NGOs quiet about Ambon tragedy

NGOs quiet about Ambon tragedy

From Bisnis Indonesia

Reading newspapers these days makes me utterly sad. Imagine,
nearly every day there are deaths in conflicts raging in Ambon.
Each group takes turns. One day it is our Muslim brothers, the
next it is Christians.

Outrageous cruelties against humanity which we saw in Bosnia
some time ago are now happening in this country.

What is more saddening is that nobody seems to care about the
tragedy. In my opinion, the government and the Armed Forces are
not serious in handling the matter. If they were serious, the
conflicts would have ceased long ago.

The voice of NGOs is also not heard. Are they all too busy
with social safety net funds so they do not care anymore about
the fate of their brothers in Ambon? Where is Munir with his
Kontras? Where is the National Commission on Human Rights? Is it
our wish to let the slaughtering go on in Ambon?

MARIA PETRONELLA

Depok, West Java