U.S. journalist, Billy Nessen, is currently being held and interrogated by the police in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh province, currently part of Indonesia. He has been detained by the Indonesian Police since Tuesday, June 24th. Officially, he is being held for possible charges of visa violations which carry a maximum five year penalty. As of July 14th, 2003, he has completed 20 days in custody while the national police and prosecutor are drawing up criminal charges against him. Billy Nessen is likely to be tried within the next week to 10 days and sentenced before the end of July.
Billy Nessen mutori wenhau akasununguka ane zvinyorwa nemifananidzo zvakaburitswa nemapepa mazhinji anosanganisira Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle uye mapepa muAustralia nedzimwe nyika. Kwemakore akawanda, akanyatsotevera mafambiro akasiyana-siyana achishandira kodzero dzevanhu uye / kana rusununguko muAceh. Akadzokera kuAceh nguva pfupi Chivabvu 19 asati asvika, zuva iro Mutungamiri Megawati Sukarnoputri akazivisa mutemo wemauto mudunhu reAceh uye akamisa mauto eIndonesia zviuru makumi mashanu kuti aparadze bato rekuzvitonga ikoko. Semutori wenhau, Billy aifamba neFree Aceh Movement (GAM), iri kutungamira kurwira rusununguko rweAcehnese. .
The Indonesian military demanded Billy Nessen surrender by June 14th, 2003. Billy requested that he be allowed to leave Indonesia without being questioned. His request was strongly supported by the Committee to Protect Journalists, an international group of journalists who support the rights of journalists to report what they see without threats or repression. During the period immediately before and after June 14th, he hid in the Acehnese jungle, which was under fierce attack by the Indonesian military.
Zvichienderana nekunzwisisa kwake nhaurirano pakati pehurumende yeIndonesia, nhengo dzehurumende yeUS kusanganisira Mumiriri weUS kuIndonesia, nhengo inotungamira yeKomiti Yekudzivirira Vatori venhau uye nevanorwira kodzero dzevanhu vashoma, Billy Nessen akatenda kuti aigona kuzviisa kuIndonesia. mauto muAceh, obva abvumidzwa kubva muIndonesia asina kupa chero ruzivo nezvezviitwa zvake kana nezveGAM nebapiro rayo remauto (AGAM).
Musi wa24 Chikumi, Billy Nessen akakanda mapfumo pasi kumauto eIndonesia muAceh. Vakamutakura kuenda naye kwaBanda Aceh. Kunyange zvazvo achibatwa zviri nani zvikuru kupfuura vasungwa veAcehnese, vazhinji vavo vanorohwa zvakarongeka, Billy haana kubatwa zvakanaka mazuva ake mashoma okutanga ari muchitokisi. Kubva ipapo kurapwa kwake kwakavandudzika zvikuru. Paaibvunzwa, nhengo yemumiriri weUS yaivepo uye ichitsigira kodzero dzaNessen.
Mapurisa anoti vakapedza kuferefeta kwavo musi wa7 Chikunguru voendesa gwaro raBilly kuhofisi yemuchuchisi kuBanda Aceh. Sekureva kweJakarta Post, mukuru wemapurisa emunyika yeIndonesia, General Daรขโฌโขi Bachtiar akati Billy achapomerwa mhosva yekutyora vhiza yekuve muAceh - pasina kuwana mvumo kubva kuvakuru vemauto muAcehรขโฌ . Izvi zvinotakura mutongo mukuru wemakore mashanu uye faindi yepamusoro inosvika zviuru mazana matatu emadhora. Daรขโฌโขi akatiwo mapurisa acharamba achiferefeta hukama hwaNessen neFree Aceh Movement, izvo zvinoenderana nezvakataurwa nevatungamiriri vemauto eIndonesia vachityisidzira kuti vachaedza Nessen nekuda kwehusori kana mhosva dzakafanana.
Mugore rapfuura, kunyangwe mutemo wemauto usati waziviswa muAceh, vakadzi vaviri, Lee Sadler wekuUnited States, naLesley McCulloch wekuGreat Britain, vakapika mitongo yemwedzi mina nemishanu, zvichiteerana nekutyora kudiki vhiza nekuda kwekunzwira tsitsi kwavo. independence movement muAceh.
Chii Chinogona Kuitwa?
Ibasa redu tese kukumbira kuti Billy Nessen aburitswe muhusungwa muAceh uye abvumidzwe kubva kuIndonesia nekukasika. Tinofanirawo kukumbira kuti asaende kujeri. Kuti timubatsire, tinofanira kuisa dzvinyiriro kuhurumende dzeIndonesia neUnited States: hurumende yeIndonesia nokuti vari kubata Billy Nessen zvisina kururama; uye hurumende yeUS nekuti mutsigiri mukuru weIndonesia neIndonesia haidi kutsausa US uye kurasikirwa nerubatsiro rwemauto. Saka zvinodaidzira kuti Billy asunungurwe nemumiriri weUS kuIndonesia uye hurumende yeUS ingangowana mibairo.
Nhamba dzenhare dzinokosha, maemail uye fax!
1. Indonesian Embassy in Washington, D.C. Ambassador Soemadi DM Brotodiningrat tel: 202 775-5200 fax: 202 775-5365 address: 2020 Massachusetts Ave. Washington, D.C. 20036
2. U.S. Ambassador to Indonesia Ralph Boyce tel: (011) 62-21 3435 9000 fax: (011) 62-21 3435-9922 email: [email inodzivirirwa]
3. Desk reIndonesia kuUS State Department, Michael Heath runhare: 202 647-2769 fax: 202 647-7350
4. State Department email of Colin Powell, [email inodzivirirwa] tel: 202 647-4000
5. U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Head of the Foreign Relations Committee tel: 202 224-4814 email: [email inodzivirirwa]