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September 12, 2000

ABC Radio - September 12, 2000

Compere: We begin by going back almost exactly a quarter of a century to the momentous spring of 1975, the time leading up to the two most contentious and divisive issues of recent Aust

ABC Radio - September 12, 2000

Kerry O'Brien: First, the Timor papers, released today, which finally confirm after a quarter of a century of suspicion that Australia was warned in advance of Indonesia's brutal invasi

August 30, 2000

Associated Press - August 30, 2000

Heather Paterson, Aileu – They fought a desperate jungle war against Indonesia's occupation for a quarter of a century.

July 3, 2000

Lusa - July 3, 2000

East Timorese independence leader Xanana Gusmao's new Australian wife played a "fundamental and key" role over the past decade in the resistance to Indonesian occupation, Portugal's amb

May 15, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - May 15, 2000

Mark Dodd, Dili – It is one of the darkest chapters of East Timor's independence struggle, Fretilin's purges and murder of several hundred dissidents and political prisoners in the afte

March 15, 2000

The Melbourne Age - March 15, 2000

Scott Burchill – Indonesia would not have been able to illegally occupy and terrorise East Timor for a quarter of a century without the support it received from the West, particularly A

February 13, 2000

British Broadcasting Coorporation - February 13, 2000

Jonathan Head – It was at the beginning of last year that we first started to hear reports of attacks by new pro-Indonesian militia gangs in East Timor.

December 11, 1999

Agence France Presse - December 11, 1999 (slightly abridged)

Dili – Eighteen East Timorese freed by Jakarta under a presidential amnesty program arrived in their homeland Saturday to an emotional welcome.

December 6, 1999

Agence France Presse - December 6, 1999

The bodies began to wash ashore about a week after Indonesia invaded East Timor 24 years ago.

September 13, 1999

Sydney Maorning Herald - September 13, 1999

Indonesian soldiers used rape as a secret weapon, but their "orphans: bear silent witness. Louise Williams and Leonie Lamont report.

April 28, 1999

ASIET - April 28, 1999

[The following statement drafted by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor is being circulated for endorsement.

April 23, 1999

March 24, 1999

Australian Associated Presse - March 24, 1999

Canberra – A cabinet minister from the Whitlam government today apologised to the people of East Timor for the Australia's inaction over the Indonesian invasion of the former Portuguese

March 14, 1999

Reuters - March 14, 1999

Andrew Marshall, Dili – East Timor, according to Indonesian President B.J.

February 24, 1999

Reuters - February 24, 1999 (abridged)

Jakarta – East Timorese guerrilla leader Xanana Gusmao will be allowed to leave the Jakarta residence where he is kept under house arrest for talks on the future of his bloodied homelan

February 20, 1999

Sydney Morning Herald - February 20, 1999

The children of East Timor, far from being the hope for the future, may be the problem.

February 3, 1999

ASIET - 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 the Indonesian government's statement o

January 23, 1999

The Age - January 23, 1999

Paul Daley, Canberra – Successive Australian governments have had access to intelligence reports on Indonesian troop movements in East Timor, including their skirmishes with Fretilin gu

January 22, 1999

Indonesian Observer - January 22, 1999

Jakarta – Four masked men, believed to be members of a pro-independence group, have killed an East Timorese soldier in front of his horrified family members.

The Australian - January 22, 1999

Don Greenlees – Xanana Gusmao was willing to accept house arrest, an East Timorese resistance leader said yesterday after Indonesian authorities had "tested the water" over transferring

January 20, 1999

Australian Associated Press - January 20, 1999

Canberra – Nobel Peace prize winner Jose Ramos Horta believes the release of classified documents on East Timor will reveal Australian complicity in Indonesian atrocities.

January 16, 1999

The Australian - January 16, 1999

Don Greenlees, Jakarta – Indonesia is angry and the East Timorese are cynical.

November 16, 1998

Agence France Presse - November 16 1998

Jakarta – East Timorese rebel leader Xanana Gusmao has spelled out his blueprint for the territory's gradual independence from Indonesia, a process he said should take several years and

November 15, 1998

November 12, 1998

Agence France Presse - November 12, 1998

Jakarta – Troops in the troubled Indonesian territory of East Timor were hunting for rebels who killed three soldiers and were holding two hostage, reports said Thursday.

November 1, 1998

Agence France Presse - November 1, 1998 (abridged)

Dili – Masked assassins killed an Indonesian policeman in the former Portuguese colony of East Timor Saturday a day after the stabbing murders of three other officials, reports said Sun

October 30, 1998

The Australian - October 30, 1998

Don Greenlees – Confidential Indonesian army documents show the number of combat troops in East Timor has remained steady in recent months, in an embarrassing rebuttal of Jakarta's clai

October 15, 1998

Reuters - October 15, 1998

Tommy Ardiansyah, Dili – East Timor spiritual leader Bishop Carlos Belo on Thursday urged an end to Indonesian military activity in the troubled territory amid reports of fresh armed cl

October 13, 1998

Lusa - October 13, 1998

Sydney – The Indonesian authorities announced on Monday the detachment of four mobile police brigades (BRIMOV) in the occupied territory of East Timor, according to Indonesia's national

October 11, 1998

Reuters - October 11, 1998 (slightly abridged)

Jakarta – The Indonesian military denied reports it had launched attacks against separatist rebels in the troubled territory, the official Antara news agency reported on Sunday.

