Luhut Panjaitan Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 15 Jakarta Pusat 10110 - Indonesia |
TRUTH-SEEKING AND FORMAL PUBLIC APOLOGY IS ESSENTIAL FOR 1965/1966 RESOLUTION
Tapol, the British-based campaign for human rights, peace and democracy in Indonesia, wishes to pay deep tribute to Lord Avebury who died on 14 February 2016.
On 30 September 2015, Indonesia will mark the 50th anniversary of the 1965 mass human rights violations, a dark stain in the country’s history.
Luhut Panjaitan
Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law and Security Affairs
Coordinating Ministry for Politics, Law and Security Affairs
Jl. Medan Merdeka Barat No. 15
Jakarta Pusat 10110
Indonesia
13 August 2015
Dear Coordinating Minister
JUSTICE, TRUTH AND REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS OF THE ACEH CONFLICT, TEN YEARS ON
This report gives an historical overview of the 1965–66 massacres, persecutions, and continuing discriminatory policies against alleged communists and their descendants in Indonesia. It shows how such practices have over the years also been extended to other groups, contributing to a state of political repression, inter-ethnic and inter-religious conflicts. Failure to address the past could fuel conflict and even result in further atrocities.
Indonesia’s failure to address the legacy of the1965-66 massacres against alleged Communists and their associates could continue to stir community divisions, fuel conflict and result in further atrocities, says a new report,’ Indonesia’s unresolved mass murders: undermining democracy’, by TAPOL, a UK-based organisation which promotes human rights, peace, and democracy in Indonesia.
Victims of the tragedy and their families are treated as second-class citizens and continue to suffer economic and social discrimination to this day.
Dear Mr President,
Indonesia and the 1965 tragedy
We have just had the privilege of hosting one of Indonesia’s foremost writers and producers of documentary films.
Putu Oka Sukanta is one of hundreds of thousands of Indonesians who spent many years as political prisoners, held without charge or trial in prisons and camps across the country, for no other reason than that they were suspected of being members or alleged sympathizers of the Indonesian Communist Party, the PKI, or of organizations allegedly affiliated to the PKI.
Open Letter to United Nations Security Council
Dear Security Council member,
In an open letter to the presidents of Indonesia and Timor-Leste, a worldwide coalition of three dozen human rights organizations led by groups from Indonesia and Timor-Leste have called on President Yudhoyono and President Ramos-Horta to close the bilateral Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF).