UN HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR IN JAKARTA ................................................................................................ 5
MRAP’S LETTER TO ANTOINE BLANCA ..........................................................................................................5
UN HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP...................................................................................................................5
AMNESTY TO ATTEND HUMAN RIGHTS WORKSHOP......................................................................................5
DIPLOMATIC VICTORY...................................................................................................................................6
HUMAN RIGHTS ‘MACHINERY’.......................................................................................................................6
‘ASIA’ CLOSES RANKS....................................................................................................................................6
‘IMPLEMENTING’ HUMAN RIGHTS .................................................................................................................7
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL SPEAKS OUT IN JAKARTA ...................................................................................7
XANANA GOES TO TRIAL............................................................................................................................. 8
JOSE XANANA GUSMÃO REJECTS OFFER OF LBH TEAM OF LAWYERS...........................................................8
FEBRUARY TRIAL FOR XANANA? ....................................................................................................................9
SUMARSONO: JANUARY TRIAL ...................................................................................................................10
XANANA’S FAMILY CONTACTS THE LBH ......................................................................................................10
LAWYERS ASSESS XANANA INDICTMENT...................................................................................................10
XANANA’S TRIAL TO START FEBRUARY 5.....................................................................................................10
RAMOS-HORTA COMMENTS.........................................................................................................................11
EARLIER TRIAL DATE ...................................................................................................................................11
ANTARA: FEB. 1 FOR XANANA......................................................................................................................12
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TAPOL PRE-TRIAL ROUND-UP......................................................................................................................12
PLEA FOR GUSMÃO; INDONS USED TORTURE - FAMILY ..............................................................................12
FOREIGN JOURNALISTS CAN’T ATTEND TRIAL?...........................................................................................13
JAKARTA SAYS NO TO AMNESTY OVER TRIAL..............................................................................................13
ABC RADIO: XANANA’S UPCOMING “TRIAL”.................................................................................................13
ANTARA: TRIAL STARTS; XANANA PLEADS ‘GUILTY’ .....................................................................................14
UPI: NO DEATH PENALTY.............................................................................................................................15
XANANA’S NATIONALITY..............................................................................................................................15
JUDICIAL ‘PROGRESS’.................................................................................................................................15
AUSTRALIAN ABC RADIO .............................................................................................................................16
2000 GATHER AT COURT OF DAY ONE OF GUSMÃO TRIAL ...........................................................................16
INDONESIAN PRESS ROUND-UP, FEB. 2.....................................................................................................16
DON’T USE GUSMÃO TRIAL TO WHITEWASH TIMOR SHOOTINGS ...............................................................17
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REBUKED..........................................................................................................18
XANANA TRIAL REPORT FROM ETAN/CANADA ............................................................................................18
HORTA: XANANA TRIAL A FARCE ................................................................................................................19
ABC XANANA TRIAL REPORT, DAY ONE.......................................................................................................20
DAY TWO: LAWYER WANTS CHARGES DROPPED.........................................................................................20
XANANA’S LAWYER DISPUTES AUTHORITY OF INDONESIAN COURT..........................................................22
ABC REPORT: STAY UNTIL THE END! ...........................................................................................................23
XANANA VERDICT EXPECTED ON 20 MARCH...............................................................................................24
DILI TRIAL MAY BE POOR JUDGMENT.........................................................................................................25
SUDJONO: COURT NOT COMPETENT TO TRY XANANA................................................................................25
DAY 3: STRANGE COURTROOM SCENES ......................................................................................................26
PORTUGUESE JOURNALISTS TOLD TO LEAVE..............................................................................................27
LAWS USED TO INDICT XANANA GUSMÃO ..................................................................................................27
RIDDLE IN EAST TIMOR...............................................................................................................................27
