The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) has received further information about David Dias Ximenes who was arrested on 31 May at his home in…
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June 6, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) holds grave fears for the safety of seven East Timorese men arrested between 29 and 30 May…
June 5, 1997
Darwin – Twelve people have been killed and more than 200 arrested in the town of Baucau in the past two days, East Timorese activists…
New York – We have received new information about the killing of seven civilians at the home of Castelho, a teacher at the local…
Jakarta – Human Rights Watch/Asia on Thursday voiced concern over what it described as widespread arrests of civilians and dissidents in East…
June 4, 1997
The East Timorese armed resistance is very much alive, despite the propaganda claims by the Indonesian armed forces in the Suharto regime that the…
A series of attacks between May 27 and May 31 by resistance forces in East Timor, leading to the deaths of at least nine civilians and more than…
June 3, 1997
[ETAN/US received the following document as a fax, in English, from the resistance in East Timor. This is the first direct report we have seen…
June 2, 1997
Cologne, Germany – East Timor resistance spokesman Ramos Horta said Monday a bloody weekend rebel attack is a warning to the Indonesian…
June 1, 1997
Three East Timorese refugees took part in further nonviolent resistance to British weapons exports to Indonesia at the beginning of May, painting…
May 31, 1997
Jakarta – Indonesia on Saturday replaced its army commander in the heavily militarised province of East Timor, days after the deadliest wave of…
May 29, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) has received further information in relation to Joao Guterres (also known as Mau-Lana),…
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) holds grave fears for the safety of Julio Gomes, 18, from Luca village in the district of…
Jim Della-Giacoma, Jakarta – At least 14 people died in a wave of election-eve violence in East Timor and as million of Indonesians voted on…
Jenny Grant, Jakarta – Millions of Indonesians went to the polls for general parliamentary elections Thursday. As Jenny Grant reports from Jakarta…
Indonesian authorities say at least 15 people have died in East Timor, in a series of attacks by suspected separatist rebels.
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May 28, 1997
Lisbon – The Portuguese government said on Wednesday it was trying to verify a report of shooting incidents in the East Timorese capital of Dili…
Jakarta – Two Indonesian policemen were killed and four injured after rebels attacked their convoy in the troubled territory of East Timor, church…
May 27, 1997
Jakarta – Separatist (sic) rebels in East Timor killed two Indonesian policemen and wounded seven in an ambush Tuesday, according to…
May 15, 1997
Lisbon – The special representative of the National Council for Maubere Resistance (CNRM) does not believe that the forthcoming round of talks…
May 14, 1997
Thirty-three of those arrested during a demonstration on 23 March 1997 at the Mahkota Hotel in Dili, East Timor during a visit to the territory by…
May 5, 1997
Eleven activists, including three East Timorese and a journalist, were arrested early today Monday when they entered a factory site in the south…
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) holds grave fears for the safety of four East Timorese men who were arrested on 30 March 1997 in the…
May 2, 1997
According to an unconfirmed report, at about 4.30pm on 21 April 1997 members of the security forces shot and arrested Edison Marcal…
On May 2, the Full Federal Court has set aside a decision of the Refugee Review Tribunal that East Timorese refugee, Jong Kim Koe, was not a…
May 1, 1997
Eyal Press – Never underestimate the power of partisanship to alter the consciousness of America's pundits and policymakers. In the final months…
April 28, 1997
Dili – Four men have been arrested in the killing of a member of Indonesia's ruling Golkar party during an election meeting in East…
April 27, 1997
Jakarta – Five East Timorese, including a junior high school student, have gone on trial in the territory in connection with the death of a…
April 25, 1997
Eighteen people believed to have been detained in East Timor on suspicion of links with the armed resistance in East Timor, Falintil, are feared…
April 23, 1997
Henk Bouwmans (Original in Dutch, translation by TAPOL), The Hague – The Dutch Parliament is furious about a letter from the Indonesian embassy…
April 22, 1997
Jakarta – Fifteen East Timorese will face trial in the territory this week for their alleged involvement in the killing of a soldier on Christmas…
April 17, 1997
The East Timor Human Rights Centre still holds grave fears for the safety of Ildefonso de Deus dos Santos (also known as "Maudino"), a…
April 14, 1997
Geneva – The European Union (EU) resolution proposal introduced to the 53 annual meeting of the United Nations Human Rights Commission…
April 13, 1997
The Australian Greens party is calling on people to join an organisation which is offering to hide asylum seekers from East Timor if…
April 11, 1997
Agencies in Dili – Independence leader Jose Ramos Horta said he had evidence troops killed four students who clashed with police in the East Timor…
Jakarta – When thousands of people gathered in Dili on Christmas eve last year to welcome home East Timor Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo from Oslo,…
Geneva – 378 people were reported missed from November 1995 to the same month last year in East Timor, according to a report by the…
April 10, 1997
According to reports today from AFP (in Jakarta) and Reuter (in Dili), the resistance has killed six and wounded five others in two ambushes in…
April 9, 1997
Dili – Secessionist rebels ambushed a vehicle in East Timor, killing four members of a village defense force and two others in the…
April 7, 1997
Indonesian Ambassador-at-large, Lopes Da cruz, has refuted foreign allegations that a special program has been developed to spread Islam in the…
Geneva – The camera zooms in to show a man's blood-covered wrist, nailed to his prison plank. Men in khakis torture inmates with sticks, chair…
Jakarta – Indonesia said on Monday that Nobel Peace laureate Jose Ramos Horta's claim that he had fresh evidence of widespread torture…
34 people accused of being involved in the demonstration in Dili during the visit last month of Jamsheed Marker, the UN special envoy…
April 6, 1997
ASIET has received the following message (abridged translation) from the East Timorese underground in Java.
Statement begins: Suharto regime…
When Jose Ramos Horta won the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with his fellow East Tmorese, Monsignor Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, there were hopes…
April 5, 1997
ASIET has received the following message (abridged translation) from the East Timorese underground in Java
Statement begins: Suharto regime…
Paul Mcgeough and agencies – Dozens of young East Timorese detained since the military broke up a peaceful demonstration in Dili two weeks ago are…
April 3, 1997
Ian Howarth – BHP Petroleum was announced yesterday as the operator of a new multibillion-dollar oil and gas development in the Timor Sea, based…
April 2, 1997
Lisbon – The Indonesian police has still under custody 25 out of the 33 East Timorese students arrested last week after breaking into…
April 1, 1997
Indonesian police have freed 33 East Timorese who had been held since last Thursday after entering the Austrian embassy in Jakarta in…




