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There are agendas... here...
biigggg agendas....
political agenda...
religius.. philosphycal....intelectual..agendas...
and they are playing out...
in the mind and in the heart of people...of you...
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When people ask me about my vision
there is nothing new... It's not...
an original vision.... It's a vision of all the rishis, all the sears
sages
of the ancient time
is the vision of One Earth One Sky and One Human Kind...
but the problem is how realize this, to achieve the vision of One Earth, One Sky, ...
One Humankind...
first of all is holistic health
which includes even the environmental health
the political health...
economical health, social health
not just physical mental and emotional
and then you come to the next step
which is the creation of an enlighten society
and for that
we must prepare ourselves.. to share...
the... what I call the meditative way of life...
to promote the meditative way of life...
on the basis of spirituality...
love, peace, harmony
and then we create an enlighten society... which can finally...
realize... the vision of...
One Earth One Sky and One Humankind... Thank You...
in recent years Anand Krishna has emerged as a leading voice in indonesia
openly promoting religious tolerance interfaith fellowship and spirituality
he has authored over a hundred and fifty books dedicated to the realization of a
simple message of peace, harmony and holistic living
krishna has founded schools clinics and Ashram...
which service havens of conscious development and cultural preservation
and he is sponsored and hosted countless conferences festivals and cultural
events
bringing together people from across all political social religious devide
for over twenty five years he has lived a humbling reflective life in the
service of others dedicating his works and income to this chosen path
We are here.. to fight...
We are here to make no more Anand Krishna in Indonesia...
and we will set things right over here...
The Legal system in Indonesia is not independent,
it has been hijacked to some extent by factions in Indonesia. But there are...
provisons in international law that forbid this. Let's see, if there is truly independent legal system in Indonesia ...
when it comes to Anand Krishna!
Frivolous allegations were made against him,
in the hope that conviction would silence him forever. They clearly don't know Anand Krishna as well as I do,
as he will never be silenced. I repeat : He will never be silenced!.
what follows is the sequence of events
which sort of destroyed one of the world's greatest advocates of peace to
liberty and religious freedom
in early two thousand a group of islamic radicals led by Adhian Huzaini.
secretary general of the indonesian committee for solidarity of the islamic
world
began extensive media campaign denouncing Anand Krishna and his books..
as anti islamic
in response to the black media campaign
Gus Dur the late fourth president of Indonesia.
deputized his nephew Gus Wahid, to protect Anand Krishna and his Ashram.
I met with president Wahid in 2004.
And as long ago as that he was warning,
certainly he told me
that indonesia was heading towards...
a decent into fundamentalisme..
and if that remained unchecked, it would be a very serious matter in deed...
and here we are 2013, and it would appear...
that he was accurate
publishes of Anand's books were threatened by multiple radical organizations
causing the books to be recalled from the bookstore, but just one week later due to...
popular support, publisher began reselling Anand's books.
Abrory Jabbar - a lawyer...
and his wife
singer Dian MayaSari
attended the ashram and volunteer to arrange a meeting between Anand Krishna...
and the head of the radical group
during the meeting
the head of the group make a death threats against Anand Krishna
stating his reason that he would not be able to beat him in court
the meeting end abruptly
in april two thousand five
anand krishna founded the national integration movement to promote and protect
indonesian national unity through culture
rejuvenation
in september two thousand five
the movement coordinated the first symposium in indonesia history
to unite eight hundred people's including many high-level dignitaries
too discuss key national issues in an independent form
following the substantial success of the first symposium, the minister of defense
invited the national integration movement
to promote a press conference to expose religious conflict in indonesia as the
source of national disintegration
following the press conference abrory jabar resigned from the ashram stating
that his friends would not like to see Anand krishna getting involved in a
movement like this
two months later abrory recruited two of Anand's former devotees to send a
summons Anand in relation to the embezzlementof fourteen thousand
dollars. The case was settled when the accusers withdrew their complaint after the
police determine that that was insufficient evidence to proceed
on the first of june two thousand eight the national alliance for freedom of
religion and beliefs
held a peaceful valley in celebration of national ideology set the national
monument in jakarta. Before the rally had even begun, those attending on behalf of
the national integration movement were brutally attacked by the islamic
defenders front
Rizieq Shihab, leader of the islamic defenders front was found guilty of
instigating others to engage in collective violence against people
property, for his involvement in the events of june first
Munarman, commander in chief of the islamic defenders front was found guilty of
committing violence against people and property, they were each sentenced to
eighteen months in prison
in november two thousand nine national alliance for freedom of religion and
beliefs
submitted the antiblasphemy bill to the constitution court
the purpose of the bills was to repeal the constitution amendment
which requires indonesian citizens to be a member of one of six religions
and anand krishna was a signatory to the bill. ... someone was discussing with me
say that there is no love in my religion. My religion speaks of salvation...
