehabilitasi Korban Orde Baru - Lembaga) > > > > President Secretary General >( Sumaun Utomo ) (Ahmad Subarto) > > > >_________________________________________________ > >KOMINFORM >P.O. 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