PLEASE NOTE: Jokowi is
skipping Silicon Valley and
heading back to Indonesia to
deal with the haze crisis that
was ongoing before he left for
the U.S. The demo will not take
place at the Computer History
Museum in Mountain View, CA.
Stay tuned for future actions.
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Demand
President Jokowi Support
Justice for All
Date
: Wednesday, October 28,
2015
Time : 09:00 - 12:00
Where:
Computer History Museum
1401 N. Shoreline Blvd,
Mountain View, CA 94043
 The
Computer History Museum is
approximately 2 miles from
the Mountain View
Caltrain/VTA Light Rail
Station located at Castro
and Evelyn Streets in
downtown Mountain View.
http://www.computerhistory.org/directions/
Contact :
Peter Phwan,
ETAN/ICANet, San Francisco
(415) 812-2414
Muhamad
Amin,
www.jokowitodo.org, San
Francisco (415) 412-6372
John M. Miller, East Timor
and Indonesia Action Network
(ETAN), 917-690-4391
john@etan.org
Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/events/438488373014974/
Indonesia's
President Joko "Jokowi"
Widodo will shortly visit
the United States to meet
with President Obama. On
October 28, President Jokowi
is set to give a speech at
Computer History Museum in
Silicon Valley. This forum
will be all about business.
Jokowi was elected with the
promise that his
administration would
different. He has yet to
fulfill this promise.
Positive initiatives by
President Jokowi have been
undermined by his own
officials and many important
issues, such as justice and
accountability for past
human rights crimes, have
not been seriously
addressed.
Please
join us on October 28 as we
break the silence and demand
that President Jokowi
seriously address the
following issues:
1. Indonesia
must reveal the truth and
provide justice for past
human rights violations from
the mass killings in 1965 on
to the illegal invasion and
occupation of East Timor
This year marks the 50th
anniversary of the Suharto's
1965 seizure of power and
the 40th anniversary of
Indonesia's illegal
invasion of East Timor
(Timor-Leste). During Suharto's
decades in power, Indonesian
security forces and their
proxies killed hundreds of
thousands. Indonesia has taken
only halting steps to
acknowledge these crimes against
humanity and has yet to serious
steps to hold those responsible
for the crimes committed
throughout the archipelago from
Aceh to Timor-Leste (East Timor)
to West Papua. Many of those
responsible maintain powerful
positions, including in Widodo's
own political party and
administration. Refusing to
acknowledge the past, the
Indonesian military is
increasingly re-inserting itself
into
domestic affairs.
2. End the
Persecution of Religious
Minorities
Religious
minorities in Indonesia
remain
under threat. The
recent burning of churches
in Aceh is only the latest
example. Followers of
minority religions continue
to
face persecution and to
have trouble opening houses
of worship. Many localities
enforce
discriminatory
regulations in violation of
national law.
3. Stop Human
Right Violations in West
Papua
While Jokowi
has
promised a new deal for
Papua, many of those
promises remains
unfulfilled.
Political
prisoners remain in jail and
the rules governing media
access remain unclear. West
Papuans advocating for
freedom face harassment,
arrest or worse. Expanded
"development" projects
threaten indigenous rights
and livelihoods. Indonesia
continues to rebuff appeals
for direct dialogue with the
independence movement.
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4. End
Virginity Tests
Defying an
international outcry
Jokowi's
commanders continue
to defend discriminatory and
invasive "virginity tests"
on female military and
police recruits.
5. Protect
the Environment, Stop
deforestation
Indonesia's
forests continue to be
stripped to establish
palm
oil and other plantation
agriculture. The rate of
deforestation is
among the
worst in the world. Much of
this logging is illegal,
often facilitated by lax
enforcement and corrupt
military and police. Haze
from the burning of forests
in Indonesia affects the
health and well-being of
millions in several
Southeast Asian countries.
Plans to add additional
coal-fired electric plants
pose an additional health
hazards and will contribute
to climate change that
already threatens
Indonesia's coral and
coasts. "Reclamation"
projects such as those in
Benoa
Bay in Bali further threaten the
coasts to build big hotels and
golf courses.
See also
Human Rights &
Justice
page
Indonesia and
West Papua Struggles page
West Papua Report
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