Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front (ASNLF)
Thank you Madame Chair. My name [inaudible] from Acheh, located on the northern tip of
Sumatra and I am representing the Acheh-Sumatra National Liberation Front or ASNLF. To
highlight the reality [inaudible] about this initial progress, the peace in Acheh was peace
without justice. More than 20 years after signing the peace in Helsinki, the people of Acheh
continue to wait for justice. Madame Chair, according to the International Human Rights
Commission, at least four major cases of gross human rights violations in Acheh have
already been fully investigated and submitted to the Attorney General. Yet, none have ever
moved to prosecution. I repeat, none have ever moved to prosecution, even though the main
actor has received an award. For example, the dictator Suharto, who was responsible for
various human rights violations in the past, was rewarded with an honor as a national hero
two weeks ago. Also, until now, the Human Rights Court for Acheh has not been established,
I repeat, has not been established. When justice is denied for decades, peace becomes
fragile. Survivors in Acheh increasingly express despair. They feel that if the state continues
to abandon its responsibilities, they may be forced to seek justice through their own ways.
Madame Chair, the trust and reconciliation commission for Acheh collected testimony from
over 5,000 survivors, confirming the widespread crimes that amount to crimes against
humanity. More concretely, impunity in Indonesia is not an accident, it is a policy. I repeat, it
is a policy. Without truth and justice there can be no lasting peace, only silence and the fear
that history may repeat itself. Madame Chair, the Indonesian military has deployed six more
battalions in the region of Acheh since August 2025. We believe that the deployment is
intended to intimidate the people of Acheh from peacefully exercising their fundamental
rights. As I speak in this Forum, intelligence operations is underway in Acheh using and
[inaudible] bribery as well, to intimidate Achenese people not to raise the Achehnese flag, a
symbol of celebration [cut off by Chair].