Peter Gabriel: Fighting injustice with a videocamera

Translator: Taibah Istiqamah Reviewer: Nathaniel Luis Reyhan Soesilo

I love trees, and I'm very lucky,

Saya suka pohon dan saya sangat beruntung

because we live near a wonderful arboretum,

karena kami tinggal di dekat arboretum indah.

and Sundays, usually, I'd go there with my wife

Tiap Minggu, biasanya saya ke sana dengan istri.

and now, with my four-year-old,

Sekarang, dengan anak saya yang empat tahun

and we'd climb in the trees, we'd play hide and seek.

dan kami akan memanjat pohon, main petak umpet.

The second school I was at had big trees too,

Sekolah saya dulu juga punya pohon besar,

had a fantastic tulip tree, I think it was the biggest in the country,

pohon tulip yang mengagumkan, saya rasa yang terbesar di seluruh negeri,

and it also had a lot of wonderful bushes and vegetation

dan ia juga punya semak dan tanaman yang hebat

around it, around the playing fields.

di sekeliling taman bermain.

One day I was grabbed by some of my classmates,

Satu hari, saya dibawa oleh beberapa teman sekelas

and taken in the bushes -- I was stripped; I was attacked;

dan dibawa ke semak-- saya ditelanjangi; saya diserang;

I was abused; and this came out of the blue.

saya dilecehkan; dan ini terjadi tiba-tiba.

Now, the reason I say that, because, afterwards, I was thinking --

Sekarang, alasan saya mengatakan hal itu karena setelahnya, saya berpikir --

well, I went back into the school -- I felt dirty; I felt betrayed;

saya kembali ke sekolah itu -- merasa kotor; merasa dikhianati;

I felt ashamed, but mainly -- mainly, I felt powerless.

saya merasa malu, tapi yang terutama, saya merasa tak berdaya.

And 30 years later I was sitting in an airplane,

Dan 30 tahun kemudian, saya ada di pesawat,

next to a lady called Veronica, who came from Chile,

di sebelah wanita bernama Veronica yang berasal dari Chili.

and we were on a human rights tour,

Kami sedang dalam perjalanan terkait dengan HAM,

and she was starting to tell me what it was like to be tortured,

dan dia mulai menceritakan kepada saya bagaimana rasanya disiksa,

and, from my very privileged position,

dan dari posisi saya yang sangat diistimewakan,

this was the only reference point that I had.

inilah satu-satunya titik referensi saya.

And it was an amazing learning experience

Dan itu adalah pengalaman luar biasa

because, for me, human rights have been something in which I had,

karena, bagi saya, HAM telah menjadi sesuatu

you know, a part-time interest, but, mainly,

yang saya minati paruh waktu, tapi intinya,

itu adalah hal yang terjadi kepada orang lain di luar sana.

it was something that happened to other people over there.

But I got a phone call from Bono in 1985 and, as you know,

Tetapi, saya ditelepon Bono pada 1985,

dan sebagaimana Anda tahu, dia adalah penyanyi hebat,

he's a great singer, but he's a magnificent hustler, and --

tapi dia pendesak yang ulung, dan --

(Laughter) --

(Tawa) --

a very hard guy to say no to, and he was saying,

orang yang sangat sulit ditolak, dan waktu itu dia berkata,

you know, just after I'd done the Biko song,

setelah saya menyelesaikan lagu Biko,

we're going to do a tour for Amnesty,

kami akan tur untuk Amnesty,

you have to be on it, and really that was the first time

kamu harus ikut, dan itu pertama kalinya

that I'd been out and started meeting people

saya keluar dan mulai bertemu orang-orang

who'd watched their family being shot in front of them,

yang menyaksikan keluarganya ditembak di depan mereka,

who'd had a partner thrown out of an airplane into an ocean,

yang pasangannya dilempar dari pesawat ke lautan,

and suddenly this world of human rights arrived in my world,

dan mendadak dunia HAM ini tiba di dunia saya,

and I couldn't really walk away in quite the same way as before.

dan saya tidak dapat berpaling seperti yang sebelumnya.

So I got involved with this tour, which was for Amnesty,

Jadi, saya terlibat dengan tur ini, untuk Amnesty,

and then in '88 I took over Bono's job trying to learn how to hustle.

dan kemudian pada '88, saya mengambil alih pekerjaan Bono untuk belajar mendesak.

I didn't do it as well, but we managed to get Youssou N'Dour, Sting,

Saya tidak sebaik dia, tapi kami berhasil mengajak Youssou N'Dour, Sting,

Tracy Chapman, and Bruce Springsteen to go 'round the world for Amnesty,

Tracy Chapman, dan Bruce Springsteen berkeliling dunia untuk Amnesty.

and it was an amazing experience.

dan itu adalah pengalaman menakjubkan.

And, once again, I got an extraordinary education,

Dan, sekali lagi, saya dapat pendidikan yang luar biasa,

and it was the first time, really,

dan itu pertama kalinya

that I'd met a lot of these people in the different countries,

saya bertemu banyak orang dari banyak negara,

and these human rights stories became very physical,

dan kisah-kisah HAM ini menjadi sangat fisik,

and, again, I couldn't really walk away quite so comfortably.

dan lagi-lagi, saya tidak bisa menjauh dengan nyaman.

But the thing that really amazed me, that I had no idea,

Tetapi, yang sangat membuat takjub adalah saya benar-benar tidak tahu

was that you could suffer in this way

bahwa Anda dapat menderita seperti ini

and then have your whole experience, your story, denied,

dan kemudian seluruh pengalaman, kisah Anda, disangkal,

buried and forgotten.

dikubur, dan dilupakan.

And it seemed that whenever there was a camera around,

Dan sepertinya di mana pun yang ada kamera,

or a video or film camera,

kamera video atau foto,

itu jadi jauh lebih sulit untuk dilakukan--

it was a great deal harder to do -- for those in power to bury the story.

untuk pihak berkuasa untuk mengubur kisah tersebut.

And Reebok set up a foundation after these Human Rights Now tours

Dan Reebok membuat yayasan setelah tur-tur HAM ini

and there was a decision then --

dan kemudian ada keputusan ...

well, we made a proposal, for a couple of years,

Kami membuat proposal selama dua tahun,

about trying to set up a division

tentang mencoba mengadakan divisi

that was going to give cameras to human rights activists.

yang akan memberikan kamera untuk para aktivis HAM.

Awalnya tak kemana-mana,

It didn't really get anywhere,

and then the Rodney King incident happened, and people thought,

dan kemudian ada kejadian Rodney King, dan orang-orang berpikir,

OK, if you have a camera in the right place at the right time,

oke, jika Anda punya kamera di tempat dan saat yang tepat,

or, perhaps, the wrong time, depending who you are,

atau mungkin waktu yang salah, tergantung siapa Anda,

then you can actually start doing something,

lalu Anda sebenarnya dapat mulai melakukan sesuatu,

and campaigning, and being heard,

berkampanye, dan menjadi terdengar,

and telling people about what's going on.

dan mengatakan tentang apa yang terjadi.

So, WITNESS was started in '92

Jadi, WITNESS dimulai pada tahun '92

dan sejak itu memberikan kamera di lebih dari 60 negara.

and it's since given cameras out in over 60 countries.

And we campaign with activist groups

Kami berkampanye dengan grup aktivis

and help them tell their story and, in fact,

dan membantu mereka menceritakan kisahnya.

Faktanya, saya akan menunjukkan salah satu kampanye terkini,

I will show you in a moment one of the most recent campaigns,

and I'm afraid it's a story from Uganda,

dan saya khawatir ini kisah dari Uganda,

and, although we had a wonderful story from Uganda yesterday,

dan, meskipun kemarin kita punya kisah hebat dari Uganda,

yang satu ini tak terlalu bagus.

this one isn't quite so good.

