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From: ICG Email <icgemail@tmg.co.uk> (by way of richard barbrook)
Subject: C R I S I S W E B   N E W S
Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2001 20:56:39 +0000 (GMT)


C R I S I S W E B   N E W S
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Friday, 2 February 2000


Indonesia
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Indonesia: Impunity versus Accountability for Gross Human Rights
Violations

Following Soeharto's fall in 1998 and the violence accompanying East
Timor's vote for independence in 1999, the new democratic Indonesian
government promised to hold perpetrators of gross human rights
violations accountable. Indonesia's subsequent record, however, has been
unimpressive. ICG analyses the legal system and documents the obstacles
to accountability, including corrupt courts, political pressures, lack
of funds and the military's residual power. Of special international
concern, the record in dealing with human rights violations in East
Timor is particularly poor. The report argues that failure to hold
senior officers to account is not helpful for the nation's stability,
because of the message it sends to regions where separatist movements
are active (Aceh, Irian Jaya) or tensions are particularly high
(Maluku).

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From: ICG Email <icgemail@tmg.co.uk>(by way of richard barbrook)
Subject: C R I S I S W E B   N E W S
Date: Mon,  5 Feb 2001 20:57:57 +0000 (GMT)


C R I S I S W E B   N E W S
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Thursday, 1 February 2000


Kosovo
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In the sharply divided communities of Kosovo, interfaith dialogue offers
a way to reconciliation. Religion in Kosovo, the International Crisis
Group's latest report on the Balkans, finds that contrary to common
belief, religion has not been a direct cause of conflict and calls on
the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) to establish and fund a
permanent Kosovo Interfaith Council. The report concludes that while
there are bitter social and political divisions between Kosovo's Serbs
and Albanians, some religious leaders of all faiths, Orthodox, Muslim
and Catholic, are prepared to enter a dialogue. However UNMIK's support
is crucial to give the talks appropriate standing. UNMIK should also
provide adequate funding for the repair and protection of all religious
monuments, and ensure that education in Kosovo remains secular.

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