Buyung Nasution's ouster<\/p>\n
A lawyer, as has often been said, cannot choose who to defend
\nor not to defend. He or she must be willing to defend whoever
\nneeds a defense. Oddly, the Foundation of the Indonesian Legal
\nAid Institute (YLBHI), which has always proclaimed itself to be a
\nbulwark of justice, has dismissed from its ranks a lawyer who is
\ntrying to uphold justice.<\/p>\n
YLBHI dismissed Buyung (Nasution) from its ranks because he
\ntook it upon him to defend a number of generals accused of human
\nrights abuses. On the other hand, the organization appears
\nindifferent toward various human rights issues that have emerged
\nlately, and whose handling of appear to be focused on the person
\nof (attorney general and concurrently chairman of the National
\nCommission on Human Rights, Komnas HAM) Marzuki Darusman.<\/p>\n
Marzuki himself appears to be so busy he has forgotten to
\nrelinquish his chairmanship at Komnas HAM to some other person
\nafter becoming attorney general. President Abdurrahman Wahid,
\ntoo, seems to have forgotten to do something about this
\nundesirable doubling of positions.<\/p>\n
It could be that the generals in question are indeed guilty.
\nStill, to discharge from their ranks a lawyer who is defending
\nthem is incorrect. It is a new form of tyranny committed in the
\nname of democracy and human rights.<\/p>\n
-- Media Indonesia, Jakarta<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/buyung-nasutions-ouster-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }