Meanwhile, a coalition of American human rights, labor and religious groups are asking President Bush to refrain from promising further assistance to the Indonesian military. In a letter organized by the East Timor Action Network, the groups write: “We are deeply troubled by ongoing human rights violations by Indonesia’s security forces, especially in Papua … and its widespread impunity for crimes against humanity and other serious violations committed against the peoples of East Timor and Indonesia.” Last year, President Bush issued a waiver on a congressional restriction on military assistance to Indonesia.