More groups condemn Kontras attack

More groups condemn Kontras attack

JAKARTA: Mass organizations grouped in the Friends of Islam
Civil Society condemned a recent attack on the offices of a human
rights group in Jakarta.

Group coordinator Rizaldin Kurniawan said on Friday that the
attack was a serious threat to law enforcement and to people's
criticism of state violence.

The offices of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims
of Violence (Kontras) was attacked on May 27 by the Pemuda Panca
Marga, a nationalistic group of veteran soldiers' relatives.

The attack was believed to have links with Kontras' stance on
the ongoing military operation in Aceh.

The Friends of Islam Civil Society consists of some
organizations under the Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah Muslim
groups. They are: the Muhammadiyah Youths, the Lakpesdam NU,
Ahimsa, Rahima, Nasyi'atul Aisyiyah, State Islamic University's
center for human resource development and the Institute for the
Free Flow of Information. -- Antara