作者: simon (孤獨浪子) 看板: NCKU-FHL
標題: [轉錄]An Open Letter Calling for Demonstration
時間: Wed Jul 29 17:20:45 1998

※ [本文轉錄自 Malaysian 看板]

作者: John316 (失業當中) 看板: Malaysian
標題: An Open Letter Calling for Demonstration
時間: Wed Jul 29 12:37:44 1998



An Open Letter Calling for Demonstration
             Against Indonesian Atrocity
             Friday, July 24, 1998

             MUZI - Lateline News

             In the Indonesia May riots, atrocities were committed
             towards Chinese Indonesians. The atrocities included
             burning and looting of private properties, and violating
             human rights of local Chinese Indonesian, many are racially
             motivated and allegedly organized and directed by the
             political and military elites. The reported attacks ranged
             from the degrading and humiliating violations of women
             who were made to strip and perform calisthenics in public,
             to assaulting women who were repeatedly raped and then
             thrown into the flames of burning buildings. The reports
             involve girls and women ranging in age from 10 to 55.
             Some were gang-raped in front of a crowd in the Chinese
             commercial districts.

             The Indonesian government has not taken any serious
             steps of condemning this savage and inhumane incidence
             but provides only lip service of a simple investigation. Even
             the new president has not pointed out to the failure of the
             police or army to protect properties and lives, specially the
             female members of the society.

             We plan to organize a peaceful protest in front of the
             Indonesia Embassy in Washington DC from 10:00am to
             12:00pm, August 7, 1998 to demand the followings:

             Stop discrimination against minorities and protect minority
             human rights and religious freedom.Make sure nothing like
             this type of atrocities ever to happen again.

             Perpetrators be immediately brought to justice and be
             punished.

             Provide help and compensation to the victims and their
             families.

             Apologize to the local Chinese Indonesian community for
             not providing adequate protection.

             Most importantly, we want the whole world to know that such
             atrocities have been committed so that pressure will put to
             bare to the Indonesian government and perpetrators, so
             that this kind of inhumane atrocity will never happen again.
             We need to expose this atrocity to the world financial
             communities like IMF such that human rights issue and
             compliance can be attacked to aids. We need your
             supports to do the followings:

             Join us in the protest on August 7.

             Organize protests to all Indonesian government local
             offices.

             Prepare to send protesting letters to pertinent organizations
             and supporting letters to local Chinese Indonesian
             organizations.

             Inform your congressmen and senators of the atrocity and
             do not forget the executive branch.

             Inform all human rights organizations and amnesty
             international.



             * DEMONSTRATION PLAN *

             We will organize a peaceful demonstration in front of the
             Indonesia Embassy in Washington DC from 10:00am to
             12:00pm on Friday, August 7, 1998. The following is our
             plan:

             1. Gathering and handling out of posters to participates in
             front of the Indonesia Embassy by 9:40am.

             Address of the Indonesia Embassy
             2020 Massachusetts Ave., N.W.
             Washington, DC 20036
             Phone: (202) 775-5200
             Fax: (202) 775-5365

             2. 20 to 30 participants will be assigned at stationary
             position as guard with the walking paths be designated with
             guides. Two official photographers will be assigned to take
             pictures.

             3. The demonstration will be contacted Between 10:00am
             and 12:00pm by walking in a circular path within the
             designated walkway carrying the posters.

             4.Handing out leaflets to by-standers and newsmen.

             5.A letter to the Indonesian Government will be read out
             loud to the masses.

             Poster writing suggestions:

             1. 1188 killed + pictures

             2. 4083 shops burned + pictures

             3. 1020 houses burned + pictures

             4. 163 women and children raped + pictures

             5. STOP Violence against Women and Children

             6. STOP Religion Persecution

             7. STOP Discrimination

             8. Prosecute Perpetrators

             9. Protect Minority

             10. Support and Protect Human Rights

             11. Punish Violators

             12. Violators Brought to Justice

             We welcome any suggetion for the demonstration.

             Thanks for your attention.

             Sincerely yours,

             Xingguo Li
             President
             Chinese Student and Scholar Association
             Univerisy of Cincinnati
             Office: 556-6038 (403 Rhodes Hall)
             CSSA Office: 556-6105 (248 TUC, Office Hour:
             12:30-1:30pm Mon - Fri)
             CSSA Web Site: http://www.soa.uc.edu/org/FASSPRC/