[The following is a translation by US based human rights activist, John Rossa, of reports from the Diocesan Justice and Peace Commission in Dili,…
East Timor
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February 23, 1999
Nusa Dua – Indonesia has agreed to allow Australia to reopen a consulate in East Timor as part of a push to settle the future of the troubled…
February 22, 1999
Kasa – About 1,500 pro-Indonesian demonstrators rallied Monday in East Timor to voice their support for autonomy and rejection of…
February 21, 1999
Jakarta – Indonesia's minister of economy, industry and finance has clarified Jakarta's position on the Timor Gap, a potentially oil-…
February 20, 1999
Dili – At least 250 members of the People's Security (Kamra) force who have just completed their training will be posted in six police…
Che Guevara once said that a crucial problem for armed guerrillas was the ability to survive and keep a check on their bevahiour. This humane…
The children of East Timor, far from being the hope for the future, may be the problem. Louise Williams travelled to a country suddenly on the…
Stephen Vines, Hong Kong – Britain has offered to send troops and money to East Timor for a United Nations-sponsored peace-keeping force. The…
Jakarta – Indonesian police in the troubled province of East Timor will open registration for a second batch of 250 civilian…
Atika Shubert, Dili – Civil war, 23 years of Indonesian military occupation and more than 300 years of Portuguese colonialism have bequeathed an…
February 19, 1999
Balibo – Thousands of pro-Indonesian East Timorese vowed Friday to defend the troubled territory's integration with Indonesia.
"Integration…
Canberra – Australian diplomats in Indonesia have warned in a series of confidential diplomatic cables that an independent East Timor would…
Hong Kong – Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta said on Friday he had received commitments from Portugal and other Western nations to help…
February 18, 1999
Dan Murphy, Barro Pite – Martinho Fernandes stands four-square like an ageing middleweight, takes a pull on his beer and declares that he doesn't…
February 17, 1999
Jakarta – The president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said here Wednesday he had appealed to Indonesia to allow it to…
Jakarta – Indonesian Foreign Minister Ali Alatas on Wednesday assured investors they would not lose out if East Timor became independent and the…
Jakarta – A teenager died in a violent clash between pro-independence and pro-Indonesian youth groups in the troubled territory of East Timor, the…
[The following is a transcript of interview by ABC radio, Asia Pacific's Peter Mares.]
Evidence that Indonesian authorities are…
February 16, 1999
Jakarta – Some 50,000 people Tuesday attended the burial of a 25-year-old man shot dead during an incident between pro-independence and pro-…
Jakarta – Indonesia will sponsor East Timor as a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) if the troubled territory opts for…
February 15, 1999
Jakarta – The newly-launched Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI Perjuangan) lashed out at President B.J. Habibie for calling East Timor…
February 12, 1999
Karen Polglaze, Jakarta – Indonesia would be solely responsible should civil war break out in East Timor, a member of Indonesian President BJ…
Jakarta – The speed of Indonesia's change of heart over the future of East Timor, which could now become independent within months, has worried…
Patrisia Prakarsa, Jakarta – East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao said Friday dialogue was needed among all groups involved in East Timor to…
February 11, 1999
Don Greenlees – Indonesian Justice Minister Muladi yesterday signalled that a ban on Nobel peace prize winner Jose Ramos Horta from entering the…
By John McBeth in Jakarta and Dan Murphy in Dili – Antonio da Silva lost his left ear to pro-independence Fretilin fighters. He doesn't intend to…
February 10, 1999
Keith B. Richburg, Jakarta – With a smile, a wave and a clenched fist thrust defiantly in the air, East Timorese resistance leader Jose Alexandre…
Terry Friel, Jakarta – Nestled in a leafy Jakarta suburb, number 47 Jalan Percetakan Negara VII is an unlikely place to decide the fate of a…
The armed forces (ABRI) includes the army, navy, air force and police. All are involved in repression in East Timor, but the army is the most…
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – In a move which surprised both supporters and opponents, Indonesian opposition leader Megawati Sukarnoputri declared…
February 9, 1999
Jakarta – Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Alatas, denied that an agreement between Indonesia and Portugal has been reached to settle the East…
February 8, 1999
Evelyn Leopold, United Nations – Indonesia apparently has agreed for the first time to a UN ballot in troubled East Timor as its foreign minister…
February 7, 1999
Troubled Province's Release To enable RI To Concentrate on Development, Says President
Jakarta – If Timor is release from its fold,…
Diarmid O'Sullivan, Dili – In the garden of a house in Dili, capital of East Timor, a hundred villagers are camping out in fear of their lives.…
February 5, 1999
[The following is a transcription from a recording of a live report by Jonathan Head in East Timor.]
JH: The army strongly denies…
February 4, 1999
Dili – In November 1998, 11 East Timorese were killed and 831 displaced in the sub-regency of Alas, Manufahi regency, due to acts of terror,…
East Timorese resistance leader Xanana Gusmao has pressed the Indonesian govt to disband the para-militaries in East Timor. He said their presence…
February 3, 1999
[The following statement by the national secretariat of Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET) was issued as a response to…
Jakarta - Amid escalating tension in East Timor, the Armed Forces (ABRI) has denied supplying ammunition to the province to terrorize pro-…
February 1, 1999
A pro-independence demo in Dili called on people to remain calm in welcoming the Indonesian govt's announcement about independence for Timor. It…
Paul Daley, Canberra – Indonesia's military intelligence has offered a proposal to the East Timor resistance whereby it would swiftly remove…
Dili – The capital of the troubled territory of East Timor remained tense on Monday in the week after Indonesia's surprise announcement that it…
Indonesia wants to resolve the East Timor problem rapidly because it had proved costly both economically and politically, Finance Minister…
Greg Earl, Dili 00 It's about 500 metres from the squat Indonesian government architecture of the Dili port to the old Portuguese-style Motael…
January 30, 1999
In statements which differ from those expressed by the government on East Timor, Abdulrachman Wahid of the NU and Megawati of the PDI both said…
January 29, 1999
[The following is a response by ASIET to the Indonesian government's recent statement on autonomy and independence for East Timor.]
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Lewa Pardomuan, Jakarta – Jailed East Timor rebel leader Xanana Gusmao Friday called for a cease-fire in his troubled homeland after Indonesia…
January 28, 1999
Jeremy Wagstaff, Jakarta – Indonesia raised for the first time Wednesday the possibility of independence for the troubled half-island of East…
January 27, 1999
Jakarta – The government today raised the possibility of granting independence to the disputed half-island of East Timor for the first time since…
Louise Williams, Jakarta – Two Australian aid workers in East Timor were evacuated yesterday from the southern town of Suai and hundreds of local…