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Resolution
in Memory of Ethnic & Religious Persecution in Indonesia
WHEREAS,
the Independent Joint Investigative Team has reported sixty rape victims
in May 1998, and since the report no action has been taken by the
Indonesian government; and rape victims included children, some as young
as 9 years old; and
WHEREAS,
since May 1998, no
perpetrators were prosecuted;
and
WHEREAS,
many churches and temples have been burned, stoned, demolished, looted and
closed in the past three years; and
WHEREAS,
despite with the New Indonesian President, promising reformation,
discriminatory laws and regulations are still not abolished, denying equal
rights for ethnic Chinese; such as prohibiting the use of Chinese
characters, banning Chinese-language publications and obliging all ethnic
Chinese to take Indonesian names; and
WHEREAS,
it is reported that more than 100,000 of the 300,000 East Timorese
forcibly taken to West Timor and other parts of Indonesia by the
Indonesian militaries have not been able to return by year’s-end; and
WHEREAS,
3 Catholic Priests were allegedly brutally murdered last year in East
Timor by the pro-Indonesian militias supported by the Indonesian military;
and
WHEREAS,
human rights groups worldwide have accused the Indonesian government
as represented by security forces, of failing to control the violence and
actually encouraging the brutality in Ambon and West Papua; and
WHEREAS,
the United States must condemn and denounce these horrific atrocities and
express the moral outrage of the American people; now
THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Foreign Relations committees of U.S. Congress
condemns human & religious rights abuses, persecutions, racial
violence; and
BE
IT RESOLVED, that the Foreign Relations committees of U.S. Congress
urges its Political Representatives to call for the United States Congress
to pressure the government of Indonesia to provide full protection on the
safety and welfare of all Indonesians and minority, religious groups; and
BE
IT RESOLVED, that the Foreign Relations committees of U.S. Congress
urges its Political Representatives to close loopholes that have allowed
the Pentagon to train Indonesian troops in violation of Congressional
intent; and
BE
IT RESOLVED, that the Foreign Relations committees of U.S. Congress
urges its Political Representatives to call for the United States Congress
to continue its suspension of military assistance to Indonesia until the
Indonesian Generals who were responsible for atrocities in Ambon, East
Timor, Aceh and the Riot of May 1998 brought to justice; now
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Foreign Relations committees of U.S.
Congress urges its Political
Representatives
to call for United States Congress and United Nations to pressure the
Indonesian government to seek accountability and bring to justice those
responsible for these outrageous inhumane acts.
Submitted
by Human Rights International to Foreign Relations Committees of U.S.
Congress on April 24th, 2000
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