We see.....Alquran..
bible...
vedas
all this scriptures..
they put love above all...
we can not separate God from love...
there is love, there is God... there is no love, there is no God...
there is something else...
the first step toward non violence... is when you can say,
you can declare...
my religion is not better than yours...
thank you
well as for the anti blasphemy bill, this is a all-too-familiar case
of anand krishna putting his head above the parapet, and becoming effectively alone
voice in the wilderness despite the fact that this was a seminal bill,
something up tremendous significance to the people of Indonesia at large...
he still alone... and continues to stand alone
in december two thousand nine anand krishna published a petition to prevent
the burning of christian churches by muslim radicals. When the petition
received thousands of signatures in seventy five countries
before being submitted to the indonesian parliament and government ministers
following its admission anand Krishna another prime member of Anand Ashram,
received multiple threats from various radical islamic groups
on one occasion while Krishna was delivering a speech ricocheting bullet
narrowly missed him.
On the twelve th february two thousand ten another black media
campaign was initiated against Anand Krishna
tara lakshmi reported to the national commission of women that she had been
sexually harassed by Anand Krishna...
she was supported by abrory and a group of Anand's former devotees
on the twenty-fifth of february two thousand and ten multiple online media
outlets reported that the sole accused lawyer..
it stated that the *** harassment case was only entry gate to the more
serious problem of religious blasphemy.
During the interrogation he collapsed and was rushed
to the police hospital
as the trial of anand krishna proceeded in september of two thousand ten, tellingly
members of the islamic defenders fronts were in attendance.
During one of the hearings Abrory Jabbar was called as a witness, and confronted by lawyer
for the defense, regarding the terms of reconciliation that he presented to ...
Anand krishna to make the case quote-unquote "go away" -
when they met several months earlier in studio tv one
in addition to appearing as Tara Laksmi's personal theraphist...
Dewi Pratome was permitted by the court to be an expert witness in the
trial denying any possibility of objectivity and representing a conflict
of interest
pratomo also claimed that after isolating her patient from the outside
world for four months and conducting forty five sessions of hypnotherapy
she had successfully recovered repressed memories relating to the alleged
defenses from tara. Off course according to professor LK Suryani...
she is the founder of the commite against *** abuse
and she's also the chief of psychiatry laboratorium of...
Udayana Univerity...
and another uh... person is Adi Gunawan, he's a leading expert in
mind technology and off course they both said that...
conducting forty-five hypnotherapy sessions to a patient would be considered
an overdoses....
these annotated isolated cases
many witnesses were never questioned in relation to the *** harassment
charges at all
but instead the question seemed to be more concerned with the issue of
religious blasphemy, She was asked...
why you wearing a crystals
why do you have incense, any aroma therapy and things... which is not ilegal...
Every where you go is available...
What's available and not illegal, and not breaking the law.. so what.. what...
that be scared off. Why are these questions are being brought....
to the court...that's my question.
in march two thousand eleven Anand krishna was detained by the court
before either he or the witnesses had given their testimony.
he was not permitted to provide an alibi
in response to the unlawful detainment, Anand Krishna begun a hunger strike
which lasted for forty nine days. Over here we see that.....
after having a complete ...
pictures of what happened and what did not happen
she did not... she just wanted to have one goal...
the public prosecutor of this case...
did not...
have the goal of finding the truth
she just has the goal of
putting Anand Krishna behind the bars....
on the sixteen th of march 2011
anand krishna collapsed on entry to the court room as a result of the bigeminy condtion.
he was left for several hours on court grounds without medical assistance
finally a doctor arrived on the scene
forcing the prosecuter and judges to permit krishna to be rushed to the hospital.
two days later he was once again he was rushed to the hospital after his health deteriorated
his blood sugar level has dropped to sixty four
and he had suffered a minor stroke
anand ashram supporters held a peaceful protest itself jakarta district
court in demanding the replacement of Harry sasanka
also during closing of trial...
the senior judge was discovered engaging in a private relationship with a key
prosecution witness
covered photographic evidence clearly shows an 2 hour meeting in a car...
underground parking lot, late at night
afterwards the judge emerged holding a stuff envelope..
the hunger strike ended on the twenty sixth of april when the judge order
detainment ordered be suspended.
on the eight th of june
in two thousand eleven
as a result of the evidence presented
the head of the south jakarta district court ordered the replacement of the
entire panel of judges
judge harry sasanka was handed a six-month disciplinary sanction by the
supreme court
mrs albertina ho the presiding judge came to the case with an
outstanding reputation for upholding the rule of law
during the trial
a number of facts emerged which provided strong evidence of conspiracy against...