Di Uganda Utara,

In the north of Uganda,

ada sekitar 1,5 juta pengungsi dalam negeri,

there are something like 1.5 million internally displaced people,

people who are not refugees in another country,

mereka yang bukan pengungsi dari negara lain,

but because of the civil war, which has been going on for about 20 years,

tapi karena Perang Saudara yang telah terjadi selama sekitar 20 tahun,

they have nowhere to live.

mereka tak punya tempat tinggal.

And 20,000 kids have been taken away to become child soldiers,

20.000 anak telah diambil untuk menjadi tentara anak,

and the International Criminal Court is going after five of the leaders of the --

dan Mahkamah Pidana Internasional mengejar lima dari pimpinan --

now, what's it called?

nah, apa namanya?

I forget the name of the of the army --

Saya lupa nama pasukannya --

Lord's Resistance Army, saya percaya --

it's Lord's Resistance Army, I believe --

but the government, also, doesn't have a clean sheet,

tapi pemerintahnya juga tak benar-benar bersih.

so if we could run the first video.

Mari kita putar video pertamanya.

(Music)

(Musik)

Perempuan: Hidup di kamp tak pernah mudah. Bahkan kehidupan sulit hari ini.

Woman: Life in the camp is never simple. Even today life is difficult.

We stay because of the fear that what pushed us into the camp ...

Kami bertahan karena ketakutan bahwa apa yang memaksa kami ke kamp

still exists back home.

masih ada di rumah sana.

Text: "Between Two Fires: Torture and Displacement in Northern Uganda"

[Di antara Dua Api: Penyiksaan dan Pengalihan di Uganda Utara]

Man: When we were at home, it was Kony's [rebel] soldiers disturbing us.

Lelaki: Ketika kami di rumah, tentara Kony (pemberontak)

yang mengganggu kami.

At first, we were safe in the camp.

Awalnya, kami aman di kamp.

But later the government soldiers began mistreating us a lot.

Tapi kemudian tentara pemerintah mulai memperlakukan kami dengan buruk.

(Chanting)

(Nyanyian)

Jennifer: A soldier walked onto the road, asking where we'd been.

Evelyn: Satu tentara sedang di jalan, menanyakan kami dari mana

Evelyn and I hid behind my mother.

Evelyn dan saya sembunyi di belakang ibu.

Evelyn: He ordered us to sit down, so we sat down.

Dia memerintahkan kami untuk duduk, jadi kami duduk.

The other soldier also came.

Tentara lainnya datang.

Jennifer: The man came and started undressing me.

Pria itu datang dan mulai melepaskan pakaian saya.

The other one carried Evelyn aside.

Yang satu lagi membawa Evelyn menjauh.

The one who was defiling me then left me and went to rape Evelyn.

Yang tadinya menodai saya kemudian pergi memerkosa Evelyn.

And the one who was raping Evelyn came and defiled me also.

Dan yang sebelumnya memerkosa Evelyn datang dan mengotori saya juga.

Man: The soldiers with clubs this long beat us to get a confession.

Lelaki: Para tentara dengan pemukul sepanjang ini

memukuli kami sampai mengaku.

They kept telling us, "Tell the truth!" as they beat us.

Mereka terus berkata, "Katakan yang sebenarnya!"

ketika memukuli kami.

Woman: They insisted that I was lying.

Mereka bersikeras bahwa saya berbohong.

At that moment, they fired and shot off my fingers.

Saat itu, mereka menembak dan mengenai jari-jari saya.

I fell. They ran to join the others ... leaving me for dead.

Saya jatuh dan mereka bergabung ke yang lain,

meninggalkan saya untuk mati.

(Music)

(Musik)

Text: Uganda ratified the Convention Against Torture in 1986.

[Uganda meratifikasi Konvensi Menentang Penyiksaan pada 1986.

Torture is defined as any act by which severe pain of suffering,

whether physical or mental,

Penyiksaan diartikan sebagai tindakan apa pun di mana rasa sakit

is intentionally inflicted by a person acting in an official capacity

atau penderitaan fisik maupun mental

to obtain information or a confession, to punish, coerce or intimidate.

secara sengaja dibebankan oleh orang dalam kapasitas kedinasan.]

