Protest the Arrest of Activists and Police Repression on Civil Society Alliance at World Ocean Conference Manado
>> Sunday, May 17, 2009
Civil society who join in Manado People Alliance (MPA) stage site event at World Ocean Conference has been repressed by Indonesia Policement. Their stage decomissioned by policement on Sunday (10th May 2009). Fisherfolk who want to join with civil society already stopped in their way.
Based on Indonesia Law after Soeharto’era, it is not a prerequiste to get permit from policemen to stage a public demonstration or event, just enough to notified the policement.
Manado People Alliance (MPA) already informed the policemen via Headquater of Indonesia Policement at Jakarta on 28th May 2009 and 29th May 2009. But the policement insisted not to issue a letter of acceptance of notification from civil society.
Using the pretext that civil society doesn’t have yet letter of acceptance of notification from civil society to stage public event, police repressed the people who critiziced WOC agenda to and in recent development, policement arrested Berry Nahdian Forqan (Executive National Director of WALHI/Friend of The Earth Indonesia) and Erwin Usman (Head of Regional Department of WALHI/Friend of The Earth Indonesia) on 11th May 2009.
This repression just to show that WOC agenda generous to corporate who ruin the ocean by dumping their tailing to ocean like PT.Freeeport Indonesia and PT.Newmont Nusa Tenggara, and enacted force measure to civil society who strunggle for poor fisherypolk rights and saving sea from corporate polution.
We need your support internationally to urge the Government of Indonesia, and Policement of Indonesia to stop the repression, free Berry Nahdian Forqan and Erwin Usman, and allow Manado People Alliance to resume their event. (www.walhi.or.id)
Based on Indonesia Law after Soeharto’era, it is not a prerequiste to get permit from policemen to stage a public demonstration or event, just enough to notified the policement.
Manado People Alliance (MPA) already informed the policemen via Headquater of Indonesia Policement at Jakarta on 28th May 2009 and 29th May 2009. But the policement insisted not to issue a letter of acceptance of notification from civil society.
Using the pretext that civil society doesn’t have yet letter of acceptance of notification from civil society to stage public event, police repressed the people who critiziced WOC agenda to and in recent development, policement arrested Berry Nahdian Forqan (Executive National Director of WALHI/Friend of The Earth Indonesia) and Erwin Usman (Head of Regional Department of WALHI/Friend of The Earth Indonesia) on 11th May 2009.
This repression just to show that WOC agenda generous to corporate who ruin the ocean by dumping their tailing to ocean like PT.Freeeport Indonesia and PT.Newmont Nusa Tenggara, and enacted force measure to civil society who strunggle for poor fisherypolk rights and saving sea from corporate polution.
We need your support internationally to urge the Government of Indonesia, and Policement of Indonesia to stop the repression, free Berry Nahdian Forqan and Erwin Usman, and allow Manado People Alliance to resume their event. (www.walhi.or.id)
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