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Resolving 1965 tragedy about human rights, not blame: Activists
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Seeking justice — The International People's Tribunal (IPT) on the 1965 Crimes Against Humanity in Indonesia is held in Nieuwe Kerk in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Nov. 10 to 13. (Courtesy of the International People’s Tribunal 1965/-)
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ctivists seeking justice for the 1965 mass killings have called on the government to fulfill the rights of victims and survivors of the communist purge to access rehabilitation.
Resolving the past abuses is not about placing blame on certain parties but solely about upholding human rights, they have said.
Wara Aninditari, an activist from Forum 65, said all efforts to encourage a tougher government stance on the settlement of past abuses were aimed at bringing about justice for victims and survivors of the 1965 tragedy.
It had nothing to do with any attempts to bring back a communist ideology to Indonesia, as claimed by many parties, she went on.
Wara criticized Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Wiranto who previously said that "the government did not want the settlement of the 1965 case to lead parties to blame each other". The former military commander made the statement in a letter explaining his refusal to meet with a group of 1965 survivors known as YPKP 65.
“We have no intention of putting blame on certain parties or bringing up conflicts of ideology. This is a matter of humanity, such as [providing] rehabilitation for the victims and survivors," Wara said on Wednesday.
She said the legal basis for rehabilitation had been asserted in letters sent to President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo by three institutions, namely the Attorney General's Office (AGO), the House of Representatives and the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), stating that the government should help to rehabilitate 1965 victims. (ebf)
