The Jakarta Post, 8/10/2006 4:02:28 PM
Thousands protesting plan to execute three over attacks on
Muslims
TENTENA, Central Sulawesi (AP): More than 2,000 Indonesian Christians rallied
Thursday against a plan to execute three co-religionists found guilty of leading a
series of attacks on Muslims in eastern Indonesia.
Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Marinus Riwu are scheduled to be put to
death Saturday for their role in inciting and carrying out attacks on Sulawesi in 2000
during violence that left some 1,000 dead from both faiths.
The largest rally took place in the Christian-dominated town of Tentena on Sulawesi,
where more than 2,000 people rallied and prayed together. Protests were also held in
two towns on Floresisland, the birth place of the three men.
All three have said they are not guilty, but their final appeal was turned down by
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono last year.
Amnesty International, an international rights group that opposes the death sentence
in all cases, said it was concerned at reports indicating that the trial of the three men
did not meet international standards of fairness. (**)
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