APEC AFTERMATH....................................................................................................................................... 8
AI REPORT: THE 12 NOVEMBER PROTESTS....................................................................................................8
AI: CONTINUING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN EAST TIMOR..................................................................10
APPEAL FROM SANTA CRUZ MOTHERS .......................................................................................................14
EVENTS IN EAST TIMOR............................................................................................................................ 15
EAST TIMOR IS ‘ONE LARGE PRISON,’ SAN FRANCISCO PASTOR REPORTS ................................................15
BISHOP BELO’S 1994 CHRISTMAS MESSAGE................................................................................................15
STILL-BORNS IN EAST TIMOR......................................................................................................................16
MY TRIP TO TIMOR: WITNESSING HUMANITY SILENCED BY THE FORCE OF OCCUPATION........................17
MORE PROTESTS .........................................................................................................................................17
SIX EXECUTIONS CONFI RMED ....................................................................................................................18
FRUSTRATION PROFOUND ..........................................................................................................................18
POPE TO SEND ENVOY TO EAST TIMOR.......................................................................................................19
FOR EAST TIMOR, ETHNIC ANGER IS A POTENT NEW SPICE.....................................................................19
JAKARTA LOOKS TO EASE TIMOR’S ETHNIC WOES.................................................................................20
INDONESIAN EMIGRATION ....................................................................................................................20
FRESH BLOOD: NEW GENERATION OF TIMOR MILITANTS ARISES ..............................................................20
INDONESIA CLAIMS 2 GUERRILLAS KILLED ................................................................................................21
INDONESIA TRAINS MERCENARIES TO HARASS CIVILIAN POPULATION.....................................................22
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EAST TIMORESE WOMEN COMPLAIN ABOUT TERROR AT NIGHT................................................................22
DEATH SQUADS OPERATING IN TIMOR......................................................................................................22
SERIOUS ESCALATION OF KILLINGS IN EAST TIMOR ..................................................................................23
BBC: ARMY “TO INVESTIGATE KILLINGS”.....................................................................................................23
CIVILIANS ABDUCTED AND TERRORIZED IN EAST TIMOR...........................................................................24
EAST TIMORESE COMPLAIN OF NEW TERROR WAVE...................................................................................24
TWO “NINJA” CAPTURED .............................................................................................................................24
THE REIGN OF TERROR...............................................................................................................................24
‘NINJA’ TERRORISTS ATTACK AUSTRALIAN AID WORKER............................................................................25
MILITARY SAYS GANGS ARE PRO-INDEPENDEN CE...................................................................................25
EAST TIMORESE FIGHT BACK AGAINST TERROR GANGS.............................................................................25
URGENT APPEAL FOR DAVID XIMENES..................................................................................................26
AI UA: 29 ABDUCTED BY “NINJA” GANGS IN DILI ........................................................................................26
ABILIO SOARES AND SYAHNAKRI TO BE DEPOSED? ...................................................................................27
MANUEL CARRASCALAO ACCUSES THE MILITARY AND ABILIO SOARES .................................................27
TENSION IN DILI OVER THE WEEKEND......................................................................................................27
TIMORESE APPEAL FOR HELP.....................................................................................................................27
BISHOP BELO AGREES WITH AUTHORITIES ON NINJAS..............................................................................28
KOMPAS ON ‘NINJA’ ARRESTS....................................................................................................................28
NINJA’S ARE SUHARTO’S OFFICIAL POLICY -- PROVOCATION AND ROLE REVERSAL AT SANTA CRUZ ........29
TROOPS DEPLOYED IN DILI ........................................................................................................................29
ARMY NOW ATTACKING DILI RESIDENTS....................................................................................................29
EAST TIMOR CALLED ‘NORMAL’ ...................................................................................................................30
MORE ARMY CLAIMS ABOUT HOODED GANGS............................................................................................30
MORE ARRESTS ...........................................................................................................................................30
SIX NEW ARRESTS.......................................................................................................................................31
CNRM: EAST TIMOR ‘NINJA’ TERROR SPREADS INLAND .............................................................................31
AI: MORE DETENTIONS ...............................................................................................................................32
‘NINJA’ TERROR ..........................................................................................................................................32
