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Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta

September 26, 2022/in Member statements

PRESS RELEASE: *Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta* Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Holds First Hearing into Law 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court Jakarta 26 September 2022: The Constitutional Court in Jakarta has held its first hearing into whether the law governing the Human Rights Court can be changed, allowing […]

Thousands of civilians displaced by Myanmar army attacks on Khin-U villages

September 23, 2022/in News

A junta unit attacked by the resistance with explosives returns to torch area villages, forcing locals to flee their homes Thousands of villagers have been displaced by recent military assaults on Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township, according to local sources. Members of the anti-junta resistance said that a 70-soldier column in western Khin-U and a 200-soldier […]

Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta

September 26, 2022/in Member statements

Thousands of civilians displaced by Myanmar army attacks on Khin-U villages

September 23, 2022/in News

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Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta

September 26, 2022/in Member statements

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*Prosecuting Burmese Perpetrators of Serious Human Rights Violations in Jakarta*

Indonesia’s Constitutional Court Holds First Hearing into Law 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court

Jakarta 26 September 2022: The Constitutional Court in Jakarta has held its first hearing into whether the law governing the Human Rights Court can be changed, allowing a case to be brought in Indonesia against perpetrators of atrocity crimes in Myanmar.

Salai Za Uk Ling, Deputy Executive Director of the Chin Human Rights Organisation said “more and more states are permitting universal jurisdiction cases such as the Rohingya genocide case in Argentina and the case in Turkey against the Myanmar junta. This is a golden opportunity for Indonesia to position itself at the leading edge of positive change.”

The Indonesian constitution upholds the universal protection of rights, asserting that “everyone has the right to recognition, guarantee, protection, fair legal certainty, and equal treatment before the law. [Article 28D paragraph (1) of the 1945 Constitution].

The 1945 Constitution protects human rights regardless of citizenship status.

On September 7, 2022, a group leading figures submitted an application to the Court to remove the phrase “by an Indonesian citizen” from Article 5 of Law Number 26 of 2000 concerning the Human Rights Court. This stipulates “the human rights court is also authorized to examine and decide cases of gross human rights violations outside the territory of Indonesia, which are committed by Indonesian citizens.”

According to the petitioners, Article 5 clearly violates the universality of the 1945 Constitution. It also limits Indonesia’s role in realizing world peace and upholding the rule of law, as the Constitution stipulates.

The Constitutional Court Session was attended by Marzuki Darusman (Petitioner I) and Sasmito, Chairman of Aliansi Jurnalis Independen, AJI, (Petitioner III) along with 17 Attorneys for the Petitioners.

The Preliminary Examination was broadcast live on the Constitutional Court’s Youtube channel: Sidang Perkara Nomor 89/PUU-XX/2022. Senin, 26 September 2022. – YouTube

The next hearing by the Constitutional Court on this petition will be held on 11 October.

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The legal team for the petitioners included the Human Rights Universality Team (U-HAM), THEMIS Indonesia Law Firm; LBH-PP Muhammadiyah; LBH-Pers on behalf of the Petitioners: Marzuki Darusman, Busyro Muqoddas, and AJI-Indonesia.

For further information please contact:

Ibn Syamsu, Themis Indonesia (082228682201)

Gufroni, LBH-PP Muhammadiyah ( 085714158130)

Ade Wahyudin, LBH Press (085773238190)

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Thousands of civilians displaced by Myanmar army attacks on Khin-U villages

September 23, 2022/in News

A junta unit attacked by the resistance with explosives returns to torch area villages, forcing locals to flee their homes

Thousands of villagers have been displaced by recent military assaults on Sagaing Region’s Khin-U Township, according to local sources.

Members of the anti-junta resistance said that a 70-soldier column in western Khin-U and a 200-soldier unit in the east have been perpetrating the attacks.

The first column targeted villages along the highway connecting Khin-U with Ye-U Township, which lies to the west. On Wednesday at 10am they arrived at the community of Thagara Myo Thit, some eight miles from Khin-U’s administrative centre.

A clash with local defence forces broke out at the village’s entrance, with no casualties reported by the resistance, who were forced to withdraw.

A guerrilla fighter from one of the groups that participated in the battle said that Myanmar army soldiers then set up a base in Thagara Myo Thit after torching at least three homes.

The following morning, half of the column reportedly continued on to neighbouring Gway Kone, more than one mile away, where more homes were burnt.
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Displaced locals from eastern Khin-U township

The defence force member who spoke to Myanmar Now said that on Tuesday, an alliance of resistance groups had carried out three attacks with explosive devices targeting a four-vehicle military convoy along the highway to Ye-U.

“There were so many junta casualties,” he said. “I think they came back for revenge.”

The troops belonged to the column now operating in western Khin-U.

One of the trucks was destroyed after being hit with six makeshift bombs and left behind in Inpat village, two miles from Ye-U. The remaining three vehicles were also destroyed after being attacked near Thagara Myo Thit, Gway Kone and Kan Thit villages, according to an officer in the Khin-U People’s Defence Force (PDF).

Two of the vehicles were later retrieved by the junta, but two were abandoned by the roadside, he added.

By Thursday, locals in multiple villages along the highway had fled the military raids.
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Displaced locals from eastern Khin-U township (Supplied)

The larger junta column operating in eastern Khin-U, which borders Mandalay Region, began its raids on Tuesday, with junta ships travelling along the Ayeyarwady River attacking the villages of Ka Bwat and Yone Pin.

“We heard last night that the military was coming, so we fled into the woods. There isn’t anyone left behind in the village and we heard gunshots all day yesterday,” a displaced resident of Ka Bwat said on Thursday.

According to a statement by the Khin-U PDF, some 7,500 civilians from 2,000 households had been displaced from Ka Bwat to the surrounding forests.

In Yone Pin, most of the residents also fled, but 10 locals were arrested by the arriving Myanmar army troops, according to the Khin-U PDF officer, who did not have further information on their whereabouts or condition at the time of reporting.

Allied resistance forces attacked the junta unit leaving Yone Pin for Ka Bwat on Thursday to join the column already occupying the community. They reportedly killed six troops and injured an unspecified number of soldiers who were then transported by the military to Mandalay.

“They buried the dead soldiers in a valley near Ka Bwat village and the injured soldiers were taken to Shwe Kyin, which is located to the east of the river,” the PDF officer said.

The junta has not released any information on its recent activities in Khin-U.

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