JAKARTA: Members of the Argentine-based Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo encouraged families of missing persons in Indonesia to continue fighting for their rights.
"We would like to deliver a message to our Indonesian sisters from the bottom of our hearts. Lose no hope, keep fighting and guard the memory," Lydia Taty Almeida, a member of the organization, said.
Similar sentiments were expressed by her colleague Aurora Morea, who added that her organization had been fighting relentlessly for 32 years and they had seen some light shed on their cases.
Established in 1977, Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo is an organization of Argentinian mothers whose children disappeared during that nation's Dirty War and the subsequent military dictatorship the ruled between 1976 and 1983.
The bereaved mothers have been gathering in Plaza de Mayo in central Buenos Aires every Thursday afternoon for a half an hour. Their movement had inspired families of the disappeared and victims of human rights violations in Indonesia to hold similar gatherings at Jakarta's State Palace.
Almeida and Morea arrived in Indonesia on Thursday and will stay until April 22 to attend workshops and meet various concerned parties, including the National Commission on Human Rights. - JP
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