Post by Anja Nieser on Sept 8, 2006 2:18:12 GMT -5
Thousands march against planned executions of 3 Christians
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Central Sulawesi's town
of Tentena Thursday, demanding protectors' office not execute 3 men
convicted in the killings of Muslims in a violence in 2000.
Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da are accused of leading an
attack on an Islamic school that left at least 70 people dead.
Many of protesters raised banners, calling for the prosecutors not to
carry out the execution, Antara news agency reported Thursday. They said
that the 3 men were not guilty.
The three received a last-minute stay in their executions in mid-August,
but Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh stressed Thursday that they would
eventually face a firing squad.
"We are prepared to execute Tibo and his colleagues, it's only a matter of
time," Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh told was quoted by AP as
saying in Jakarta on Thursday.
Religious violence killed at least 1,000 people from both Muslim and
Christian communities between 1998 and 2002.
Nearly 500 police officers were deployed to guard some 3,000 demonstrators
in Tentana, 55 kilometers south of the provincial capital Poso.
(source: Jakarta Post)
Thousands of people marched through the streets of Central Sulawesi's town
of Tentena Thursday, demanding protectors' office not execute 3 men
convicted in the killings of Muslims in a violence in 2000.
Fabianus Tibo, Marinus Riwu and Dominggus da are accused of leading an
attack on an Islamic school that left at least 70 people dead.
Many of protesters raised banners, calling for the prosecutors not to
carry out the execution, Antara news agency reported Thursday. They said
that the 3 men were not guilty.
The three received a last-minute stay in their executions in mid-August,
but Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh stressed Thursday that they would
eventually face a firing squad.
"We are prepared to execute Tibo and his colleagues, it's only a matter of
time," Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh told was quoted by AP as
saying in Jakarta on Thursday.
Religious violence killed at least 1,000 people from both Muslim and
Christian communities between 1998 and 2002.
Nearly 500 police officers were deployed to guard some 3,000 demonstrators
in Tentana, 55 kilometers south of the provincial capital Poso.
(source: Jakarta Post)