September 5 marks the one-month anniversary of
Jafar's disappearance
Action Alert
ETAN Concerned About
Missing Aceh Activist
Jafar Siddiq Hamzah has been missing since Saturday, August 5. He was
last heard from in Medan.. His family, friends and colleagues fear the
worst. ETAN has often worked with Jafar -- who has lived in the U.S. for
the last several years -- on issues of human rights issues and military
violence in Indonesia and East Timor.
 Jafar Siddiq, founder and chair of the International Forum for Aceh, a
human rights organization, was reported missing while visiting Medan, in
Indonesia near Aceh. (see background and
news reports, regularly updated)
Below are numbers you can call to express
concern. Urge them to investigate Jafar's whereabouts and assure his
safety. Please note there is a 12 hour time difference between the U.S.
East Coast and Jakarta.
The International Forum for Aceh (IFA) is a non-governmental
organization actively campaigning for peace and human rights in Aceh, the
rebellious region in northern Indonesia. Through the IFA, Jafar has worked
to inform the international community about human rights violations in
Aceh. He has helped to organize several seminars on Aceh involving NGOS
and others. He has also been active in raising the issue of human rights
violations at the UN Human Rights Commission in Geneva.
Contact (revised list 8/10/00):
US State Department contacts:
- Undersecretary of State, Thomas Pickering tel: 202-647-4314
- Undersecretary of Southeast Asia Division, Stanley Roth tel:
202-647-4000
- State Department e-mail: secretary@state.gov; fax: 202-647-6434 or
202-261-8577
US Embassy in Jakarta
Ambassador Robert Gelbard tel: 011-6221-344-2211 fax:
011-6221-380-5583
Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, 2020 Massachusetts Ave.
NW, Washington, DC 20036; 202-775-5200 Fax: 202-775-5365
TNI (military) commander for N. Sumatra and Aceh: Maj Gen I Gede
Purnawa tel, 011-62 61 324626
Police Chief for N Sumatra: Dr Syafei Aksal Tel: 011-62 645
43890
Attorney General, Marzuki Darusman: Tel: 011-62-21-773557, Fax:
62 21 720 8557
Minister of Defense and Security, Juwono Sudarsono, tel: 011-62
21 384 5178, fax: 62 21 381 4535
Chief of Armed Forces, Widodo Adisucipto, tel: 011-62 21 380
6711, fax: 62 21 361 471
National Police Chief, Gen Rusdihardjo, tel: 011-62 21 720 7277, fax:
62 21 348537
President Abdurrachman Wahid, Office of the President, Istana
Merdeka, Jakarta 10110 Fax: 62 21 345 2685 / 380 5511 / 526 8726 email: president@ri.go.id
Indonesian Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), tel 011-62 21
392 5230, fax 62 21 392 5227
Minister for Human Rights Affairs, Hasballah Saad: tel 011-62 21
5250075/5250139, Fax: 62 21 5256855
Also call the foreign policy staff of your Representative and
Senators. Ask them to contact the State Department, U.S. Embassy in
Jakarta, Indonesian Embassy in Washington or other Indonesian government
contacts they may have. Congressional Switchboard (ask for your
Representative or Senators): 202-224-3121 or for fax and e-mail info,
click here: House, Senate.
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