Cempaka Belanda: House's New Year Resolution Should be to Eliminate Criminal Defamation Charges: Analysts

"A Summary" – Apr 2, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Religion, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Intelligent/Benevolent Design, EU, South America, 5 Currencies, Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Middle East, Internet, Israel, Dictators, Palestine, US, Japan (Quake/Tsunami Disasters , People, Society ...), Nuclear Power Revealed, Hydro Power, Geothermal Power, Moon, Financial Institutes (Recession, Realign integrity values ..) , China, North Korea, Global Unity,..... etc.) - (Text version)

"The Timing of the Great Shift" – Mar 21, 2009 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Text version)

“ … Here is another one. A change in what Human nature will allow for government. "Careful, Kryon, don't talk about politics. You'll get in trouble." I won't get in trouble. I'm going to tell you to watch for leadership that cares about you. "You mean politics is going to change?" It already has. It's beginning. Watch for it. You're going to see a total phase-out of old energy dictatorships eventually. The potential is that you're going to see that before 2013.
They're going to fall over, you know, because the energy of the population will not sustain an old energy leader ..."

"Update on Current Events" – Jul 23, 2011 (Kryon channelled by Lee Carroll) - (Subjects: The Humanization of God, Gaia, Shift of Human Consciousness, 2012, Benevolent Design, Financial Institutes (Recession, System to Change ...), Water Cycle (Heat up, Mini Ice Ace, Oceans, Fish, Earthquakes ..), Nuclear Power Revealed, Geothermal Power, Hydro Power, Drinking Water from Seawater, No need for Oil as Much, Middle East in Peace, Persia/Iran Uprising, Muhammad, Israel, DNA, Two Dictators to fall soon, Africa, China, (Old) Souls, Species to go, Whales to Humans, Global Unity,..... etc.)

"The Recalibration of Awareness – Apr 20/21, 2012 (Kryon channeled by Lee Carroll) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun’s, Worship, John Paul Pope, Women in the Church otherwise church will go, Current Pope won’t do it), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) - (Text version)

“… The Shift in Human Nature

You're starting to see integrity change. Awareness recalibrates integrity, and the Human Being who would sit there and take advantage of another Human Being in an old energy would never do it in a new energy. The reason? It will become intuitive, so this is a shift in Human Nature as well, for in the past you have assumed that people take advantage of people first and integrity comes later. That's just ordinary Human nature.

In the past, Human nature expressed within governments worked like this: If you were stronger than the other one, you simply conquered them. If you were strong, it was an invitation to conquer. If you were weak, it was an invitation to be conquered. No one even thought about it. It was the way of things. The bigger you could have your armies, the better they would do when you sent them out to conquer. That's not how you think today. Did you notice?

Any country that thinks this way today will not survive, for humanity has discovered that the world goes far better by putting things together instead of tearing them apart. The new energy puts the weak and strong together in ways that make sense and that have integrity. Take a look at what happened to some of the businesses in this great land (USA). Up to 30 years ago, when you started realizing some of them didn't have integrity, you eliminated them. What happened to the tobacco companies when you realized they were knowingly addicting your children? Today, they still sell their products to less-aware countries, but that will also change.

What did you do a few years ago when you realized that your bankers were actually selling you homes that they knew you couldn't pay for later? They were walking away, smiling greedily, not thinking about the heartbreak that was to follow when a life's dream would be lost. Dear American, you are in a recession. However, this is like when you prune a tree and cut back the branches. When the tree grows back, you've got control and the branches will grow bigger and stronger than they were before, without the greed factor. Then, if you don't like the way it grows back, you'll prune it again! I tell you this because awareness is now in control of big money. It's right before your eyes, what you're doing. But fear often rules. …”

Friday, January 1, 2010

House's New Year Resolution Should be to Eliminate Criminal Defamation Charges: Analysts

Jakarta Globe, Nivell Rayda

While Prita Mulyasari, center, had public support on her side, others fighting criminal defamation charges are not as fortunate and the articles should be removed from the country's Criminal Code in 2010, analysts said. (Photo: Tatan Syuflana, AP)

With the number of people facing criminal defamation charges in 2009 grabbing headlines, the House of Representatives must prioritize removing articles regulating it out of the criminal code this year, analysts said on Friday.

Hasril Hertanto, a legal expert at the University of Indonesia, told the Jakarta Globe that the current criminal code was based on the colonial Dutch code and had changed very little since.

“Even in the Netherlands and other countries, defamation is no longer a criminal matter but a civil case between two parties,” he said. “The existence of defamation charges in the criminal code poses a threat to freedom of speech and freedom of expression.”

The House is currently planning to amend the age-old code to bring it up to date.

Usman Hamid, chairman of human rights group the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), also said that removing the articles from the criminal code was long overdue.

“A lot of people have fallen victim to the articles, including activists. Defamation charges are among the most widely used tactics to silence criticism towards the government,” he said. “Even countries like Ghana have eliminated criminal defamation articles to protect democracy.”

Usman, who himself has repeatedly faced criminal defamation charges, pointed that there are at least thirty activists that had been reported to police for slander.

“This is the danger of criminal defamation. In other countries, you need a top notch lawyer to sue someone for defamation, here all you have to do is make the police pursue the case and the rest is taken care off,” he said.

Hendrayana, chairman of the Legal Aid Foundation for the Press, said that the current articles were subjective.

“There is no exact definition or boundaries as to what constitutes defamation, it all falls into the subjectivity of the law enforcers,” he said.

“We have seen in the past that an expert expressing his thoughts in the media can be charged with slander, so can anyone critical of the government.”

However, Hendrayana said that private companies and powerful individuals were most likely to take advantage of the criminal defamation articles and this had been a growing trend last year.

“There are even complaints lashed out to various media organizations for their news articles. There are rights to respond, but the legal standings are much weaker than the code, so it is often set aside,” he said.

Brad Adams, Asian director of Human Rights Watch, said that criminal defamation articles also exist as part of other laws, including the controversial Electronic Transaction and Information (ITE) Law.

“The Indonesian government should revise all laws containing criminal defamation articles because they inhibit free speech, which is among the most basic of human rights,” Adams said.

“We have noted that over the past five years there have been at least 40 new articles on criminal defamation. The situation is worrying and threatens the country’s democracy.”

A number of high profile defamation charges made news during 2009, including one involving businessman Khoe Seng Seng. Khoe was sentenced to six months in prison in July by the East Jakarta District Court for writing a letter to the editor complaining about treatment he received from his landlord, which was published by two national media organizations.

The year however also saw some victories for free speech with the acquital of Prita Mulyasari, who was charged with defamation for sending an e-mail complaining to her friends about the quality of care she received at a private hospital.

“Prita was among the lucky ones because there had been tremendous media coverage and mounting public pressure (over her case),” Hasril said.

“Not everyone is as fortunate as Prita, who had public pressure on her side, so criminal defamation articles must be eliminated.”

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