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Comment by James Anthony Prendergast on February 6, 2012 at 6:04am

Peace. You have my support. This is how you get support. One heart, one soul at a time.

Comment by Grigori Rho Gharveyn on April 24, 2011 at 3:31pm

Petitition signed, please forgive our delay...

 

Blessed be...

 

Comment by Nugroho Angkasa on April 22, 2011 at 12:59am

http://www.sunherald.com/2011/04/21/3046658/anand-krishnas-hunger-s...

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/anand-krishnas-hunger-strik...

 

BALI, Indonesia, April 21, 2011 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Indonesian Prominent Spiritualist Anand Krishna is lying weak on a hospital bed in East Jakarta. He was treated for his heart condition after having a heart attack before attending the trial (16/3). Last year (5/4/2010) after an exhausting 12 hours of questioning, he collapsed in Jakarta Police Station and had developed a irregular heart beat condition called bigimenie. He was also suffering from acute diabetes, high blood pressure and earlier leukemia history.

 

He has been on hunger-strike since March 9th 2011 after South Jakarta District Court Judge Hari Sasangka delivered an order for the detention although Anand has been cooperative throughout the hearings since the case went to trial in August 2010, and almost no substantial evidences and witnesses related to the case had been presented. His blood plasma glucose level has dropped to 68 mg/dL (29/3), and is still dropping, but he is planned to be transferred to Cipinang Penitentiary soon by the authority.

 

Anand is conducting a hunger-strike, as his non-violent resistance and determination to fight against unjust and unfair treatment of the Indonesian law system, rather than against the person who acts against him.

 

A prominent human rights activist and Indonesia senior law practitioner, Adnan Buyung Nasution, said that the order of judge to detain Anand was considered a reckless decision, and violated Article 158 of Criminal Code and Indonesian Judge's Code of Conduct of not taking side before the official court verdict. "I've been practicing law for 50 years and just only this time, I find that a judge can put a defendant in guilty side before officially court verdict reached," he said when visiting Anand in the hospital last Thursday (24/3).

 

The Interfaith activist was charged under Article 290 and 294 of Criminal Code, namely committing obscene acts with someone who is unconscious or helpless. But according to Anand's lawyer, Dwi Ria Latifah S.H., the three-member panel of judges is leading the process of trial to dig out facts and witnesses related to Anand's thinkings and writings, rather than to the facts and witnesses to the sexual charges. She alleges that there was a conspiracy to criminalize Anand's thinkings because it appears that almost no fair effort was made by the presiding judges to find out the truth about the sexual harassment's indictment against Anand.

 

Former Indonesia Ministry of Research and Technology, Muhammad AS Hikam as friend of Gus Dur, in his blog also voiced his support to free Anand Krishna from an unjust, unhuman and unfair trial.

 

For more about Anand Krishna, please visit :

 

www.anandkrishna.org

www.aumkar.org

email: ashram@anandkrishna.org

For further information, please contact: Prasant GangtaniMobile: +628159977979E-mail: gangtani@gmail.com

SOURCE Anand Ashram Foundation

Comment by Nugroho Angkasa on April 16, 2011 at 7:20am

This note was written by Gerard Barrie on the 36th day of Anand Krishna's hunger strike. Today is the 39th day, his life is in danger in every walking hours. SOS Urgently need a quick respond to press Indonesian Goverement.

http://freeanandkrishna.com/en/ Thanks

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Sign the petition and also pass it on: Today, Wednesday April 13rd, 2011 is the thirty sixth day of Anand Krishna's hunger strike and he is very close to death in an Indonesian Police Hospital as it seems he is being systematically starved to death rather than being offered the chance of a fair trial.

Sign the petition at www.gopetition.com -Free Anand Krishna - do not silence his voice of nationality, harmony mission, and his principal of unity in diversity

 

This is a totally bizarre case possibly involving false memory syndrome and what appears to be denying the accused anything remotely resembling a fair trial to such a degree that that he had no choice but to go on hunger strike from March 9th,2011 in a non-violent struggle for a just trial for him and justice for others in his home country of Indonesia.
Today, Wednesday April 13rd, 2011 is the thirty sixth day of Anand Krishna's hunger strike and he is very close to death in an Indonesian Police Hospital as it seems he is being systematically starved to death rather than being offered the chance of a fair trial.

He has lost 25 kg weight can hardly open his eyes or speak some words.

 

Although it appears quite obvious that there is something more sinister involved in this process other than an accusation of sexual harassment using as evidence what could well be false memory syndrome, I am contacting you in the hope that you can shed some light on the situation in order for Anand Krishna to get the fair trial that every human being deserves.

 

I must also point out that the Indonesian judicial system has a notorious reputation for corruption, so much so that in 2002 the UN inspector described it as one of the worst cases he had seen.

 

Anand Krishna has been detained in prison from March 9th 2011 after he had been attending court since August over an accusation of sexual harassment from one of his former students,a nineteen year old woman who had this realization after undergoing hypnotherapy.

