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Government to hold reconciliations for 7 gross human rights violations

Jakarta Post - May 13, 2015

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Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) said on Wednesday it was probable that seven unresolved gross human rights violations, including the Talangsari case, would be settled via non-judicial means.

"They will be resolved through a reconciliation process. We want to move away from the shackles of so-called 'investigations' which will likely bring us to blame one another," AGO spokesperson Tony Tribagus Spontana said as quoted by Antara in Jakarta on Wednesday.

The six other gross human rights violation cases are Trisakti, Semanggi 1 and 2, Wasior, Papua, the 1965 mass killings and the so-called Petrus (acronym for mysterious shootings) campaign in 1983.

Tony admitted it would not be easy for the government to settle the seven human rights violation cases, as many happened decades ago, hampering efforts to find new evidence, witnesses and perpetrators.

Therefore, he said, the AGO had invited the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) to discuss ways to create a proper settlement mechanism that was acceptable for all parties. "The AGO and Komnas HAM will establish a joint secretariat to settle those cases," said Tony. (ebf)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/05/13/govt-hold-reconciliations-7-gross-human-rights-violations.html.