Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Military impunity in Indonesia

Military rule in Indonesia formally ended in 1998, but the army remains above the law. If a general orders an entire village massacred, he cannot be tried in civilian courts. The only way he could face justice is if the army itself convenes a military tribunal, or if Parliament establishes a special human rights court — something it has never done fairly and effectively.

Filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer, writing here in The New York Times

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