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Written by: nakal@watchin.snafu.de
Date: 09 Nov 1998 13:31:53
Subject: (fwd): protest by reporters sans frontieres
From: nakal@watchin.snafu.de (Watch Indonesia!)
Subject: (fwd): protest by reporters sans frontieres

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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 18:09:25 +0100
To: nakal@watchin.snafu.de (Watch Indonesia!)
From: Barbara Petersen
Subject: Indonesia

>Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 16:51:50 +0100 (MET)

>Subject: Indonesia
>
>Reporters sans frontières
>Secrétariat International
>Bureau Asie-Pacifique
>
>5, rue Geoffroy Marie - 75009 Paris France
>
>Tél : (33) 1 44 83 84 84
>Fax : (33) 1 45 23 11 51
>E-mail : rsf@rsf.fr
>Web : www.rsf.fr
>>
>His Excellency President Habibie
>Jakarta
>Indonesia
>Fax :62 21 36 77 81
>__________________________________________________________________________
>Paris, 4 November 1998
>
>Your Excellency,
>
>Reporters Sans Frontières, an independent organisation for the defence of
>>press freedom worldwide, wishes to protest against the threats received by
>a journalist with DeTak.
>
>According to our information, on 30 October, Widadi, a reporter with the
>tabloid DeTak, was threatened with death by the regional military commander
>V/Brawijaya, Major-General Djoko Subroto. According to the Alliance of
>Independent Journalists (AJI) based in Jakarta, Widadi sought to confirm
>information concerning mass killings in the region. Then the officer told
>the journalist : "I have the right to arrest you if you slander me."
>Raising his voice, he added : "Don't you go threatening me ! I will kill
>you ! I am serious !".
>
>Reporters Sans Frontières is aware of the great improvement in press
>freedom in Indonesia during the last few months. But our organisation is
>still concerned by the bad habits of the security forces towards
>journalists. We ask you to use your influence to ensure that military
>officers respect the law, and base their statements on the law, not on
>power as they often did in the past. Reporters Sans Frontières also asks
>you to go on working with Indonesian journalists and organisations to pass
>a new law based on the principle of press freedom.
>
>We thank you for your attention and would welcome your comments.
>Yours faithfully,

>Robert Ménard
>General Secretary

Reporter ohne Grenzen
Oranienstrasse 24, 10999 Berlin
Germany
rog@berlin.snafu.de
Tel.: 49 - 30 - 615 85 85
Fax: 49 - 30 - 614 34 63


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