We vigorously condemn the Indonesian military and police for the violent and bloody attack on peaceful, unarmed protesters campaigning for democracy at a rally organised on July 1 in Jakarta, by the People's Democratic Party (PRD). The 2000 demonstrators were protesting against vote rigging by the ruling Golkar party in Indonesia's June 7 election.

They intended to have a sit-in inside the building of the National Election Committee (KPU).

Once the protesters tried to have a peaceful sit-in, the police immediately opened fire using plastic bullets at point blank range, protesters were chased and then savagely beaten. More than 70 protesters were hospitalised, several have had to undergo surgery. More than 100 sustained injuries from police beatings. 160 are still missing.

Dytha Caturani, international secretary of the PRD and a student at Gajah Mada University, was standing near the front of the demonstration and was then pulled behind the police line. There she was shot in the back and brutally beaten while lying on the ground. She is in critical condition in hospital, after surgery.

• We demand the Indonesian government guarantee the safety of peaceful protesters and an end to the role of the Indonesian military in political repression.
• We call on all governments to publicly condemn the Indonesian government for shooting peaceful protesters and end all military ties with Indonesia.
• As immediate steps all foreign military attaches based in Indonesia should be withdrawn immediately and Indonesian military attaches in other countries should be immediately expelled.

Max Lane, National Coordinator, Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor; John Percy, National Secretary, Democratic Socialist Party (Australia); Lisa Macdonald, Editor, Green Left Weekly; Allen Myers, Editor. Links; Michael Karadjis, delegate Australian services Union; Sean Healy, National Coordinator, Resistance (Australia); Dr Helen Jarvis, Asia Pacific Institute for Democratisation & Development; Neville Spencer, Editor, Venceremos; Pip Hinman, Asia Pacific Women's Solidarity Network; Stephen O'Brien, Committees in Solidarity with Central America & the Caribbean (CISLAC); Dr Kamala Emanuel, medical practitioner; Peter Boyle, New Course Publications; Dr Tuntuni Bhattacharyya, medical practitioner; Jill Hickson, film maker; Aaron Benedek, Education Officer, Sydney University Students Representative Council; Tim Gooden, Secretary, ACT Government Section, Community & Public Sector Union (CPSU); Philippa Stanford, Section Councillor, Centrelink Section, CPSU; Mark Cronin, Section Councillor, Centrelink Section, CPSU; Dr Jeremy Smith, lecturer University of Ballarat, National Tertiary Education & Industry Union national councillor; Melanie Sjoberg, organiser, Public Service Association (South Australia); Maurice Sibelle, coordinator, Victorian TAFE Students & Apprentices Network (VTSAN); Sarah Lantz, Student Research Officer, VTSAN; Dr Margaret Perrot, medical practitioner; Chris Latham, Coordinator, Australia-Indonesia Student Solidarity Brigade; Allen Jennings, CISLAC Victoria; Ertugral Titiz, Kurdish activist ; Mark Abberton, Education Officer, RMIT TAFE Students Association ; Natasha Izatt, Women's Officer, RMIT TAFE Students Association ; Vanessa Hearman, ASIET Victoria; Trisha Reimers, Women's Officer, University of Western Australia Student Guild; Peter Robson, NUS Queensland Education Committee.

[Organisations and positions for identification purposes only unless indicated otherwise indicated. Initiated by ASIET.]