 

Dewi Pratomo  admitted in the media that she had been practicing hypnotherapy for twenty years although the Hypnosis Motivation Institute (HMI) said that she had just completed her distance learning education in February 2009. (email of the Director of Distance Education HMI, Elaine Perliss C.Ht. at elaine@hypnosis.edu dated Dec 15, 2010).

Another Hypnotherapist Wowiek Prasantyo Mardigu also claimed in the court that he had undertaken a 9 months long training with the Hypnotherapy Training Institute (HTI), but the director of the institution denied his claim (an Email from the director of the HTI -

 

Randal Churchill at churchill@hypnotheraphy.com dated on Dec 21, 2010 confirmed that this was not true).
In court, Mardigu, also said that he would do anything according to the order of the clients who had paid  him. 
Dewi Pratomo also claimed in the media that after isolating the accuser from the outside world for four  months and conducting forty five sessions of hypnotherapies, she had successfully recovered repressed memories of the accuser and there was sexual abuse.

 

However, according to many hypnotherapy experts, forty five sessions of hypnotherapy within four months was not only UNETHICAL, but also could lead to implanting false memories. ( no programe in AAF was designed or offered that isolated a person from the outside world)

 

Therefore on March 9th,2011 on this evidence and the evidence of the accuser, Anand Krishna was ordered to be detained despite his serious health condition and full cooperation in attending court proceedings since August and remains in detention on hunger strike today even though the trial has been going on close to eight months with no evidence and no substantial witness

 

His lawyer Darwin Aritonang SH has pointed out that this detention clearly violates the law and the human rights figure and lawyer Adnand Buyong Nasution has also expressed his doubts over this procedure saying "I have been practicing my occupation in the field of law for 50 years.This is the first time I saw something like this. There is a judge who already pronounced a defendant guilty before he delivers the official verdict of court."

Dewi Pratomo, Tara’s personal theraphist, was also allowed by court to become expert witness in the trial,thereby denying any chances of objectivety and conflict of interest.

Right now, the case is only relying on the expert witness, the two hypnotheraphists whose educational and proffessional credentials are in serious doubt and the prosecuting lawyer also Criminal Lawyer, Dr Satrio from Indonesian University, who is a known supporter of the Islamic Defender Front FPI.

 

The Islamic Defender Front (FPI) the notoriously violent and extreme Islamic Group also attended Anand Krishna's trial on Sept 16th, 2011 although they have never been known to attend such a trial before. (for more info on this group see http://en wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic Defenders Front) 

 

Through his actions, Anand Krishna has been an advocate of peace and understanding among the people's of his country Indonesia and it seems that these unfortunate events have come about at a time when it appears that a small but very powerful section of the religious community is striving for the implementation of religious-based law in Indonesia despite the heterogeneous nature of it's population. .

He has spoken to millions through television shows,radio talks,in-house trainings,books,newspaper interviews and articles,as well as daily meetings and workshops held at Anand Ashram (affiliated with the United Nations),One Earth Retreat Center, Anand Krishna Center and Graha Indonesia which he established.

Therefore only the most callous of people would not agree that Anand Krishna should be released from detention to avoid being systematically starved to death and allowed to face a fair trial.

Comment by Grigori Rho Gharveyn on April 15, 2011 at 8:12pm

Every Muslim we have met has been a person of peace.

Many face difficult extremes of social-conditioning; deep, culturally inherited prejudices; prejudices all of us in any faith must all learn to mitigate within ourselves to become better emmisaries for world-peace.

Thank you for sharing this treasure, brother Mike, may it guide the faithful to unity, each secure in their individual faith and cultural identiity...

 

Inshallah...

Namaste

 

Comment by Mike Lowe on April 15, 2011 at 7:30pm

This programme of young European Muslims learning to be peacemakers seems like a good model to follow. http://www.iofc.org/node/54769

Comment by Grigori Rho Gharveyn on April 15, 2011 at 6:32pm

Peace.

May we all learn to find the peace in our hearts, for with that peace, world peace is always possible in our lifetimes.

Please observe the role of an Interfaith Movement as we channel it here:

Our Future History – How the Earth Made Peace

 

Enjoy!

Alhamdulilah...

 

Comment by shree c k p swamiji on April 15, 2011 at 2:01pm

islam means peace
they meditate name of  one god bismillah

adam in jainism adinaath

Comment by Grigori Rho Gharveyn on March 6, 2011 at 5:49pm

Salaam Alakum,

While we may not be regarded as a Muslims by some, we are trained in Islamic and Sufi traditions.  We hold all Sufi and Islamic peoples in our hearts with love.

Please forgive when we sound irreligious, prophane, or even blasphemous.  We know we risk being offensive at times but we love all people of every faith dearly and wish to help bring greater mutual understanding and peace among us all so that we may work together to create a world of peace, liberty, justice, security, cultural diversity, and abundance for all people on Earth, with no one left behind.

 

Inshallah

 

Namaste

 

Comment by David Linton on May 24, 2010 at 12:12am

Good news - my letter was published in its entirety. I have not heard back from the Christian Pastor, but I am not sure I will. I am, however, very happy that the newspaper printed my response, so fairness prevails.

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