Press release [Indonesia]

Indonesia has received intelligence from a reliable source that the UN human rights envoy will be meeting with political prisoners today.

Special Rapporteur Paulo Sergio Pinheiro has stated he is hoping to interview the detainees at Rangoon’s Insein jail this afternoon.

Indonesia believes this goodwill on behalf of the Junta will encourage the process of genuine dialogue between the military and the pro-democracy movement.
The Security Council should take heed of these efforts, in their current sitting, when considering an appropriate solution to the situation in