Indonesian bishop says Christians scapegoated.Jakarta Jakarta or Djakarta (both: jəkär`tə, jäkär`tä), city and special district (1990 pop. 8,227,746), capital and largest city of Indonesia, NW Java, at the mouth of the canalized Ciliwung River, on Jakarta -- A Catholic bishop is urging Indonesia's top prosecutor prosecutor Government attorney who presents the state's case against the defendant in a criminal prosecution. In some countries (France, Japan), public prosecution is carried out by a single office. In the U.S., states and counties have their own prosecutors. to withdraw the death sentences imposed on three Christians who were convicted of inciting religious violence in the troubled Proso region. Bishop Joseph Suwatan of Manado met with Indonesia's attorney general on January 25, 2006, accompanied by Protestant and Muslim leaders from the Sulawesi district. The religious leaders argued that the three Christian convicts
A convict is a person who has been convicted of a crime. Convicts often become prisoners after a conviction. are being used as scapegoats for the violence that shocked their region in 2000. No Muslims have been convicted for the bloodshed blood·shed n. The shedding of blood, especially the injury or killing of people. bloodshed Noun slaughter; killing Noun 1. between Christian and Islamic gangs. (Asia News, Jan. 25, 2006) |
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