Support for Human Rights Violators?

Defense Minister Juwono Sudarsono has urged retired military officers to ignore Komnas HAM summonses. This does not bode well for human rights advocacy.

March 25, 2008

DEFENSE Minister Juwono Sudarsono has just done something that could set a bad precedent in our efforts to uphold human rights in this country. He recommended that retired Indonesian Military (TNI) officers—especially those suspected of involvement in human rights abuses—ignore summonses from the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM). It may or may not be a coincidence, but a few days earlier, the minister met with former TNI commande

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