TONE DOWN YOUR REPORTING, MEDIA TOLD.............................................................................................4
REPORT ON FREE XANANA PROTESTS IN CANADA........................................................................................4
XANANA GUSMAO TELEVISED UNDER DURESS.............................................................................................4
BBC ON XANANA’S “STATEMENT”...................................................................................................................5
AMNESTY ALERT F.I. # 366/92 EAST TIMOR ARRESTS.....................................................................................5
FRENCH COMMUNISTS SUPPORT XANANA....................................................................................................6
JAKARTA ALLEGES FOREIGN SUPPORT FOR REBELS.....................................................................................6
TIMORESE BURN INDONESIAN FLAG! ..........................................................................................................7
SUHARTO MISCALCULATING ON XANANA?....................................................................................................7
CARRASCALAO CASTS DOUBT........................................................................................................................7
STATEMENT OF JOSE RAMOS HORTA ...........................................................................................................7
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE PORTUGUESE POSITION ..................................................................8
DIPLOMATS BAFFLED.....................................................................................................................................8
TWO XANANAS SEEN ON BRITISH CHANNEL FOUR.......................................................................................8
REUTER: XANANA REMARKS IN CUSTODY.....................................................................................................9
AFP ON XANANA ON TVRI..............................................................................................................................9
DIPLOMATS DOUBT XANANA RECANTATION .................................................................................................9
FRETILIN DARWIN: XANANA COERCED .......................................................................................................10
STATE DEPARTMENT ‘KNOWS NOTHING’.....................................................................................................10
ALATAS ON PORTUGAL TALKS.....................................................................................................................11
SUPPORT FOR IMPRISONED FRETILIN LEADER GROWS .............................................................................11
ABEL GUTTERES INTERVIEW........................................................................................................................11
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EAST TIMOR’S LOST LEADER .......................................................................................................................12
ASEAN HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONDEMNED ....................................................................................12
PORTUGAL DISMISSES TVRI PSYWAR.........................................................................................................13
INDONESIA STUDENT NETS INFILTRATED...................................................................................................13
LIGHT OF MOURNING, LIGHT OF HOPE .....................................................................................................13
TRANSCRIPT OF CHANNEL 4 (UK) REPORT ON CAPTURE OF XANANA GUSMAO ..........................................14
GUSMAO FORCED TO RECANT, SAYS SON..................................................................................................15
AUSTRALIAN FM SEN. EVANS HOPES GUSMAO VIDEO SHOWS START OF RECONCILIATION .....................15
TAPOL MEMORANDUM ON XANANA GUSMAO’S NIGHTMARE.....................................................................15
NORTHERN TERRITORY COMMENTS ON EAST TIMOR.................................................................................16
ARMY INVOLVES BELO IN PSYWAR..............................................................................................................16
LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR XANANA GUSMAO.............................................................................................17
BRUNO KAHN: XANANA’S STATEMENT FABRICATED BY MILITARY...............................................................17
ROBERT DOMM SAYS XANANA WAS DRUGGED ...........................................................................................18
POW’S CAN BE FORCED TO SAY ANYTHING ................................................................................................18
TRY BLOWS IT AGAIN! .................................................................................................................................18
JAPAN ‘NEUTRAL’ ON XANANA ....................................................................................................................19
OFFICIALS, RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN TIMORESE REBEL BROADCAST....................................................19
PORTUGUESE NGO LETTER TO BOUTROS-GHALI.........................................................................................20
LISBON THEATRE EVOKING THE SANTA CRUZ MASSACRE..........................................................................20
AI FI366/92 EAST TIMOR ARRESTS: XANANA TORTURED .............................................................................21
AI ALERT ON DISAPPEARED TIMORESE.......................................................................................................22
LOBBYING REPORT FROM OTTAWA .............................................................................................................22
DEC. 7 NEWS CONFEREN CE, OTTAWA.........................................................................................................23
SYAFEI: CHURCH URGES REBELS TO SURRENDER......................................................................................23
YET ANOTHER AMNESTY OFFER BY ARMY ..................................................................................................23
PORTUGAL CONDEMNS INDONESIA! ..........................................................................................................23
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL’S REQUEST TO VISIT EAST TIMOR REJECTED ...................................................24
WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL: A LEADING ASIAN COLONIALIST.............................................................24
‘DEMONSTRATOR SURREN DERS’ CLAIM......................................................................................................25
BIG ABRI PSYWAR CAMPAIGN .....................................................................................................................25
XANANA INTERVIEW....................................................................................................................................25
ARAUJO: EMILIA GUSMAO SHOULD HAVE WAITED FOR A MEETING WITH RAMOS-HORTA .........................25
ABRI CAMPAIGN OF LIES ESCALATES ..........................................................................................................27
FRETILIN/AUSTRALIA: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES ....................................................................................28
BBC: RED CROSS CAN VISIT........................................................................................................................28
EVANS: PORGUGUESE WEAPONS TO SLORC IN BURMA?.............................................................................28