POLITICAL UNREST BLAMED FOR TIMOR’S ECONOMIC PLIGHT..................................................................33
SYSTEMATIC ELIMINATION OF YOUNG MEN “CONTINUING”.......................................................................33
GANGS TERRORIZING EAST TIMOR SEEN AS EFFORT TO QUELL DISSENT..................................................33
DISAPPEARANCES TO BE INVESTIGATED ....................................................................................................34
CALL FOR UN PRESENCE.............................................................................................................................34
30 ARRESTED IN DILI AND LIQUICA...........................................................................................................35
AI: 30 MORE DETAINED IN DILI AND LIQUICA........................................................................................35
TWO NEW BATTALIONS, 180 ARRESTS EXPECTED .......................................................................................36
LIST OF TIMORESE RECENTLY ARRESTED ...................................................................................................36
EAST TIMOR CRACKDOWN ‘WORST SINCE MASSACRE’...............................................................................36
LIQUICA KILLINGS EXPOSE ARMY............................................................................................................ 37
ABRI COVER-UP, TERROR CAMPAIGN ALLEGED ..........................................................................................37
INTERNATIONAL PROTEST OF EAST TIMOR KILLINGS.................................................................................37
INVESTIGATION INTO LIQUICA KILLINGS ...................................................................................................37
MILITARY ADMITS KILLING CIVILIANS.......................................................................................................38
INDONESIA ADMITS ERROR IN EAST TIMOR KILLINGS..........................................................................38
SOLDIERS MAY BE COURT-MARTIALED..................................................................................................38
EAST TIMOR: DID THE ARMY SHOOT CIVILIANS? ...................................................................................39
SOLDIER SAID OUT OF LINE IN EAST TIMOR KILLINGS..........................................................................39
EAST TIMORESE SAYS HE WITNESSED LIQUICA KILLINGS........................................................................39
JAKARTA’S EAST TIMOR INQUIRY...............................................................................................................40
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INDONESIAN ACADEMICS PROTEST MILITARY KILLINGS OF EAST TIMORESE CIVILIANS...........................40
QUESTIONS ON TIMOR POLICY .............................................................................................................40
KOMNAS HAM TO REPORT THIS WEEK .......................................................................................................40
ABRI COMMANDER VS. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION? .............................................................................41
TANJUNG AND HARTONO DEFEND KILLINGS ........................................................................................41
KOMNAS HAM MAY ISSUE CONTROVERSIAL REPORT..................................................................................41
KOMNAS HAM MEMBER INTERVIEWED .......................................................................................................42
MILITARY COMMISSION ADMITS WRONGDOING IN LIQUICA.....................................................................42
KOMNAS HAM STILL PROBING LIQUICA......................................................................................................43
MILITARY ADMITS ERROR IN EAST TIMOR.............................................................................................43
TEXT OF THE KOMNAS HAM STATEMENT.....................................................................................................43
KOMNAS HAM ON “UNLAWFUL KILLINGS”..............................................................................................43
ALI SAID - TORTURE & MURDER IN TIMOR.............................................................................................44
TIMORESE SIX ‘UNLAWFULLY’ SHOT DEAD .............................................................................................44
TAPOL CALLS FOR MILITARY WITHDRAWAL................................................................................................45
INDONESIA SAYS RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORT ‘USEFUL’ ........................................................................45
GEORGE ADITJONDRO INTERVIEWED ON ABC RADIO ...............................................................................45
SOEYONO: “ABRI IS NOT A GOVERNMENT TOOL”........................................................................................46
XANANA STILL THE LEADER..................................................................................................................... 47
EARTHQUAKE CONDOLENCE FROM XANANA..............................................................................................47
XANANA’S LETTER TO SOLIDARITY GROUPS ...............................................................................................47
XANANA GUSMÃO SOLIDARITY MESSAGE TO FILIPINO POLITICAL PRISONERS .........................................48
XANANA TO RADIO MACAU..........................................................................................................................48
XANANA GUSMÃO READY FOR DIALOGUE..............................................................................................49
XANANA OUGHT TO BE IN ON TIMOR TALKS .........................................................................................50
HOW DOES XANANA GET THE WORD OUT?................................................................................................50
XANANA’S GREETINGS REACH PRESIDENT MARIO SOARES ......................................................................51
FORUM KEADILAN INTERVIEWS XANANA GUSMÃO .....................................................................................51
EAST TIMORESE PRISONERS AND THEIR TRIALS ................................................................................... 51
