Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 27-10-2014 10. Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Sudirman Said (PT Pindad president/former PT New cabinet Pertamina executive) The Jakarta Post, 27-10-2014 11. Industry Minister Saleh Husin (Hanura Party politician) After taking the oath of office on Oct. 20, Joko "Jokowi" Widodo announced on Sunday his 12. Trade Minister Rahmat Gobel (businessman) Cabinet lineup after delaying the announcement on Wednesday night, which prompted speculation that he was wrangling with leaders of political parties in his coalition who 13. Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya (NasDem politician/former civil were insisting on nominating problematic candidates. servant) 14. Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman (Hasanuddin University lecturer) Jokowi’s Working Cabinet 2014-2019: 1. Coordinating Political, Legal and Security Affairs Minister Tedjo Edhy Purdijatno (former 15. Agrarian and Spatial Planning Minister Ferry Musyidan Baldan (NasDem Party Navy chief of staff 2008-2009/NasDem Party top executive) politician) 2. Coordinating Economic Minister Sofyan Djalil (former state-owned enterprises minister) 16. Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan (PT Kereta Api Indonesia president) 3. Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Indroyono Susilo (an executive with the Food 17. Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti (owner of airline operator Susi and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Air) 4. Coordinating Human Development and Culture Minister Puan Maharani (legislator/PDI- 18. Manpower Minister Hanif Dhakiri (PKB politician) P top executive) 19. Public Works and Public Housing Minister Basuki Hadimuljono (Public Works Ministry 5. Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo (legislator/PDI-P top executive) top official) 6. Foreign Minister Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi (Indonesian ambassador to the 20. Health Minister Nila Moeloek (Indonesian representatives for MDGs) Netherlands) 21. Culture and Elementary and Secondary Education Minister Anies Baswedan 7. Defense Minister Ryamizard Ryacudu (former Army chief of staff 2002-2004) (Paramadina University rector). 8. Law and Human Rights Minister Yasona H. Laoly (legislator/PDI-P politician) 22. Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indra Parawansa (former women’s empowerment minister). 9. Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro (deputy finance minister) This Amnesty International Netherlands clipping service is made for Amnesty members and other individuals interested in the human rights developments in Indonesia – for their information only – . These clippings are not to be quoted as Amnesty information. For more information or to be included in or deleted from the mailing list, write to [email protected]. For back issues view http://www.marthameijer.org/page36.php 1 Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 27-10-2014 23. Religious Affairs Minister Lukman Hakim Saifuddin (current religious affairs minister) Backgrounds can be found on http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/news/indonesias- new-ministers/ 24. Communications and Information Minister Rudiantara (PT Indosat commissioner, former top executives for PT Semen Indonesia, PT PLN, PT XL Axiata) Kontras: Ryamizard Appointment Shows Jokowi ‘Negligent’ on 25. State Secretary Pratikno (Gadjah Mada University rector) Human Rights The Jakarta Globe, 27-10-2014 26. Research and Technology and Higher Education Minister M. Nasir (Diponegoro University rector) The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says the appointment of a controversial former general to the new cabinet shows President Joko 27. Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise Widodo is “negligent” towards human rights issues. (Cendrawasih University lecturer) The prominent human rights group has struck out at Joko’s decision to name Gen. (ret.) 28. Administrative and Bureaucratic Reform Minister Yuddy Chrisnandi (Hanura Party Ryamizard Ryacudu the country’s defense minister, saying his involvement in operations politician) against the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and the Free Papua Organization (OPM) made 29. Villages, Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration Minister Marwan Jafar (PKB him unsuitable for the role. politician) “Ryamizard’s appointment shows that our president is negligent towards human rights 30. National Development Planning Minister/National Development Planning Board and the defense sector,” Kontras coordinator Haris Azhar said on Sunday evening. (Bappenas) chief Andrinof Chaniago (University of Indonesia lecturer) The retired general was one of 34 ministers announced in Indonesia’s new cabinet at the 31. State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno (former trade minister 2001- State Palace on Sunday. 