The exhumation of 17 people executed by the Indonesian military in 1984 in Fatudere, Adarai village of Uatolari (Viqueque).

According to a description by the source, the victims were suspected of passing information to the FRETILIN-FALINTIL resistance; they were subsequently rounded up and detained in Uatolari and then disappeared. A witness to their execution provided location of their mass grave in 2011 and their remains exhumed yesterday. More photos here.

Mass graves and remains of victims of the Indonesian invasion and occupation continue to be uncovered and exhumed on a regular basis in Timor-Leste. The perpetrators of these crimes continue to be free with little prospect for justice.