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12th of August 2007
Joint Press Release
Stop the Use of Dictatorial Means in Aceh and Free the People.
Like other people in the world, the Acehnese wants to live in freedom without repression, violence or constraint from the hands of anyone. During the armed conflict such violations were allowed by the Indonesian Government and the authorities as means of oppressing the people as Aceh was under Martial Law or a “Military operational area”. But why is the people of Aceh still kept from enjoying the peace and the fulfillment of their civil rights now, in the time of peace?
The violent incidents of the past, that still haunt the acehnese people hinder the full freedom of the people and have become an obstacle to the creation of an open, developed and self-contained Aceh.
To hinder any form of demcratic action taken by the Acehnese people is a dictatorial practice that is beeing used in Aceh again to scare the people from struggeling for their rights. The steps taken to obstruct the wishes of the Acehnese in the process of creating peace and justice are means that indicates that the authorities has declared the civil society war. To dismantle or to shut up Human Rights activists in Aceh is very much in contradiction with peacefull values and norms.
The charges by the Police of Langsa of 8 named activists from Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) – Legal Aid Foundation that was announced by two letters recieved at 4th and 6th of August 2007. The reason for the charges was according to the police that the accused are guilty of illegal acts in connection with their support of the demonstrations of the victims of PT. Bumi Floras theft of land, in East Aceh on the 3rd of July. The charges of the activists indicates that the means of dictatorial oppression has come back to stand in the way of a the freedom of the civil democracy in Aceh.
8th Anniversary of the Butong Ateuh Tragedy, Nagan Raya Aceh.
At this occasion we also wish to express our deep sadness remembering the tragic shooting of civilians in Betong Atueh, that the authorities made and has claimed to be an enforcement of law and order. The incident that took place 8 years ago, on 11th of August 1999, is a black stain in the history of Aceh that touches all Acehnese. Thus, now we hope that those responsible for this massacre, aswell as all perpetraitors of Human Rights violations in Aceh, will step forward and dare to admitt their crimes and ask to be judged according to their actions in Aceh.
To right all wrongs made by small soldiers on duty in the field could be a profound warning to the desicionmakers against deciding to destroy the acehnese people.
The Acehnese people has shed enough blood through the years and now the time has come to solve the problems with a legal process. “ There is no harm in prying into the crimes of the past when striving for justice and the respect for Human Rights“ With the hope that all parties including the authorities will attend to the wishes of the Acehnese people, the primary owners of the Acehnese soil, who wants problems in Aceh solved using
legal means (not political) as crimes are usually judged in other parts of the World.
Therefore, we, as peace-loving and justice-seeking Acehnese, make the following statement:
1. We support the actions taken by the members of LBH in assisting and defending the victims.
2. We urge all stakeholders in the peace process in Aceh and the Government of Aceh to take the nessecary steps to withdraw the police’s accusations of the 8 members of LBH in
connection with their helping the victims of human rights violations.
3. We urge the Government of Aceh to solve the problems of the people in a fair manner as soon as possible.
4. We urge all involved parties in Aceh, including the enforcers of the law not to use dictatorial means again that will hinder the process of democratisation and liberalisation in Aceh.
5. We urge the policeforces, that should be protecting the people, to take the side of the people and not of the oppressive posseors of property.
6. We encourage all of the acehnese to keep struggeling for justice and democracy in Aceh.
Fjerritslev Denmark, 12th of August 2007
1. KMPD ( Komite Monitoring Perdamaina dan
Demokrasi ) The Peace and Democracy Monitoring Committee, European Representation.
2. Acehniske Samfund Forening ( ASF ) – The Acehnese Society in Denmark
3. Acheh Center in America
3. Achehnese Canadian Community Socity ( ACCS ) di Kanada
4. Acheh Sumatra Flyktninge Forening ( ASFF ) Acheh Sumatra Refugee Society in Norway
5. Asian Group Amnesty International Denmark
Contact Persons :
Tarmizi Age
Chairman, KMPD
European representation
Mølleparken 20 9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP :(+45) 24897172
European representation
Mølleparken 20 9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP :
mukarramkmpd@...
http://www.kmpd.or.id
http://www.kmpd.or.id
Adnan Daud
The Acehnese Society in Denmark
Acehnisk Samfund Forening (ASF)
Sondergade 19 I
9690 Fjerritslev, Denmark.
Sondergade 19 I
9690 Fjerritslev, Denmark.
Mobile : (+45) 41569190
E-mail : uleemadon@...
E-mail : uleemadon@...
(Translated by Marie Bjørnager Jensen)
Tarmizi Age
Formand for KMPD
Europæiske Afdeling
Mølleparken 20
9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP : (+45) 24897172
http://www.kmpd.or.id
Formand for KMPD
Europæiske Afdeling
Mølleparken 20
9690 Fjerritslev Denmark
Mobile/HP : (+45) 24897172
http://www.kmpd.or.id
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