Dili – Ten years after East Timor's historic independence referendum, victims are still waiting for justice for crimes and rights abuses committed during Indonesia's brutal 24-year occupation.
Up to 200,000 people in the tiny half-island were killed either directly by Indonesian troops or as a result of the occupation, and the Indonesian military employed a scorched earth policy which devastated the country in the wake of the vote.
On August 30, 1999, almost 80% of East Timor's population went to the polls to vote for independence. That year, more than 250,000 East Timorese fled East Timor or were expelled by troops, police and paramilitary militia.
Julio Barreto, 36, was one of those who fled across the border to escape the marauding militias, but it wasn't the first time he had found himself running for his life from Indonesian violence.
He was also at Dili's Santa Cruz Cemetery on November 12, 1991, when Indonesian troops opened fire on a peaceful protest during a memorial service for pro-independence activist Sebastiao Gomes, killing more than 270 people.
"We had climbed up on the wall of the cemetery. When the troops started to shoot at us, I jumped off the wall. My hands were bleeding because so many people were jumping, trying to escape," he said. "I saw one guy who had been working as a journalist get shot. As soon as I saw him getting shot, I ran."
Now a free man in his own country, Barreto wants closure. "We haven't heard the names of those who were shooting at us, but I want justice," he said.
No senior officials were charged with the massacre at Santa Cruz and only one of 18 junior government officials indicted received a jail term.
The UN-established Serious Crimes Unit has indicted 391 people for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in East Timor, resulting in 84 convictions and three acquittals.
Most of those yet to be arrested are given sanctuary by Indonesia, including former military chief Wiranto, who ran for the vice-presidency in July elections, and former militia leader Eurico Guterres.
Guterres's men ruled the Dili streets in the days following the independence vote, killing civilians and torching buildings. In 2006, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for human rights violations.