COURTS & CRIME | INDONESIA- Amnesty International wants accountability for past atrocities

President Joko “Jokowi“ Widodo (center) talks with families whose kin had suffered human rights violations committed in past decades, in Gampong Bili Aron village in Pidie, Aceh province on June 27, 2023, during a reconciliation event. (AFP/Adi Gondrong)

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Responding to the government’s efforts to settle past human rights abuses through non-judicial means, Amnesty International Indonesia (AII) issued a statement calling for accountability, especially from individuals alleged to have links to past atrocities.

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In a statement issued earlier this week, the AII said although it welcomed the efforts from President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s administration to give reparations for the victims of 12 cases of past human rights violations in the country, the rights group said the effort would be “futile without accountability.”

“Those suspected of criminal responsibility, some of whom remain close to government circles, must stand trial for their alleged crimes. In the absence of bringing full justice to the victims and their families, these proposed reparations will likely prove futile,” executive director of the AII Usman Hamid said in the statement.

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The Jakarta Post
Jakarta   ●   Fri, June 30, 2023

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