Day 22 Anand Krishna’s on hunger strike

Anand Krishna known as a spiritual guru of Indonesia is now facing a sexual harassment allegation. The case was reported by someone claimed as his former student last year. From the first till now Anand Krishna has told to the public that it was only a slander toward him.He has never done such thing as told. However, the authority decided that the allegation was able to take to the court and being processed there. Their decision was based on the evidence given.

Then started from August 2010, Anand Krishna has been doing the hearing process at South Jakarta District Court where he collapsed in 16 March 2011 because of his weak condition due to his eighth day of hunger strike. His hunger strike is a protest to the panel judges’ decision which said that he must be detained at Detention Center in Cipinang in March 9 2011.

Today, his hunger strike has entered the 22 days. Yet, he keeps doing it till he gets what is called justice.

Do not know what make the judges keep silent about his condition. He is now at Indonesian Police Hospital in Kramat Djati, East Jakarta, laying on his bed in weak condition.

Perhaps some of you think that he is guilty so that he must take that detention and suffer there.

From the hearing process for more than a year, no evidence is found that he is guilty and he is also being cooperative. Moreover, the panel of judges may see that there is something behind the case. It is not about the sexual harassment but something elseabout his thought and vision which is one earth, one sky and one human kind. Certain people intend to silence Anand Krishna for he is active in sounding nationalism, pluralism, and other noble values. Yet, they seemed to take certain side, they did not stand for justice.

Support for Anand Krishna is still ongoing. People give support because understand what he is doing and believe that he is innocent. An author of 140 books which full of love and peace inside will never do such deed. He honors women a lot.

Adnan Buyung Nasution, a senior lawyer in Indonesia gave his support by visiting Anand Krishna on Thursday, March 24 2011at  Indonesian Police Hospital, Kramat Djati, East Jakarta. He said that the judges’ decision is against the ethic code of the hearing process. He will support Anand Krishna to get his right as Indonesian citizen, justice.

While Muhammad A.S. Hikam, a minister of research and technology in Abdul Rahman Wahid era ask people to support Anand Krishna by signing the petition to free him. By signing the petition means that we also struggle for honor and protection of Human Rights (HAM) which is the struggle of Mr. Anand and Gus Dur ( Abdul Rahman Wahid, the fourth president of Indonesia), as written in his blog http://www.mashikam.com/ yesterday.

His hunger strike is for better law enforcement in Indonesia. He demands justice must be upheld for all citizen of Indonesia.

Once again, here we need your support.

Please, sign the petitionhttp://www.gopetition.com/petition/43856.html

And visit http://www.freeanandkrishna.com/en/ for more info

Thank you so much,

From Rempoa with love.