Peter Gabriel: So torture is not something that always happens on other soil.

Jadi, penyiksaan bukan sesuatu yang selalu terjadi di tanah lain.

In my country, it was --

Di negara saya,

we had been looking at pictures of British soldiers beating up young Iraqis;

kami telah melihat foto tentara Inggris memukuli pemuda Irak;

we've got Abu Ghraib; we've got Guantanamo Bay.

kami dapat Abu Ghraib; Teluk Guantanamo.

I had a driver on my way to Newark Airport,

Saya dapat supir di perjalanan menuju bandara Newark

and he told me a story that, in the middle of the night, 4 a.m.,

dan ia bercerita bahwa di tengah malam, pukul empat pagi,

he'd been taken out of his home in Queens -- taken to a place in the Midwest,

ia dibawa dari rumahnya di Queens -- ke suatu tempat di Midwest,

that he was interrogated and tortured

kemudian diinterogasi, disiksa,

dan dikembalikan ke jalanan empat minggu kemudian

and returned to the street four weeks later,

because he had the same -- he was Middle Eastern,

karena dia dari Timur Tengah,

dan dia memiliki nama yang sama dengan salah satu pilot 9/11,

and he had the same name as one of the 9/11 pilots,

and that may or may not be true --

dan itu bisa benar atau salah.

I didn't think he was a liar, though.

Saya berpikir ia tidak berbohong.

Dan, saya pikir, jika kita lihat di seluruh dunia,

And, I think, if we look around the world,

as well as the polar ice caps melting,

dan juga mencairnya es di kutub,

human rights, which have been fought for,

HAM, yang telah kita perjuangkan selama ratusan tahun di beberapa kasus,

for many hundreds of years in some cases,

are, also, eroding very fast,

juga terkikis dengan sangat cepat,

and that is something that we need to take a look at

dan itu sesuatu yang harus kita perhatikan

and, maybe, start campaigning for.

dan mungkin, mulai kita kampanyekan.

I mean, here, too, one of our partners was at Van Jones

Maksud saya, di sini pula, salah satu partner kami

di proyek Van Jones dan Books not Bars--

and the Books Not Bars project -- they have managed,

dengan rekaman mereka di California,

with their footage in California

to change the youth correction systems employed,

mereka berhasil mengubah sistem yang diberlakukan di lapas remaja.

and it's much -- much -- I think, more humane methods

Metodenya yang saya kira jauh lebih manusiawi sedang dilihat,

are being looked at, how you should lock up young kids,

bagaimana anak muda harusnya dikurung,

and that's questionable to start off.

dan itu layak dipertanyakan.

And as the story of Mr. Morales, just down the road,

Dan seperti cerita Pak Morales, di jalan tadi,

excuse me, Mr. Gabriel,

"Permisi, Pak Gabriel,

apakah Anda keberatan apabila kami sedikit menunda eksekusi Anda?"

would you mind if we delayed your execution a little bit?

No, not at all, no problem, take your time.

"Tidak, sama sekali tidak, tak masalah, santai saja."

But this, surely, whoever that man is, whatever he's done,

Tapi ini, tentunya, siapa pun lelaki itu, apa pun yang telah dilakukannya,

this is cruel and unusual punishment.

ini hukuman yang kejam dan tak biasa.

Anyway, WITNESS has been trying to arm the brave people

Bagaimanapun, WITNESS telah berusaha mempersenjatai orang-orang berani

who often put their lives at risk around the world, with cameras,

yang sering mempertaruhkan nyawanya di seluruh dunia dengan kamera.

and I'd like to show you just a little more of that. Thank you.

Saya ingin menunjukkan sedikit lagi. Terima kasih.

(Thunder) Text: You can say a story is fabricated.

[Anda bisa bilang sebuah kisah dibuat-buat]

(Music)

(Musik)

[Anda bisa bilang satu juri korup.]