XANANA UNDER RENEWED PRESSURE.......................................................................................................28
STATEMENTS ON XANANA’S TRIAL........................................................................................................... 28
US AND UN RESPOND TO LETTERS ABOUT XANANA....................................................................................28
CANADIAN XANANA UPDATE.......................................................................................................................28
FRENCH GOVERNMENT ON XANANA..........................................................................................................30
PORTUGAL PROTESTS TRIAL........................................................................................................................30
WORLD YWCA ISSUES ACTION ALERT.........................................................................................................31
FREE EAST TIMOR JAPAN COALITION STATEMEN T......................................................................................31
INFIGHT STATEMENT ON THE XANANA GUSMÃO TRIAL ..............................................................................31
BOURNE: INDONESIAN JUSTICE ALSO ON TRIAL.......................................................................................32
EVENTS IN EAST TIMOR............................................................................................................................ 32
CNRM CASUALTY REPORT ...........................................................................................................................32
LIST OF EAST TIMORESE DETAINED, TORTURED .........................................................................................34
EAST TIMORESE WOMEN SCREAM FOR HELP ..............................................................................................35
CAFOD PROJECT MANAGER ARRESTED......................................................................................................36
SECURITY MEASURES FOR XANANA TRIAL ..................................................................................................36
TIMORESE FORCED TO DRINK BLOOD........................................................................................................37
EAST TIMOR IN THE “ALTERNATIVE” UN (UNPO)..........................................................................................37
SYAFEI ON MILITARY OPERATIONS IN EAST TIMOR FROM 1975.................................................................38
REBEL SURRENDER TRICKLE REPORT........................................................................................................38
CNRM PRESS CONFERENCE........................................................................................................................39
INDONESIANS INCREASE SECURITY FOR REBEL’S TRIAL...........................................................................41
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ARMED RESISTANCE ACTIVITIES .................................................................................................................41
CNRM INFO BULLETIN.................................................................................................................................41
TROOP REDUCTION IN TIMOR?...................................................................................................................43
MAU HUNO TO SURRENDER? ......................................................................................................................43
CHRIST RISING IN TIMOR...........................................................................................................................43
WOMEN’S PROGRAMS IN EAST TIMOR ........................................................................................................43
BISHOP BELO ON ARRESTS SINCE XANANA’S ARREST................................................................................43
AN ESTIMATED 4,000 TIMORESE TORTURED AND HUMILIATED...................................................................44
TORTURE WORSENS IN TIMOR: BELO .........................................................................................................44
DEVELOPMENTS IN INDONESIA................................................................................................................ 45
INDONESIA READY TO SETTLE TIMOR ISSUE .............................................................................................45
ALATAS: PORTUGAL’S HYPOCRISY...............................................................................................................45
NO NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.............................................................................................45
ALL DEMONSTRATIONS BANNED IN INDONESIA ........................................................................................45
HARDER LINE TIMOR DIPLOMACY?.............................................................................................................45
‘REFERENCE BOOK’ PROPAGANDA.............................................................................................................46
CHARGES AND REBUTTALS OVER LABOR RIGHTS .......................................................................................46
PDI SUPPORTS SUHARTO, GEN. TRY SUTRISNO..........................................................................................49
MUSLIMS: TRY SUTRISNO FOR VICE-PRESIDENT........................................................................................50
APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY FOR ARRESTED INDONESIAN STUDENTS ...........................................................50
SIAGIAN: INDONESIA ‘SHOCKED’ BY REACTION TO TIMOR INVASION .......................................................51
ANTI-SUBVERSION LAW ‘HERE TO STAY’ .....................................................................................................52
INDONESIA BUYS MORE WEAPONS ......................................................................................................... 53
BRITISH AEROSPACE WEAPONS FACTORY NONVIOLENTLY ATTACKED .......................................................53
SECRET HAWK AIRCRAFT DEAL CONCLUDED WITH INDONESIA.................................................................53
INDONESIAN NAVY GETS 39 GERMAN WARSHIPS IN APRIL........................................................................53
