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September 24, 1997
Lusa - September 24, 1997
Jose Ramos Horta - September 24, 1997
The twenty two year old conflict in East Timor can come to an end if the two main parties engaged in armed violence in the territory are inspired…
September 23, 1997
Straits Times - September 23, 1997
Jakarta – The Indonesian military has accused East Timorese rebels of killing five soldiers and seven civilians in the troubled territory, it was…
September 22, 1997
Lusa - September 22, 1997
Lisbon – An East Timorese couple has been killed by Indonesia's intelligence service, Intel, the Timorese Socialist Association (AST)…
September 19, 1997
Reuters - September 19, 1997
Jakarta – Six East Timorese, including a couple with two children, broke into the Austrian embassy in Jakarta on Friday and demanded…
September 18, 1997
Amnesty International - 18 September, 1997
Up to 13 East Timorese men have been arrested in Dili, the capital of East Timor, and near the town of Semarang on the Indonesian island of Java.…
September 4, 1997
Reuters - September 4, 1997
Jakarta – East Timor governor Abilio Soares, who once escaped an assassination attempt by suspected rebels in the troubled former…
September 3, 1997
Reuters - September 3, 1997
David Brough, Lisbon – South Africa would welcome the release of jailed Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao before a state visit by Indonesian…
September 2, 1997
Lusa - September 2, 1997
Macau – East Timor's political party Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) rejected on Tuesday in "absolut and vehemently" the recent statements by…
September 1, 1997
Radio Australia - September 1, 1997
An Indonesian court has jailed four East Timorese men to two months and 15 days each for forcibly entering the Bulgarian embassy in…
August 30, 1997
The Times (UK) - August 30, 1997
David Watts, Jakarta – Britain is proposing a new move in the decades - old East Timor dispute. In an attempt to bring Indonesia out of isolation…
August 27, 1997
Reuters - August 27, 1997
Jakarta – An Indonesian court has been asked to sentence 14 East Timorese to one year in jail for taking part in an anti-Indonesia protest during…
August 25, 1997
Reuters - August 25, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia dismissed on Monday a proposal from an East Timor rebel leader for the former Portuguese colony to have a similar relationship…
August 23, 1997
Tapol - August 23, 1997
[On Indonesia's Independence Day, Sunday 17 August 1997, TEMPO Interaktif met Xanana Gusmao at Cipinang Prison in Jakarta. He is known to his…
Sydney Morning Herald - August 23, 1997
Louise Williams, Jakarta – President Soeharto will not approve the release of the jailed East Timorese guerilla leader, Xanana Gusmao…
August 16, 1997
Reuters - August 16, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesian Justice Minister Utoyo Usman said on Saturday the government had given a three-month reduction to the jail term being served…
August 15, 1997
SiaR - August 15 1997
Xanana Gusmao, the commander of the pro-independence forces, FALINTIL, who is currently serving a twenty-year prison sentence, has declared that…
August 13, 1997
Reuters - August 13, 1997
Michael Perry, Sydney – South African President Nelson Mandela's mediation in East Timor could provide the "face-saving" device for Indonesian…
August 4, 1997
Lusa - August 4, 1997
Pretoria – The South African President, Nelson Mandela, has said he invited East Timorese leaders to visit the African country in…
August 2, 1997
Reuters - August 2, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia has finally received a letter from South African President Nelson Mandela suggesting the possible release of jailed East…
August 1, 1997
American Reporter - August 1, 1997
Andreas Harsono, Jakarta – On a hot Jakarta evening two weeks ago, in a grand colonial-style guest house at Indonesia's Merdeka Presidential…
July 31, 1997
Reuters - July 31, 1997
Jakarta – Pro-independence rebels in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor have killed three Indonesian soldiers, military…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - 31 July, 1997
Grave fears are held for the safety of 14 East Timorese men whose whereabouts is unknown following their arrest on 2 July, 1997, during an assault…
July 30, 1997
East Timor Human Rights Centre - 30 July, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) is concerned that no independent investigation has been undertaken into the alleged death on 25 June,…
Agence France Presse - July 30, 1997
Pretoria – South African President Nelson Mandela called on Indonesia Wednesday to free jailed East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao, saying…
July 28, 1997
Text of report by Portuguese radio - July 28, 1997
