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West Java scores lowest in human rights: Kontras

Jakarta Post - December 11, 2015

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Jakarta – West Java is the province with the highest number of human rights violations this year, according to the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras).

Kontras' deputy coordinator for strategy and mobilization, Puri Kencana Putri, said 41 cases of human rights violations had been recorded in the province in connection with the freedom of religion, freedom of worship and freedom of belief.

"The concept of a human rights-friendly province is far off in practice," Puri said in Jakarta as quoted by tempo.co.

The second-worst scorer in Kontras' assessment of provinces is East Java, with 35 recorded violations, followed by North Sumatra with 28 cases, Papua with 24 cases and Jakarta with 23 cases.

Regarding Papua, Puri said the administration of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo had shown no significant efforts to prevent human rights violations in the province. "It is true that five [prisoners of conscience] have been freed; more were arrested," Puri claimed.

Although Jakarta ranked only fifth, reported cases there involved the largest number of people, namely 314, Puri said, adding that human rights violations in the capital included evictions and the government's policy to restrict demonstrations. (afr/bbn)

Source: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2015/12/11/west-java-scores-lowest-human-rights-kontras.html.