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C R I S I S W E B N E W S --------------------------- Friday, 2 February 2000 Indonesia -------------- Indonesia: Impunity versus Accountability for Gross Human Rights Violations Following Soeharto's fall in 1998 and the violence accompanying East Timor's vote for independence in 1999, the new democratic Indonesian government promised to hold perpetrators of gross human rights violations accountable. Indonesia's subsequent record, however, has been unimpressive. ICG analyses the legal system and documents the obstacles to accountability, including corrupt courts, political pressures, lack of funds and the military's residual power. Of special international concern, the record in dealing with human rights violations in East Timor is particularly poor. The report argues that failure to hold senior officers to account is not helpful for the nation's stability, because of the message it sends to regions where separatist movements are active (Aceh, Irian Jaya) or tensions are particularly high (Maluku). --> Please see www.crisisweb.org for the full report ------------------------------------- CrisisWeb - http://www.crisisweb.org ------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send a message with "unsubscribe crisisweb <your email address>" to [email protected] ------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold