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Printed document, 62 pp.
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ETAN-US was formed in 1991 after the Santa Cruz massacre, and became the major US solidarity coalition. It published Network News, later renamed as Estafeta (Tetun for "messenger" or "courier"). Based in the New York area, it had chapters throughout the United States and for a time, a lobbying office in Washington. Key figures include Charles Scheiner, Lynn Frederickson, and John Miller.
ETAN/US self-description at http://www.etan.org/etan/default.htm
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BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................. 2
WORKING PAPER PREPARED BY THE U.N. SECRETARIAT ......................................................................... 3
I. GENERAL...............................................................................................................................................3
II. CONSIDERATION BY THE UNITED NATIONS 2 ......................................................................................3
III. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ................................................................................................................4
IV. HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION ................................................................................................................6
V. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................................7
VI. HEALTH AND EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................8
U.N. PRESS RELEASES................................................................................................................................. 8
TESTIMONY BY PETITIONERS ................................................................................................................... 15
UNIÃO DEMOCRÁTICA TIMORENSE (TIMORESE DEMOCRATIC UNION).......................................................15
HOBART EAST TIMOR COMMITTEE...............................................................................................................15
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: EAST TIMOR: WHO IS TO BLAME? ....................................................................17
- TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT...........................................................................................................18
- POLITICAL IMPRISONMENT AND UNFAIR TRIALS ...............................................................................20
- EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION AND “DISAPPEARANCE” ........................................................................22
- THE QUESTION OF ACCESS.................................................................................................................23
- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.........................................................................................24
EAST TIMOR ALERT NETWORK/CANADA......................................................................................................31
FREE EAST TIMOR JAPAN COALITION..........................................................................................................33
JAPANESE CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE..........................................................................34
PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR EAST TIMOR........................................................................................................35
PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL ....................................................................................................................37
EAST TIMOR ACTION NETWORK / UNITED STATES ......................................................................................37
Documents on East Timor
Volume 30: July 13-14, 1994
Special Issue:
United Nations Decolonization Committee Hearings on East Timor
Published by:
East Timor Action Network / U.S.
P.O. Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602 USA
Tel: 914-428-7299 Fax: 914-428-7383 E-mail CSCHEINER@IGC.APC.ORG
These documents are produced approximately every two months and mailed to subscribers.
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Reprinting and distribution without permission is welcomed.
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AGIR POUR TIMOR ......................................................................................................................................39
BRITISH COALITION FOR EAST TIMOR ........................................................................................................40
INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM OF JURISTS FOR EAST TIMOR.........................................................................42
ASIA-PACIFIC COALITION FOR EAST TIMOR (APCET) ...................................................................................43
PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY FOR EAST TIMOR AND INDONESIA......................................................................45
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE NITA M. LOWEY (D-NY) ............................................................................................45
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS...........................................................................................46
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MAUBERE RESISTANCE .........................................................................................47
MAUREEN TOLFREE .....................................................................................................................................49
UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION .......................................................................50
CATHOLIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.............................................................................51
ELISA DAMIÃO, PORTUGUESE DEPUTY FROM SOCIALIST PARTY .................................................................52
FRANSISCO XAVIER AMARAL.......................................................................................................................53
PAULINO GAMA ...........................................................................................................................................54
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA.....................................................................................................................55
JOSÉ MARTINS III .......................................................................................................................................57
COORDINAMENTO ITALIANO DEI GRUPPI DI SOLIDARIETÀ CON IL POPOLO TIMORESE............................58
FRETILIN .....................................................................................................................................................59
STATEMENTS BY GOVERNMENTS ............................................................................................................. 60
ABDUL NASIER, INDONESIA........................................................................................................................61
RUI QUARTIN SANTOS, PORTUGAL............................................................................................................62