ACbit – Chega! Ba Ita Learning from the Past, for A Better Future
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ACbit-artikel-com,Bemori-Along with Women Pirilampu, AJAR and ACbit continue to advocate for the dignity of survivors, especially the results of the government-level politivism through the implementation of a Reparation Law that recognizes the victim. It also aims to raise public awareness of the truth and dignity of survivors, build solidarity for survivors and war children, in reflection of the transformation including advocacy campaigns through poetry, music, music /collage to make it easier for people to understand and take part in this important day.
Also to ensure and recommend to the government of Timor-Leste, National Parliament, community leadership, civil society in public policy that can also accumulate survivors according to the CAVR recommendation report, in addition to university students, activists, community not only learn history but need to internalize in social practice and add survivors’ suffering during conflict and political history Timor-Leste between the period 1974-1999, became an important lesson in ending the chain of violence.
In this celebration a brief interview was held with survivors about past events and the consequences they have experienced to date.
According to survivor Rosa said: in 1974-1999 we faced various challenges our reputation is like a broken stone, memories I will remember about the critical sexual violence in the past years. I had 2 children at that time, I gave birth to one of them in a cave, my husband was armed, he ran into the forest with his 2 commanders and left us alone, one of my two children held his hand to the forest there was no food, no water I was about my husband, they burned me and beat me.
In addition, Ms. Idalina said: They always collect so that we are a wife or children of the Indonesian military, we feel very sad and shock but we don’t collect anything, we just write it in our heart with our eyes. Therefore I ask the government to protect the community especially for survivors we do not ask for money and wealth, but we only ask to write our mother’s storeys on the stone and iron that can be held by the rain and rain but that it cannot be destroyed.
The intervention of the Head of State of the PLP Party, Ms. Maria A. L. Sarmento, stated that seeking the truth is a legal obligation of the state and society to know the sufferers. We celebrate to confirm the memory, the truth, the essential pillars of justice, repair, and prevention of future violations. Victims require public recognition, concrete repair measures, and need to be effectively guided in public policy making the law on repair sets out the criteria for accessibility in the report.