ARMY TURNS SCREWS ON CIVILIANS .........................................................................................................28
TAPOL: INDONESIAN CLAIMS OF MASS SURRENDERS ARE A SHAM ...........................................................29
ETAN/CANADA ALERT: ARREST OF XANANA GUSMAO .................................................................................29
NGO’S ASK UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO SEEK RELEASE OF TIMORESE LEADER .......................................30
SEMINAR ON EAST TIMOR, PORTO UNIVERSITY, PORTUGAL, 1990..............................................................30
EMILIA GUSMAO: WHO DOES SHE REPRESENT? .........................................................................................36
EMILIA GUSMAO IN A CONFUSING NETWORK ............................................................................................37
BELO DEMANDS WRITTEN GUARANTEES.....................................................................................................38
ICRC VISITS XANANA! .................................................................................................................................38
OZ MINISTER TO SUE RAMOS HORTA? .......................................................................................................38
TIMOR LEADER’S FAMILY TORTURED ..........................................................................................................39
US CATHOLIC CONFEREN CE: FREE THEM! ..................................................................................................39
US CATHOLIC CONFEREN CE: FREE THEM! ..................................................................................................39
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MASS DETENTIONS IN JAKARTA..................................................................................................................39
G7 SUMMIT: ‘CONDITIONALITY’ CALL..........................................................................................................40
OFFICIALS, RIGHTS GROUPS CONDEMN TIMORESE REBEL BROADCAST....................................................40
36 GUERILLAS SURRENDER, SAYS REPORT.................................................................................................41
BISHOP BELO REPUDIATES SJAFEI’S LIES (FULL INTERVIEW TEXT..............................................................41
BELO WANTS UN RESOLUTIONS APPLIED ...................................................................................................42
RI WAITS FOR NEW PROPOSAL ON E TIMOR FROM PORTUGAL...................................................................43
AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMEN T HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE SUPPORTS TIMOR ...............................................43
SOEHARTO’S DILEMMA................................................................................................................................43
A FANTASY FROM JOHN MACDOUGALL .......................................................................................................44
OZ HUMAN RIGHTS SHIP SINKING .............................................................................................................44
SARWONO: SUCCESSION UNCERTAINTY.....................................................................................................45
OZ GOVT. HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CONDEMNS OZ GOVT. REACTION TO DILI MASSACRE........................45
XANANA ON VIDEO IN JAKARTA..................................................................................................................46
WHOSE UN HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE? ...............................................................................................46
LEGAL MINDS TACKLE TIMOR .....................................................................................................................47
CIIR/IPJET CONF ON EAST TIMOR ..............................................................................................................47
AT THE RELIGIOUS ABYSS ... .......................................................................................................................48
XANANA JAILED IN JAKARTA.......................................................................................................................49
200 EAST TIMORESE REBELS SURRENDER ..................................................................................................49
ETAN/CANADA WRITES ON G7 AND INDONESIA.........................................................................................49
XANANA UPDATE – DECEMBER 8, 1992........................................................................................................50
PRAMOEDYA ANANTA TOER STATEMENT.....................................................................................................50
XANANA CAMPAIGN IN CANADIAN PRESS ..................................................................................................51
REPORT FROM AGIR POUR TIMOR (FRENCH) ..............................................................................................51
INDONESIA OFFERS TO PARDON REBELS (JAWA POS)................................................................................54
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALERT: DECEMBER 10.......................................................................................55
STATEMENT OF THE TWELVE IN THE 3RD COMMISSSION OF THE UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY .......................55
HIROSHIMA APPEAL TO JAPANESE PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR EAST TIMOR LEADER ...................................56
BRITISH COALITION FOR EAST TIMOR FUNDRAISING DINNER REPORT.....................................................56
TRAMPLING THE FLAG: INVASION DEMO IN LONDON ................................................................................56
XANANA TO BE TRIED IN DILI .....................................................................................................................57
REEBOK RIGHTS AWARDS PRESENTED .......................................................................................................57
JAWA POS: BANNED EAST TIMORESE ORGANIZATION (FITUN) DISSOLVES SELF........................................58
JAWA POS: VIGILANCE REMAINS AGAINST EX-MEMBERS OF FITUN ...........................................................58
LBH: ABRI OFF COURSE...............................................................................................................................59
INDONESIAN FREE TRADE UNIONS PLEA....................................................................................................59
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ASIA 1992.............................................................................................................59
STATEMENT ON OCCASION ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY DEMONSTRATIONS IN JAKARTA. .............................60
PERTH SUNDAY TIMES: 36 GUERILLAS SURRENDER ...................................................................................60
VOICE OF TIMOR IS NOT EASILY SILENCED ................................................................................................61
UNDERGROUND EAST TIMORESE ORGANIZATION OJEKTIL DISSOLVED ....................................................61
XANANA: EAST TIMOR BELONGS TO INDONESIA (BERNAS).........................................................................61
BISHOP MOORE: TERROR IN TIMOR ...........................................................................................................62
BISHOP BELO SPEAKS OUT ON XANANA’S DETEN TION AND TORTURE.......................................................62
HALL BLASTS RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, WARNS OF REACTION IN CONGRESS .................................................63
300 REBELS SURRENDERED IN EAST TIMOR ...............................................................................................63