Anand Krishna
on october twenty sixth the prosecutor read the indictment which entirely
misrepresented the events of the trial
it should be noted that prosecutor Berliana.. had been involved in two previous
cases of questionable integrity in which similar falsifications were used to
secure convictions
indictment failed to provide exact dates or times
when the aledge *** assault occured to the aledge victim.
mentioning only late june 2009
the end of may two thousand nine and early april two thousand nine
providing Anand Krishna with no oportunity...
present an alibi.
on november twenty second 2011
judge albertine ho acquitted Anand krishna of all charges
reinstating his civil rights
on the second december 2011
Tara Laksmi's lawyer falsified reports to a judicial commission
accusing the presiding judges of illegal and inappropriate conduct
despite the attorney general's instruction to his deputies not to
appeal innocent verdicts
the public prosecutor appealed the acquittal verdict to the supreme court
the appeal misrepresented the facts of the case
I mean ... imagine...
the case in question a registered case from the west java district court
is included in anand krishna case
and
and that case was dated on 21st april 2006
well this is a classic scenario which is
all to well observed amd noted in history
uh... a spiritual teacher being reduced to a *** deviance
by
uh... nothing more nothing less than character assassination.
on the twenty fourth of july two thousand twelve
without public trial
a panel of three judges in the supreme court overturned the acquittal
they sentenced krishna to two-and-a-half years in prison
the verdict is considered null and void under indonesian law for failing on four
counts to comply with article one ninety seven section one of the indonesian
criminal code
another section of the constitution....
article 28 says that every person ...
should have the right of recognition... Garanties.... protection and certainty...
before just law. and equal treatment before the law. What that means; that means regulation;
it means in over...uuhh..
ordinary language ...
is
the street vendors ...
in this country that...
the waiter in this restaurant... that the people sitting in this room...
has exactly the same right as the president of Indonesia.
The problem is Anand has not given those right...
Let me repeat...
Anand was acquited of all charges... As article no 244 specificly imune.. An aquitated..
stated that a public prosecutor may not...
submit an appeal to the supreme court..
when the outcome is an acquital.
It just does not reflect well on this beautiful country...
on this young..
beautiful...
nobel countries. So change it... when it is not serving you... Change it...
Get Angry...People... Rise... Be Angry about this... Because is this man right now....
Tomorrow is you.. you ... and you... Any of us...
When human right is violated like this, nobody is safe in this world... Nobody...
despite being directly informed of his whereabouts
the attorney general nonetheless issued a statement to the media that Krishna...
was a fugitive
in december two thousand twelve
one of the supreme court judges who had overturned the acquittal
was dishonorably discharged by the justice etique council for comuting
the sentence of a convicted drug lord without proper course.
Another supreme court judge was reported to the commission of corruption eradication for
allegedly accepting a bribe
this is about
fear... this is about control this is about
certain interests keeping the
good population of Indonesia...
in that state distress, precisely in order that they can drive head with
socioeconomic
and socio political agenda, which do not in any way shape or form have the best
interests of people at heart.
at the end of december two thousand twelve
the indonesian national commission on human rights issued a letter of
recommendation to the supreme court the attorney general
and the indonesian national police
stating that there was strong indications of human rights violations
in the proceedings against Anand krishna
they recommended that the verdict not be enforced until the case have been
properly reviewed
a few weeks later
over a hundred enforces arrived at the Anand Ashram at Ubud, Bali to forcibly
execute the unlawful judgment against krishna
Friends i would like to tell you that
i'm not doing this voluntarily...
I'm not surrendering voluntarily... No...
I'm doing this as a protest...
against the unlawful...
overturned of the aquital...
and also to save my friends...
who have been beaten ..
from morning...
I don't want them to be...
in any kind of... mishap...
on the afternoon in february sixteenth 2013
Anand Krishna was transported to cipinang prison in jakarta
where he remains to this day
this film is the first time the stories being told to the world at large
and it is made in the hope the people of the international community
would unite in condemning one of the greatest travesty as a human rights in
indonesia today
and demanding the immediate release of Anand Krishna.
i was with Anand Krishna...
the day of his unlawful arrest...
we were barricaded inside the chapel at his ashram...
we had over two hundred
guns and secret police..
on the outside, beating his followers...
trying to get their way into that chapel...
I asked Anand Krishna, how he was doing...
And he smile He was not afraid, but he was sad...
he knew that
justice would not be served
on that day
he knew
that the honour of..
indonesia
was lost on that day...
he understood that he is...
an archetype
in the story. He understood
that he is a symbol
a symbol
of a struggle
of the modern Indonesia soul...
he was saddened for the same reason
that anyone looking in
would be set
by this tale
and that is that
with such things happen
and such travestee of law prevail in broad daylight
human right no longer exist...
the constitution
of a country like indonesia
is rendered worthless...
certainly not worthed the paper it was written on...
and every man woman and child
in this country remains unsafe...
so long as Anand Krishna...
languishes in a prison cell
apparently.. the rule of law...
has not just been broken
Apprantly it does not exist ...at all.