Month: February 2019

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Dibutuhkan: Relawan Perpustakaan HIV LBH Masyarakat

Feb 18, 2019 by admin lbhm 0 Comments

Berdiri hampir 12 tahun yang lalu, LBH Masyarakat adalah organisasi bantuan hukum yang memberikan bantuan hukum gratis dan berkualitas bagi masyarakat yang miskin dan terpinggirkan. Selain bantuan hukum, kami juga melakukan upaya advokasi kebijakan, penelitian, dan kampanye terkait isu-isu yang menjadi fokus kerja kami. Permasalahan-permasalahan yang menjadi perhatian kami dalam bekerja antara lain ialah: hukuman mati, narkotika, kesehatan jiwa, LGBTIQ, serta HIV.

Untuk persoalan HIV, kami menyadari bahwa masih tingginya stigma dan diskriminasi di tengah masyarakat terhadap teman-teman ODHA (orang yang hidup dengan HIV/AIDS), keluarganya, orang-orang dengan prilaku berisiko, serta mereka yang bekerja di isu ini.

Dalam pengentasan stigma dan diskriminasi itulah, kami menyadari pentingnya memunculkan narasi-narasi alternatif mengenai HIV, baik dalam bentuk kampanye, tulisan opini, reportase, dan penelitian. Dalam kerangka berpikir itu, kami di LBH Masyarakat kemudian memutuskan untuk meluncurkan Kolektiva, sebuah wadah pengetahuan yang berisi literatur yang berkaitan dengan persoalan HIV dilihat dari sudut pandang hak asasi manusia (HAM).

Kolektiva, yang merupakan akronim dari “Koleksi Pustaka HIV dan Hak Asasi Manusia”, bertujuan untuk memudahkan audiens Indonesia – baik pelajar, pengajar, wartawan, analis, peneliti, rekan-rekan LSM, dan pemerintah – untuk mencari sumber pengetahuan atau referensi dalam bentuk literatur dan berbagai dokumen lain yang memuat informasi dan analisis persoalan HIV dan kaitannya dengan HAM.

Mengapa HAM? Karena kami di LBH Masyarakat percaya bahwa perlindungan HAM adalah elemen yang esensial untuk menjaga martabat manusia dalam konteks pencegahan dan penanggulangan HIV, dan upaya untuk memastikan bahwa respons negara terhadap persoalan HIV akan senantiasa efektif, berbasis bukti, dan berdasarkan HAM.

Kamu dapat berkontribusi dalam maksud baik ini dengan menjadi relawan yang bertugas untuk mengumpulkan, membuat ringkasan, serta memasukkan data dari literatur dan dokumen yang penting untuk dimasukkan ke dalam basis data Kolektiva. Selain itu, kamu juga akan dapat menyaksikan dari dekat, dan bila secara waktu memungkinkan juga terlibat, dengan kerja-kerja LBH Masyarakat.

LBH Masyarakat memiliki komitmen agar setiap relawan tidak hanya bekerja tapi juga belajar isu HAM terkini dan berkontribusi menyumbangkan idenya dalam kerja organisasi. Buat kamu yang ingin memiliki pengalaman bekerja dalam bidang bantuan hukum, advokasi, dan penelitian ini adalah kesempatan yang amat sayang untuk dilewatkan.

Dengan mengambil kesempatan ini, kamu dapat mengetahui lebih dalam tentang HIV dan permasalahan-permasalahan HAM di sekitarnya. Kamu juga dapat belajar mengenai cara kerja lembaga HAM, bidang yang mungkin kamu bayangkan untuk karir kamu ke depan.

Kami membutuhkan 1 (satu) relawan dengan kriteria sebagai berikut:

  • Tertarik pada isu HIV dan HAM;
  • Internet-Savvy;
  • Fluent in English;
  • Dapat menggunakan MS Word dan MS Excel;
  • Memiliki laptop;
  • Memiliki motivasi tinggi;
  • Diprioritaskan bagi Mahasiswi/Mahasiswa (lebih disukai jurusan Komunikasi dan minimal semester 4);
  • Berkomitmen untuk bekerja selama, setidak-tidaknya, 300 jam dalam masa relawannya;
  • Berdomisili di Jabodetabek karena harus datang ke kantor LBH Masyarakat dari waktu ke waktu.

Jika kamu merasa bahwa kesempatan ini cocok untukmu, silakan lakukan langkah-langkah berikut:

  1. Siapkan Curriculum Vitae(CV) terbaru (tidak lebih dari 2 halaman)
  2. Tuliskan Motivation Letter (400-500 kata) yang berisikan poin-poin berikut:
    • mengapa kamu tertarik untuk menjadi relawan di LBH Masyarakat,
    • sebutkan sebuah kasus terkait HIV yang menarik perhatianmu dan jelaskan relasi kasus tersebut dengan HAM.