October 10, 1998

South China Morning Post - October 10, 1998

Andrew Perrin, Dili – Tension was rising last night following accusations of a major military offensive against Timorese resistance forces in the past two weeks.

October 9, 1998

The Independent - October 9, 1998

Richard Lloyd Parry, Jakarta – The Indonesian government is covertly sending thousands of combat troops into the occupied territory of East Timor in what looks alarmingly like a prepara

October 6, 1998

Reuters - October 6, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Indonesia said on Tuesday it would not allow a referendum on independence for East Timor, and a dispute over the restive province would remain deadlocked unless Portugal accep

September 20, 1998

Agence France Presse - September 20, 1998 (abridged)

Dili – The nephew of an independence rebel leader has charged the Indonesian military were holding the former Fretelin commander and demanded his release, a copy of a statement said her

September 15, 1998

Lusa - September 15, 1998

Macau – East Timorese Nobel Peace Prize co-laureate Jose Ramos Horta said on Tuesday that Jakarta was sending 3,000 new troops to his occupied home land.

September 9, 1998

East Timor International Support Center - September 9, 1998

Jailed East Timorese Resistance leader Xanana Gusmao said today that claims made by Indonesia of a large troop reduction in East Timor are false.

August 20, 1998

News analysis by Arnold Kohen - August 20, 1998

There has been a flurry of activity and announcements on East Timor since the resignation of Indonesian President Suharto, most recently with regard to the United Nations talks in New Y

August 17, 1998

Chicago Tribune - August 17, 1998

Uli Schmetzer – On the athletic field of this coastal town, Indonesian soldiers armed with American-made M-16 assault rifles and wearing steel helmets stood in the cool shade of teak tr

August 12, 1998

East Timor International Support Center - August 12, 1998

Actual troop numbers in East Timor since 1975 are not known, but two patterns are apparent: Indonesia has always claimed to have fewer troops in East Timor than actually are there and I

July 24, 1998

Reuters - July 24, 1998 (abridged)

Jakarta – Indonesia plans to withdraw next week some of the thousands of troops it has stationed in the troubled territory of East Timor, military officials said on Friday.

July 17, 1998

Reuters - July 17, 1998 (abridged)

Amy Chew, Jakarta – The 22nd anniversary of Indonesia's annexation of East Timor passed off peacefully in Dili on Friday as the territory's jailed guerrilla leader opened the way for di

July 16, 1998

East Timor International Support Center - July 16, 1998 (slightly abridged)

Indonesia has based its claim that the East Timorese have already expressed their desire to integrate into Indonesia on two actions: Balibo Declaration (November 30, 1975) and the Act o

July 15, 1998

East Timor International Support Center - July 15, 1998

Jakarta – The East Timorese people will overlook the horrors of war for the past 23 years and consider the invasion of their country, by the Indonesians, a "mistake in history" if Jakar

July 7, 1998

MateBEAN - July 7, 1998

Dili – At the moment in East Timor underground leaflets are being distributed which smack of playing people off against each other [ie anti-and pro-integration supporters - JB] and thre

July 6, 1998

East Timor International Support Center - July 6, 1998

Dili, (Yayasan Hak, Rights Foundation) – On June 24, at 1:00 pm a secret meeting was held in the Korem 164 WD military district in East Timor between top Indonesian military (ABRI) offi

June 28, 1998

Agence France Presse - June 28, 1998 (abridged)

Dili – Security concerns forced three European Union (EU) ambassadors to abandon plans Sunday to attend a mass and visit a university in East Timor, protocol officials said.

June 16, 1998

Reuters - June 16, 1998 (excerpts)

Jakarta – Indonesia's army chief said on Tuesday that East Timor's integration into Indonesia is supported by the territory's people, countering open calls for a referendum on self dete

June 2, 1998

Reuters - June 2, 1998

Jakarta – President Jusuf Habibie has no plans to change Indonesia's policy on the former Portuguese colony of East Timor, the Jakarta Post reported on Tuesday.

February 27, 1998

Lusa - February 27, 1998

Dili – Fighting between Timorese guerrillas and Indonesian forces in the East Timor region of Ermera on Wednesday caused the death of two resistance members and one Indonesian soldier,

February 19, 1998

Lusa - February 19, 1998

Lisbon – East Timorese activist Jose Ramos Horta has disagreed with the disclosure of a letter allegedly sent by the jailed resistance leader Xanana Gusmao where he argued against appea