Urgent Action

Preparatory Committee of The Free Acheh Democratic

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Urgent Action: Two Activists were kidnapped prior to the Election

We, the Preparatory Committee of the Free Acheh Democratic would like to inform that despite reports on the successful election in Acheh, there have also been reports of violence. On Thursday, December 7, 2006, at around 15:15pm (local time), Mr. Razali Amin (60) and Mr. Tarmizi Idrus (52) have been kidnapped from a house in Lhok Jok village, Kuta Makmur subdistrict of North Acheh. Until today, the victims have yet been released and there have been signs that the two have been killed by the perpetrators.

According to the report from our investigation team conducting the interviews with witnesses including their family members at the location, the victims were having a conversation at Mr. Razali’s house along with a few other people. Suddenly, about ten men and three perpetrators who have been identified as Matlan (22), Syarwan (34) and Sipanyang Mustafa (22), all of whom believed to be members of the Acheh Transition Committee (KPA – Komite Peralihan Acheh), came to the house armed with knives and dragged the victims outside of the house and beat them in front of the family members and other witnesses. The perpetrators then took the victims with them. It was unclear on what ground they’ve been detained.
The families of the victims have been to the KPA representative office in Punteut, Blang Mangat subdistrict of North Acheh, to report the incident. However, they were not allowed to see the victims.
Based on this information, we, the Preparatory Committee of the Free Acheh Democratic strongly condemn this inhumane action that is clearly violate human rights values and democratic norms, as well as the spirit of the peace process that currently flourishing in Acheh.

We urge all local and international human rights organizations, and especially foreign observers to further investigate this incident immediately.

We demand that the KPA to view this incident seriously as it involves members from their organization. The victims’ condition should be made known to the family members and be released immediately and unconditionally. Furthermore, cooperation by local police is needed to resolve this incident. If found guilty, the perpetrators should be held accountable and be brought to justice in order to prevent such incidents recur in the future.

New York, December 14, 2006
Prepared by

(Signed)
Zikrinullah Makarim
Commission of Human Rights and Documentation
Zikrinullah.makarim@freeacheh.info