Indonesia Human Rights Body Meets On Myanmar
By Ben Ng

Bandar Seri Begawan - Indonesia's Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) along with the Indonesia Coalition for Burma (KMSUB) are holding an international conference focused on Burma's human rights policies following last year's monk-led uprising that sparked violence across the nation.

The talks that kicked off yesterday in Jakarta is focused on the role of Asean civil society in supporting human rights and democracy in Burma, following urgent appeals to the Human Rights Council that resulted in a written and oral statement delivered to the HRC regarding Burma, which was co-sponsored by 243 human rights organisations, including'] 6 NGO's with ECOSOC consultative status.

Since the September 2007 monk-led uprising in Burma, Indonesian CSO's have displayed an increased solidarity with Burma. The movement involves not only human rights groups, but also interfaith groups. Indonesian Buddhist associations, youth organisations from Muhammadiyah, migrant worker organisations, journalists, labour/trade unions are among a few of them.

Immediately after the bloody repression of the saffron revolution, Indonesian CSOs from different sectors organised solidarity activities protesting the violent repression of the peaceful actions of monks and other members of Burmese civil society.

Various public meetings and demonstrations were organised involving, among others, interfaith groups, youth organisations, students and trade unions. As a result, Indonesian CSO's became seriously concerned with the victims of human rights violations in Burma despite the fact that Indonesia is itself, still in the process of trying to deal with a lot of significant internal unresolved human rights violations. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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