Text: You can say a jury is corrupt.

You can say a person is lying.

[Anda bisa bilang seseorang sedang berbohong]

You can say you don't trust newspapers.

[Anda bisa bilang tak percaya koran]

But you can't say

[Tapi Anda tidak bisa bilang ...]

what you just saw

[apa yang baru Anda lihat ...]

never happened.

[tidak pernah terjadi]

Help WITNESS give cameras to the world.

[Bantu WITNESS memberi kamera pada dunia]

Shoot a video;

[merekam video;]

expose injustice;

[membongkar ketidakadilan;]

reveal the truth;

[mengungkapkan kebenaran;]

show us what's wrong with the world;

[menunjukkan yang salah dengan dunia;]

and maybe

[dan mungkin]

we can help

[kita bisa membantu]

make it

[menjadikannya]

right.

[benar.]

WITNESS.

[WITNESS]

All the video you have just seen was recorded by

[Semua video yang baru Anda lihat direkam

human rights groups working with WITNESS.

oleh kelompok HAM yang bekerja bersama WITNESS.]

(Applause)

(Tepuk tangan)

PG: WITNESS was born of technological innovation --

WITNESS lahir dari inovasi teknologi --

in a sense the small, portable, DV cam

kamera DV portabel yang kecil

was really what allowed it to come into being.

benar-benar menjadikannya nyata.

And we've also been trying to get computers out to the world,

Dan kami juga telah mencoba membagikan komputer pada dunia,

sehingga kelompok kami dapat berkomunikasi lebih efektif,

so that groups can communicate much more effectively,

campaign much more effectively,

berkampanye dengan lebih efektif,

but now we have the wonderful possibility,

tapi sekarang, kita memiliki peluang hebat

which is given to us from the mobile phone with the camera in it,

yang diberikan pada kita oleh ponsel berkamera,

because that is cheap; it's ubiquitous; and it's moving fast

karena itu murah; ada di mana-mana; dan bergerak cepat

all around the world -- and it's very exciting for us.

di seluruh dunia -- dan semakin menarik bagi kami.

And so, the dream is that we could have a world

Jadi, mimpinya kita dapat memiliki dunia,

in which anyone who has anything bad happen to them of this sort

di mana siapa pun yang mengalami kejadian buruk semacam ini

has a chance of getting their story uploaded,

memiliki kesempatan agar cerita mereka diunggah,

being seen, being watched,

dilihat, dijaga,

that they really know that they can be heard,

bahwa mereka benar tahu bahwa mereka bisa didengar,

that there would be a giant website,

bahwa nanti akan ada situs raksasa,

maybe, a little like Google Earth,

mungkin sedikit mirip Google Earth,

and you could fly over and find out the realities of what's going,

dan Anda dapat melintas dan mengetahui realitas yang sedang terjadi

for the world's inhabitants. In a way

pada penduduk dunia.

Cara yang dimungkinkan teknologi ini sesungguhnya

what this technology is allowing is, really,

that a lot of the problems of the world can have a human face,

adalah banyak masalah di dunia ini bisa memiliki wajah manusia,

that we can actually see who's dying of AIDS

bahwa kita dapat melihat siapa yang sedang sekarat karena AIDS,

or who's being beaten up, for the first time,

atau siapa yang sedang dipukuli.

Untuk pertama kalinya,

and we can hear their stories in a way that the blogger culture --

kita bisa dengar kisah mereka dengan cara para bloger budaya.

if we can move that into these sort of fields,

Jika kita dapat membawanya ke bidang ini,

I think we can really transform the world in all sorts of ways.

saya merasa ini benar dapat mengubah dunia dalam bermacam cara.

There could be a new movement growing up,

Bisa ada gerakan baru yang tumbuh,

rising from the ground, reaching for the light,

bangkit dari tanah, menjangkau cahaya,

and growing strong, just like a tree. Thank you.

dan bertumbuh kuat, seperti pohon.

Terima kasih.