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Jakarta, CNN Indonesia –
Human rights monitoring body, International Amnesty, urged the government United States of America revoke the invitation addressed to the Minister of Defense, Prabowo Subianto, to Uncle Sam’s country, because he is held responsible for a series of human rights violations in Indonesia.
In information Y lyrics Written by Amnesty International, they asked the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, to revoke the visa granted to Prabowo to come to Uncle Sam’s country and comply with the invitation of the US Secretary of Defense. October.
According to the spokesman for the Minister of Defense for Public Communication and Interinstitutional Relations, Dahnil Anzar Simanjuntak, Prabowo was invited to discuss defense cooperation.
“The invitation to Prabowo should be canceled if he appears to have legal immunity for alleged crimes against humanity that he committed in the past,” says a letter from Amnesty International.
“We urge you to clarify that granting a visa to Prabowo Subianto does not make him immune, and to ensure that if he arrives in the United States, he must be examined, and if there is evidence, he must be tried for his actions under international law,” the content continued. . Letter from Amnesty International.
Amnesty International claims that the United States has banned Prabowo since 2000 due to alleged human rights violations.
Prabowo at the time was rejected by the United States when he was about to attend the graduation ceremony for his son, Didit Hadiprasetyo, at a university in Boston, Massachusetts.
At the time, it was not clear why the United States seized Prabowo in his country. However, according to newspaper articles The New York Times in March 2014 it revealed that the US government was concerned about the stability of Indonesia after the fall of Suharto.
They claim that Prabowo, who in the 1990s was the son-in-law of the late President Soeharto and the Commander General of the Special Forces Command (Kopassus), is believed to be involved in the kidnapping and enforced disappearance of various pro-democracy activists.
In addition, Kopassus was also said to have committed serious human rights violations in East Timor (now the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste) and the murder of Papuan activist Theys Eluay in 2001.
“In two decades, the Indonesian government has not taken effective steps to prosecute Prabowo Subianto. He has never been held accountable and to this day continues to deny any human rights violations,” a letter from Amnesty International reads.
Prabowo said it was important for him to comply with the invitation from the United States.
“Let’s say the United States is currently the strongest country and indeed the strongest country,” Prabowo said in the video of the interview belonging to the Gerindra Party, whose images were received. CNNIndonesia.com, September 12.
“Yes, the United States is an important country, I was invited. I must comply with the invitation,” he added.
Prabowo said that President Jokowi also ordered him to comply with the invitation.
“I went to the president, I informed him, sir, I received an invitation from the United States. The president said yes, I had to go,” he said.
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