Gereja Protestan Maluku
A desperate cry for help from ambon
Violence breaks up again in the Moluccas (Indonesia). Since the 25th of April the
houses and the public facilities in Ambon (the capital of the province), including
schools and University campuses are being burnt down. Bombs and other explosives
are being directed to the living quarters of the civilians. Death toll is increasing and so
is the number of the injured. People live in terror because the armed radicals are left
to use violence freely and subject it to any one especially to the innocent civilians.
Snipers are acting again and the common people, the military and police personnels,
are fired and shot dead. Even the children and pregnant women are being violated
against, some of them are stabbed and others are slashed and left to bleed. All this
are being done under the pretext of fighting the RMS separatist. The condition will get
worse surely if these acts of violence are not put to stop immediately because it is
harming the innocent civilians. It is in this connection that we plead for the attention of
the international communities, to the causes of the innocent people in Ambon.
1. Please help the Indonesian government, that violence in the Molucca province and
in other provinces in Indonesia be terminated immediately.
2. That law be enforced on the suspected separatists in the province and also to the
radicals who violates against the rights of people in Ambon.
3. That law be enforced by the government and not to let civilians to take up law in
their hands.
4. That the peace building efforts done by people in the province and in the country at
large be supported by eliminating forces which work against it.
Ambon, April 30th 2004
The Protestant Church In Moluccas
Synod Board
Rev. DR. I. W. J. Hendriks
Moderator
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