Tulis CV dan Motivation Letter kamu dengan huruf Times New Roman, ukuran huruf 11, dan spasi 1.

Simpan kedua dokumen tersebut dalam bentuk PDF dan kirimkan via surel ke Yohan Misero (staf LBH Masyarakat) di ymisero@lbhmasyarakat.org paling lambat Jumat, 1 Maret 2019.

Kami mengerti, bahwa seperti yang Bradley Cooper dan Lady Gaga bilang, kerap kali kita, “I find myself longing for change. And, in the bad times, I fear myself.” Tak perlu ragu, kami menunggumu!

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A Day at Tangerang Youth Prison

Feb 11, 2019 by admin lbhm 0 Comments

We approached the gates of the prison at 11am on a Monday morning. Adi’s (not his real name) family greeted us with handshakes and solemn nods. We, representatives from LBH Masyarakat and Adi’s family, were informed by LBH Masyarakat’s lawyers that we would have to wait another two hours until we would be allowed into the prison: visiting times only happen after 1pm. The following two hours were filled with sipping jasmine tea at the warung adjacent to the prison, and consoling Adi’s mother as her sobs for her anguished son permeated the smoke-filled air.

Adi has been in prison since late November, held on remand for allegedly assisting in a sabu smuggling operation in West Jakarta. To the authorities, he is a criminal, found in possession of a small amount of sabu strapped to his motorbike, a “drug trafficker” exacerbating Indonesia’s “narcotics emergency”. But Adi is also a 22 year old, born into a life of poverty and disadvantage in a Chinese-Indonesian family who had to pull him out of school in 4th grade. He suffers from a severe speech impediment, mental health issues, and an undiagnosed mental disability. He can barely read or write. On the night of his arrest, he was ordered by his friend’s girlfriend, the leader of a local drug gang, to inject a small amount of drugs in himself, and then transport the rest to a buyer. His low level of education belied him, and, intimidated and afraid, he followed orders. Unbeknownst to him, his friend’s girlfriend informed the police of the operation, setting him up. Adi is a perfect example of those prone to being exploited by drug syndicates: poor, illiterate, desperate for social bonding. He has been detained ever since his arrest, in an already overcrowded detention center, unsure of when he will be reunited with his family at home.

After numerous security checks and a small taste of Indonesia’s broken prison bureaucracy, we were finally granted entry into the prison grounds. While LBH Masyarakat’s team waited for Adi inside the packed meeting hall, I was struck by our company- young men dressed in prison garments were embracing their wives and girlfriends. Friends were high-fiving one another as they sat to enjoy lunch. Detainees were embracing their young children. The evidence that the Indonesian government’s current “war on drugs” was destroying families and communities was right before us. And, despite its failures, the government continues to blindly wage this drug war, targeting the most vulnerable people.

After many minutes of waiting, Adi entered the meeting room. Through tears, he embraced his parents and shook our hands. He arduously discussed the conditions inside the prison: cramped and sweaty. They feed him rotten food and withhold his breakfast. He sleeps on a hard floor in a room with dozens of other detainees. He sits inside his room all day. As we are speaking with him, a prison official approaches us and informs Adi that his visiting time is up. The official slides his hand towards Adi’s parents and gives them a redolent look. Adi’s parents desperately look at each other, scrummaging around their bag for any money, longing for just a few more minutes with their son. The prison guard discreetly takes their money and walks off. The remaining period of the visit is filled with loud sobs from Adi and his family, long hugs, and many ‘thank-you’s’ to the LBH Masyarakat’s legal team who have been working tirelessly to arrange for Adi’s release.

It is very easy to feel sad for Adi in his situation, an innocent victim of Indonesia’s broken drug policy and flawed justice system. But as we walked out of the meeting room and back through security, I could not help feeling angry. Adi is just one person out of hundreds who are caught in this situation, held indefinitely in prison while they await trial. Bribery, dirty food, and unfit prison conditions colour his new life. As we leave the prison, I read the large sign adorning the entrance: “Siap Melayani Tanpa Pungli”, “Melindungi Hak Asasi Manusia”: “Ready to Serve without Levy”, “Protecting Human Rights”.

 

This piece is written by Olivia Jones, a Monash University student who volunteered in LBH Masyarakat from in early 2019, and edited by Ricky Gunawan.

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