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CRISIS CENTRE DIOCESE OF AMBOINA Jalan Pattimura 32 Ambon 97124 - Indonesia Tel 0062 (0)911 342195 Fax 0062 (0)911 355337 E-mail: compro@ambon.wasantara.net.id Ambon, October 19, 2000 THE SITUATION IN AMBON / MOLUCCAS Report no. 79 ROAD TO RECONCILIATION - The chairman of the FBI = Front Pembela Islam Maluku (Islam Front of Defense in the Moluccas), M.Husni Putuhena SH (Sarjana Hukum / Lawyer), according to Suara Maluku newspaper, urges all those who are involved in the Moluccas conflict, not to allow that religious issues are being used in order to attain certain political advantages. Christians and muslims should respect each other s religion, they should not attempt to gain the other party over to their own religion. Likewise the interim deacon of the Pattimura University Law Faculty, Yanes Leatemia SH, MH, expressed his conviction that religious difference up to now has been used by certain politicians to accomplish their own political goals. A dialogue among the conflicting parties will be possible if only no outsiders meddle in such effort of reconciliation. So the request that the laskar jihad should leave the Moluccas before a dialogue will be possible, will not be withdrawn.   NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS AGENCY - On October 19, the National Commission for Human Rights opened an agency for the Moluccas in Ambon. To that purpose an operational team from this Commission led by Mr. Bambang W.Soeharto came to Ambon. They will recruit two local assistants, one muslim and one christian. This agency hopes in cooperation with various other agencies, even in cooperation with the whole populaton to act as a mediator to end the conflict. However, the main task of this agency will be the survey on violation of human rights.   AGAIN CONFLICT ON CERAM - Waitasi is a christian settlement in the mountains, not far from Kairatu on the south coast of the island of Ceram. Siwalima newspaper reports that in the afternoon of Tuesday, October 17, Waitasi was attacked by masses that are thought to have come from the islam settlements of Kelapa Dua and Pakarena. Any number of casualties or number of houses burnt is still unknown due to lack of proper communication facilities with the site. Equally, two days earlier, the christian village of Ahiolo, situated in the mountains at a distance of about 12 km from the coast, was attacked, resulting in the burning of a church, a school and a number of houses. No casualties were reported. Some residents from Waitasi and Ahiolo managed to escape to Ambon; they told that the aggressors came from the muslim village of Hualoi; on earlier occasion these had also destroyed the village of Seriholo (near Kairatu), namely on September 8, 1999 and on September 8. 2000 (See Report 59 no.4).   Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina C.J.Böhm MSc Secretary   Received via e-mail from : Crisis Centre Diocese of Amboina  Copyright © 1999-2000  - Ambon Berdarah On-Line * http://www.go.to/ambon HTML pages designed and maintained by Alifuru67 * http://www.oocities.org/alifuru67 Send your comments to alifuru67@egroups.com