2004/former PT Astra International president) Ryamizard was Army chief of staff between 2002 and 2005 and chief of the Army’s 32. Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises Minister AAGN Puspayoga (PDI-P strategic command (Kostrad) between 2000 and 2002. He has been singled out by Kontras politician) for his role overseeing operations in Aceh and Papua. 33. Tourism Minister Arief Yahya (PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia president director) Haris said that Ryamizard’s “sins” included his leadership role during the implementation of martial law by the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) in Aceh following the collapse of 34. Youth and Sports Minister Imam Nahrawi (PKB politician). peace talks in 2003. A report by Human Rights Watch published in 2003 voiced concern about serious abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law committed by both the TNI and GAM forces during the period. This Amnesty International Netherlands clipping service is made for Amnesty members and other individuals interested in the human rights developments in Indonesia – for their information only – . These clippings are not to be quoted as Amnesty information. For more information or to be included in or deleted from the mailing list, write to [email protected]. For back issues view http://www.marthameijer.org/page36.php 2 Weekly Update Human Rights in Indonesia – 27-10-2014 Haris also raised concerns about Ryamizard’s attitude towards leading Papuan Mrs Retno Marsudi Is the First Female Foreign Minister independence figure, Theys Hiyo Eluay, the late chief of the Papua Presidium Council. “In Papua, he once said that whoever killed Theys was a hero,” Haris said. Theys was The Jakarta Globe, 27-10-2014 murdered by seven soldiers from the Army’s Special Forces unit Kopassus in 2001. Indonesia has a female foreign minister, a first in the country’s history, following the Ryamizard, meanwhile, rejected that he had ever been involved in alleged human rights appointment of veteran diplomat Retno Lestari Priansari Marsudi to the post on Sunday. abuses when confronted by reporters at the State Palace on Sunday. “Go ask the Retno was Indonesian ambassador to the Netherlands before being recalled by President journalists who went to Papua, Aceh, ask about it,” Ryamizard said. He said human rights Joko Widodo as he began shaping his cabinet. She has nearly three decades of experience activists and journalists should know he was always “clean” during his 35 years serving in in the Foreign Ministry and she is also among the few female ambassadors in the nation’s the TNI. male-dominated diplomatic service. Another cabinet appointment with a military background, Tedjo Edhy Purdjianto — a “Indonesia has so much to offer the world and we should gain a lot from our international former Navy chief of staff who is now coordinating minister for political, legal and security relations,” Retno, 52, told the Jakarta Globe in Amsterdam recently. “We must work hard affairs — has been given the green light by Kontras. to maintain and continue to boost our global standing.” Retno, who was named as one of the nation’s 99 most powerful women by Globe Asia, is married to architect Agus Marsudi, Komnas HAM on new ministers and they have two children together. She has a bachelor’s degree from Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta and a master’s degree in law from the Hague University of Kompas, 26-10-2014 Applied Sciences. She became Indonesia’s ambassador to Norway and Iceland when she was 42 years old and served as the Foreign Affairs Ministry’s director general for the Member of the National Human Rights Commission Komnas HAM, Otto Syamsudin, has Americas and Europe before being assigned as ambassador to the Netherlands in 2012. underlined the point by KontraS in saying the retired general Wiranto is also allegedly responsible for human rights violations during the Emergency Situation (DOM) in Aceh. Known as a Foreign Ministry sweetheart by her colleagues, Retno hails from the same Moreover he is thought to be involved in the human rights violations in May 1998 and in batch of diplomats as Marty Natalegawa, the previous minister. Retno is seen by many as Timor Leste (1999). Mr Otto Syamsudin added that the Komnas HAM has not yet fully the most appropriate choice to replace Marty, who is considered highly successful as investigated the alleged violations in Aceh with regard to retired general Ryamizard who foreign minister in the administration of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. was Chief of Staff of the Army in 2003. However, he stressed that the Komnas HAM is “She is tough and has very strong character,” says Bantarto Bandoro, an international planning to open up the case of the violations in Aceh. “The difficulty is that the period relations expert at the Indonesian Defense University. “I believe she can carry