Karen Polglaze, Jakarta – East Timorese independence advocate and Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta today rejected accusations by…
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October 22, 1997
Australian Associated Press - October 22, 1997 (excerpts)
October 21, 1997
Agence France Presse - October 21, 1997 (abridged)
Canberra – Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta Tuesday accused the Australian government of covering up Indonesia's involvement in the deaths of…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - October 21, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) is concerned for the safety of Manuel Afonso and Lino Xavier Nunes who are currently in detention at…
October 19, 1997
The Australian - October 18-19, 1997
Don Greenlees – The Federal Government is facing a political contest over human rights after a decision by the ALP to call for the first time for…
Agence France Presse - October 19, 1997
Sydney – The president of the Timorese Democratic Party (UDT) said here Sunday he was asked by the Indonesian military to kill Australian…
October 18, 1997
The Globe and Mail - October 18, 1997
Jacqui Birchall, East Timor – The path of most despair - Site of death and oppression since 1975, East Timor had little to offer one intrepid…
Sydney Morning Herald - October 18, 1997
A report into the death of five Australia-based journalists at Balibo in East Timor 22 years ago will be examined today at a seminar at the…
October 17, 1997
Lusa - October 17, 1997
Sydney – The Indonesian army has arrested in the last days dozens of youths, in several raids to villages aimed at discredit the armed…
October 16, 1997
The Age - October 16, 1997
James Dunn – Timor watchers would have detected a touch of irony in a news item from Jakarta earlier this week. In a bizarre announcement Colonel…
Financial Times (London) - October 16, 1997
Sander Thoenes and Quentin Peel, Jakarta – Indonesia may walk out of talks with Portugal over the status of East Timor unless progress is made…
Agence France Presse - October 16, 1997
Sydney – Five Australian journalists killed in East Timor were deliberately targeted by Indonesian troops and not caught in crossfire as had been…
October 14, 1997
Sydney Morning Herald - October 14, 1997
Craig Skehan and Louise Williams – In an attempt to secure political asylum for a colleague, jailed East Timorese independence leader Xanana…
October 13, 1997
The Australian - October 13, 1997
Military authorities in East Timor have seized a cache of 20 homemade bombs and detained two rebels accused of planning to destroy the territory's…
East Timor Human Rights Centre - October 13, 1997
Up to thirteen East Timorese men are believed to be still in detention in Semarang and Dili following two recent incidents involving home-made…
October 12, 1997
Reuter - October 12, 1997
Jakarta – An Indonesian military official has accused two East Timorese sheltering in the Austrian embassy in Jakarta of being terrorists.
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October 8, 1997
Reuters - October 8, 1997
Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta &150; Two died in fighting at an East Timor mountain shrine including a man who tried to erect a banner bearing the…
October 6, 1997
Jose Ramos-Horta - October 6, 1997
Lisbon &150; Jose Ramos-Horta, 1996 Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate, emphatically denounced the recently reported murder, in East Timor, of one…
October 1, 1997
Hugh Ekeberg - September 31, 1997
[The original source of this posting (other that the individual's e-mail address and period that the report covers) was not specified - JB]…
September 29, 1997
Human Rights Watch/Asia - September 29, 1997
Press Release by UNA - September 29, 1997
Mrs Wilhelmina Rennie, now of Ramsay, Isle of Man, flies to Australia on Friday October 10 to give evidence on the cover-up of her son…
Human Rights Watch/Asia - September 29, 1997
In a new report, "Deteriorating Human Rights in East Timor," Human Rights Watch/Asia says the conflict in the disputed territory has intensified…
September 25, 1997
Lusa - September 25, 1997
Sydney – More than 10,000 Australians have said to be ready to provide shelter to East Timorese refugees facing deportation, despite…
September 24, 1997
Lusa - September 24, 1997
Jakarta – Bureaucratic problems are blocking the departure of six East Timorese who have sought sanctuary in the Austrian embassy in…
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
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…
Reuters - July 31, 1997
Jakarta – Pro-independence rebels in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor have killed three Indonesian soldiers, military…
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…