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"The Indonesia Human Rights
Committee has written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs [Aotearoa
New Zealand] to urge him to mobilise international support for an
effective international tribunal to try those responsible for mass murder
in East Timor. The Committee also wants stronger action to enforce an end
to militia violence in the West Timor refugee camps and on the border with
East Timor." Indonesia Human Rights Committee
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of recent reports, articles and news
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NZ Foreign Minister Urged To Act On International
Tribunal
Monday, 14 May 2001, 10:21 am
Press Release: Indonesia Human Rights Committee
13 May, 2001
Foreign Minister Urged To Act On International
Tribunal For Indonesia’s War Criminals
The Indonesia Human Rights Committee has written
to the Minister of Foreign Affairs to urge him to mobilise international
support for an effective international tribunal to try those responsible
for mass murder in East Timor. The Committee also wants stronger action
to enforce an end to militia violence in the West Timor refugee camps and
on the border with East Timor.
“How come their war crimes tribunals for
the former Yugoslavia and for Rwanda but not for East Timor which also
experienced genocide?”
“It must be clear by now that Indonesia
is using every trick in the book to avoid conducting trials for the masterminds
of the terror in East Timor. The much vaunted new human rights court
is only mandated to consider cases that arose after the 1999 referendum.
Meanwhile masterminds of the East Timor terror such Major General Adam
Damiri have gone on to new responsibilities in places such as Aceh where
there is also resistance to rule from Jakarta.”
“Our Government has challenged Indonesia
over the light sentences handed down to those responsible for the killing
of the UN aid workers in the West Timor refugee camps. But this does not
get to the heart of the matter - the same militia units that terrorised
East Timor in 1999 are still ruling the roost. Their activities endanger
the East Timorese refugees and the international peace keepers.”
“The international community acted decisively
in September 1999 - using every ounce of concerted economic leverage to
insist that Indonesia leave East Timor and allow in peace keepers. It was
an “offer” Indonesia could not refuse. We should now be insisting that
Indonesia comply with the UN resolutions that call on it to disband the
militia units and help the refugees to go home.”
“The nightmare will continue until there
is international pressure to insist that the human rights abusers and the
war criminals are brought to justice. This is a particular responsibility
for New Zealand because of our commitment to the peacekeeping force.”
See
also:
BD:
Calls
for International War Crimes Tribunal - A collection
of recent reports, articles and news
BD:
'Refugees' & Missing Persons - A collection
of recent information, reports, articles and news
BD:
War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity - A collection of recent press
releases, petitions, articles and news
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