The UDT [Timorese Democratic Union] has reservations regarding [South African President] Nelson Mandela's diplomatic initiative on East Timor. The…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - July 28, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) fears for the safety of Santina Morreira Belo, aged 22, and her baby aged under one, who disappeared…
July 27, 1997
Digest No. 38 (Indonesian news with comment) - July 27, 1997
[A version of this appears in the latest edition of the Darwin-based AustralAsian]
Picture the scene. East Timor resistance hero Xanana…
July 23, 1997
Republika - 23 July, 1997 (from Tapol)
Johannesburg – South Africa's President Nelsom Mandela issued a statement through the President's Office confirming reports of his meeting with…
July 18, 1997
Reuters - July 18, 1997
Jakarta – One East Timorese rebel resisting Indonesia's rule in the former Portuguese colony has been killed in an attack on the 21st anniversary…
July 14, 1997
East Timor Human Rights Centre - July 14, 1997
Concerns are held for Joaquim Moreira and up to 84 other East Timorese people who may still be in detention following their arrest in June 1997(…
July 10, 1997
Tapol - July 10, 1997
According to an AFP report of 5 July, based on a report from Antara news agency of the same day, 'relatives of the slain East Timorese rebel David…
Agence France Presse - July 10, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesian authorities will bring 33 people to court over protests in the capital of East Timor during the visit of a United Nations…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - 10 July, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) holds grave fears for the safety of five East Timorese men still in military custody following their…
July 4, 1997
Amnesty International - July 4, 1997
It is believed that the fifth man arrested in Kaibada, near Baucau in East Timor on 25 June, is Cesario da Costa. The five included David Alex,…
Agence France Presse - July 4, 1997
Lisbon – UN and Indonesian officials are to set up an inquiry into the death of the deputy leader of East Timorese rebels fighting Indonesian…
Lusa - July 4, 1997
Dili – Indonesian securities forces have killed one East Timorese guerilla member and captured 14 others during an operation on…
July 3, 1997
Agence France Presse - July 3, 1997
Jakarta – The Indonesian military commander in troubled East Timor Thursday dismissed reports that rebel leader David Alex was still alive but…
July 1, 1997
The Guardian - July 1, 1997
The guerrilla leader David Alex who has died aged 50 after being captured by Indonesian forces, had fought in the mountains of East Timor since…
June 28, 1997
East Timor Human Rights Centre - June 28, 1997
By Miranda Sissons, International Relations Program, Yale University. Summary of a forthcoming publication of the East Timor Human Rights Centre…
June 27, 1997
East Timor Human Rights Centre - June 27, 1997
The ETHRC has received an urgent appeal from Baucau, East Timor, where 85 East Timorese people were arrested between 5 June and 16 June 1997. One…
Tapol - June 27, 1997
A Reuter report on 27 June quoted an army lieutenant as saying by phone from Dili: 'David Alex was buried in a public cemetery in Dili on Thursday…
June 26, 1997
ETISC Australia - June 26, 1997
We are deeply concerned over the safety of five East Timorese arrested together with the Baucau commander of the East Timor armed Resistance,…
ETISC Australia - June 26, 1997
We have good reason to believe that the Baucau commander of the East Timor armed Resistance, David Alex, is still alive contrary to claims by the…
June 23, 1997
East Timor International Support Center, Darwin - June 23, 1997
There is currently a climate of fear in East Timor with the launch of a sweep-up operation, called Gerakan Tuntas (Annihilation Campaign) , by the…
June 20, 1997
Amnesty International - June 20, 1997
Military claims that East Timorese armed resistance leader, David Alex, died yesterday while in the custody of the Indonesian military again…
June 19, 1997
Deutsche Presse Agentur - June 19, 1997
Jakarta – On the eve of U.N. sponsored peace talks in New York, Indonesian military commanders in East Timor on Thursday vowed to…
Amnesty International - June 19, 1997
Three men, Virgilio dos Santos Pinto, Cancio da Costa and Gil Fernandes, arrested on or around 14 June 1997, are believed to be in military…
ETISC, Darwin - June 19, 1997
We have received an urgent warning from a reliable source in Indonesia that the Indonesian Armed Forces (Abri), are planning an all-out offensive…
June 17, 1997
Interpress News Service - June 17, 1997
Farhan Haq, United Nations – Indonesian troops have stepped up a campaign of arrests and atrocities against the civilian population in East Timor…