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56.
Komnas HAM observed that the intimidation and terror that occurred to Mr. Albert
Rumbekwan (the local commissioner at Papua) as serious problem that can be categorized
as violence to human rights defenders. Komnas HAM, therefore, has taken steps by
contacting and coordinating with the National and Local Police Headquarters to provide
protection to Mr. Rumbekwan. Komnas HAM followed up the case by investigation and
kept it monitored.
57.
Komnas HAM conducted an investigation on the cases of Ahmadiyah based on the
statutory function of Komnas HAM in monitoring. In 2005, Ahmadiyah adherents had
experienced several acts of violence with the attack to Mubarak campus, Parung, West
Java on 9 and 15 July 2005, the attack of Ahmadiyah adherents in Cianjur, West Java on
19 September 2005, and the attack of Ahmadiyah adherents in Ketapang, Lombok in
October 2005. As the consequences of the State obligations according to article 71 of the
Law 39/1999, all religions of the Indonesian people should be protected and treated
equally by the State, including the adherents of Ahmadiyah.
58.
In response to those attacks, Komnas HAM considered that the Government should
actively provide:
(a) protection guarantee to the victims;
(b) firm actions to anarchy behaviours;
(c) guarantee of protection for all Indonesian citizen wherever they stay.
59.
Komnas HAM concluded that, the attack of Ahmadiyah adherents in Lombok
without prevention and prosecution actions to the perpetrators by the law enforcement
officers was an example of the unwillingness and inability of the State to guarantee the
rights of its citizen to freedom of religion and to worship according to one’s religion or
belief. Similar acts of violence also occurred to Ahmadiyah adherents in Al Mubarak
Campus, Parung (Bogor, West Java) on 9 July 2005 which caused many injured victims
and destruction of campus facilities and vehicles.
60.
Although the mass communal conflicts in Poso had stopped since 2002, the impact
of these conflicts were still shown in 2006 because the Government has yet solved these
cases through the legal system. Acts of violence still occurred such as shooting, bombing,
mutilation or individual robbery. As the response to these acts of violence, the Indonesian
Police has intensively conducted investigation in Poso and has determined 29 persons in
the wanted list (Daftar Pencarian Orang or DPO).
61.
In October 2006, during the search of the persons in the wanted list, a civilian had
died and several others were injured of gun-shoots by the police. To investigate and
monitor the possibilities of human rights violations in the search process of the police in
Poso, Komnas HAM had visited Poso in November 2006 and had sent a letter to the Chief
of the Indonesian Police to demand the respect of human rights in the police investigation
process. The monitoring continues to 2007.