Kesaksian John Sifton, Direktur Advokasi Asia, Human Rights Watch:
Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission
23 Mei 2013
Human rights issues in Indonesia "
Mr. Chairman, I want to thank you for inviting me to testify today, and thank the committee to focus on the human rights record of Indonesia, which too often are not currently receiving the attention it deserves.
Indonesia has undergone major changes over the last 15 years. Human Rights Watch and the wider public aware of improvements that have occurred in relation to civil rights and political base, particularly the media and civil society flourish.
The human rights situation in the country today, however, can not continue to be measured in comparison with the country's past. True reform must be recognized, but the Indonesian government should be judged by the same set of standards as other government and objectively criticized for failing to fulfill its human rights obligations. To do otherwise would condemn the people of Indonesia to lower standards of protection.
First, the situation in Papua and issues related to freedom of expression: the desire to focus on four specific areas of concern of human rights Human Rights Watch. Second, the problem of impunity for human rights violations.Third, the worsening persecution of religious minorities. And lastly, issues involving migrants and asylum seekers.
Free Expression in Papua and elsewhere Human Rights Watch remains deeply concerned by the situation in Papua and West Papua, at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago, where the Indonesian military and police forces to exercise control over the population of ethnic Papuans widely, and often harass and bring politically motivated prosecutions against Papuans are believed to be involved in groups of pro-independence.
In October 2011, a pro-independence demonstration in the Papua dispersed violently by the army three security Indonesian protesters were killed and many more injured. Some were severely beaten. Six months later, a court in Papua sentenced five men to statements made on the show-Selpius Bobii, a social media activist, August Sananay Kraar, a civil servant, Dominic Sorabut, filmmaker, Edison Waromi, a former political prisoner, and Forkorus Yaboisembut, a Papuan tribal leader and sentenced them to three-year imprisonment.
Forkorus Yaboisembut has visited Washington, DC in 2010 and met with members of Congress and State Department officials. He's in his 50s and probably weighs less than 100 pounds, but that did not stop the security forces of beating him very badly at the rally.
An apparent government crackdown on independence activists from May to August 2012 resulted in an increase in violence in Papua. Forty-seven reported incidents of violence in this period left 18 people dead, including an Indonesian soldier involved in a traffic accident, and dozens wounded, including a German tourist.On June 14, 2012, police shot and killed Mako Tabuni vice chairman of the National Committee of West Papua (West Papua National Committee or KNPB), a militant group of Papuan independence, triggering riots in Wamena Jayapura environment, the perception that a victim Tabuni extrajudicial executions . Papua Police stated that Tabuni involved in the shooting, but have not provided clear evidence to support the claim.You might also like: source: http://tuantanahpapuanews.blogspot.com
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