JAKARTA TO BUY 42 GERMAN WARSHIPS....................................................................................................53
PROTEST IN GERMANY ABOUT WARSHIPS SALE..........................................................................................54
SHIPS WON’T CHANGE STRATEGIC SITUATION ...........................................................................................55
DETAILS ON SHIPS......................................................................................................................................56
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEETS IN GENEVA ................................................................................. 56
HUMAN RIGHTS: THIRD WORLD SEEKS TO REASSERT ITS UN ROLE .........................................................56
US TO RAISE TIMOR ISSUE IN GENEVA .......................................................................................................56
ETAN/CANADA NEWS RELEASE ON UNHRC ................................................................................................57
CNRM “EYE IN GENEVA” #1.........................................................................................................................57
BACKGROUNDER: EAST TIMOR AT THE UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION.................................................58
PORTUGAL AND NGOS AT THE UN SLAM INDONESIA OVER EAST TIMOR....................................................59
CNRM “EYE IN GENEVA” #2.........................................................................................................................59
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE U.S.................................................................................................................... 60
ETAN/US NETWORK NEWS..........................................................................................................................60
NEW SECRETARY OF STATE WARREN CHRISTOPHER ON EAST TIMOR........................................................62
TAKE ACTION TO SAVE HOUSE SELECT COMMITTEE ON HUNGER ..............................................................62
TIMORESE NORTH AMERICAN SPEAKING TOUR..........................................................................................63
UPCOMING U.S. SHOWINGS OF MANUFACTURING CONSENT - NOAM CHOMSKY AND THE MEDIA...............63
HUMAN RIGHTS MAN AT THE PENTAGON...................................................................................................64
HOW TO INFLUENCE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT POLICY ....................................................................64
EVENTS IN PORTUGAL............................................................................................................................... 66
SOARES: TIMOR IS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE ..............................................................................................66
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HOLDING HANDS FOR XANANA.................................................................................................................66
GRANTS FOR TIMORESE..............................................................................................................................66
FOREIGN OFFICE CRITICISES SIC & RTP MEDIA.........................................................................................66
BISHOP OF SETUBAL DENOUNCES “SUCCESS DEMOCRACY” .....................................................................67
RESOURCES............................................................................................................................................... 67
UNCOVER DATABASE ARTICLE SEARCH.......................................................................................................67
TASK FORCE INDONESIA EMAILED NEWS & INFO FEEDS...........................................................................67
TAPOL BULLETIN CONTENTS .......................................................................................................................68
GOINGS-ON IN THE UDT............................................................................................................................ 68
PIRES: SOME TIMORESE ARE AS CRIMINAL AS THE INDONESIANS............................................................68
PAULO PIRES RESIGNS FROM UDT..............................................................................................................70
EAST TIMOR UDT WITNESS SARMENTO SPEAKS OUT..................................................................................70
OLIVEIRA, ANOTHER UDT WITNESS, SPEAKS OUT.......................................................................................71
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES ..................................................................................................................... 71
REPORT FROM ASIA-PACIFIC PEOPLE’S TRIBUNAL......................................................................................71
TOKYO-JAKARTA ‘AXIS’?..............................................................................................................................73
MIYAZAWA AND SUHARTO TALKS...............................................................................................................74
SUHARTO AND TOKYO SUMMIT...................................................................................................................74
UNPO ASSEMBLY OPENS WITH STRONG INTERNATIONAL INTEREST..........................................................74
A PRO-TIMOR GROUP IN CATALUNIA [SPAIN]..............................................................................................75
BRAZIL WAKES UP FOR EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................................................75
WESLEY-SMITH CHAMPIONS HIS BROTHER ................................................................................................75
‘FLASH’ FLOOD DEPARTING.........................................................................................................................75
WCOTP’S EAST TIMOR RESOLUTION............................................................................................................76
LOW-KEY VISIT TO AUSTRALIA BY INDONESIA’S TIMOR COMMANDER .......................................................76
UK GOVERNMENT STILL STANDING SOFT ...................................................................................................77