AI: INDONESIA & EAST TIMOR -- POLITICAL PRISONERS AND THE “RULE OF LAW”....................................51
TWENTY-SEVEN TO FACE TRIAL IN EAST TIMOR..........................................................................................57
TIMORESE ENDS HUNGER STRIKE, ASKS FOR PRISON TRANSFER .............................................................57
SIX EAST TIMORESE PRISONERS STILL HOPE TO BE MOVED TO BECORA..............................................57
NEW TRIALS IN EAST TIMOR .......................................................................................................................58
TIMORESE COULD FACE FIVE-YEAR SENTENCES.........................................................................................58
PROSECUTOR WANTS FI VE YEARS FOR NEVES...........................................................................................58
APPEAL TO UN FOR JOSÉ ANTONIO NEVES ............................................................................................58
JOSE ANTONIO NEVES GETS FOUR-YEAR SENTEN CE.............................................................................58
STATEMENT OF JOSÉ ANTONIO NEVES...................................................................................................59
12 “NINJAS” TO BE TRIED; TRIAL OF ATIKO MARTINS ................................................................................59
TIMOR RIOT TRIAL.......................................................................................................................................60
EVENTS IN INDONESIA.............................................................................................................................. 60
INDONESIA ON WOMEN IN EAST TIMOR....................................................................................................60
JAKARTA STUDENTS, WORKERS CLASH WITH MILITARY............................................................................60
TRADE UNIONISTS ACTIVISTS’ SENTENCES INCREASED.............................................................................61
AI ON PRISONERS IN INDONESIA...............................................................................................................61
SOEHARTO VS. ABRI ON PDI .......................................................................................................................62
APPEAL FOR SUPPORT: ARIEF BUDIMAN .....................................................................................................63
JAKARTA READYING ‘OBJECTIVE’ FILM ON EAST TIMOR ............................................................................63
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FILM REVIEW ..........................................................................................................................................63
SUHARTO ENSURES HIS SUCCESSION ........................................................................................................64
INDONESIAN ARMY CLAIMS REBEL SHOT DEAD IN ACEH...........................................................................65
INDONESIAN PRIEST RAISES QUESTIONS ..................................................................................................65
INDONESIA: ELECTORAL SYSTEM TO BE REVIEWED ...................................................................................65
SUHARTO PLANS E. TIMOR VISIT THIS YEAR ...............................................................................................66
INDONESIA LEANS ON VATICAN TO LEAN ON BELO...............................................................................66
THE INDONESIAN HISTORY AS OPIUM FOR THE EAST TIMORESE AND INDONESIAN PEOPLES ................66
PIJAR OFFICE RAIDED: TWO ARRESTED.....................................................................................................67
TAPOL URGENT ACTION..........................................................................................................................68
AI UA ON PIJAR ARRESTS .......................................................................................................................68
INDONESIA'S MILITARY EXERCISES......................................................................................................... 69
‘TERRORISM’ CHARGE IN MILITARY EXERCISE...........................................................................................69
NAVAL EXERCISES FOR TIMOR SEA.............................................................................................................69
OZ-INDO MILITARY EXERCISES WILL BE PROTESTED.................................................................................69
KIWIS TO WATCH WAR GAMES WITH INDONESIA.......................................................................................70
EAST TIMOR INDEPENDENCE COMMITTEE (NZ) PETITION AGAINST MILITARY AID................................70
UN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION MEETS ................................................................................................ 70
AI: HUMAN RIGHTS IN 1994.........................................................................................................................70
RAMOS HORTA LAUNCHES APPEAL ............................................................................................................74
THE “YOUNG MAN FROM THE EMBASSY”.....................................................................................................74
THE SNOW AND EVERYTHING IS NEW FOR DOMINGOS .............................................................................74
HRW REPORT: DETERIORATING HUMAN RIGHTS IN EAST TIMOR...............................................................75
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION TO HOLD FIFTY-FIRST SESSION .................................................................80
FOE MISSION TO EAST TIMOR REFUSED ENTRY.........................................................................................82
IHT INTERVIEWS HORTA ON PEACE PLAN ...................................................................................................83
INDONESIA PUSHING HARD LINE ON EVE OF RIGHTS MEETING .............................................................83
ABC INTERVIEWS MR. BACRE WALY NDIAYE..............................................................................................84
EAST TIMOR BLOODBATH AVOIDABLE, UN TOLD .........................................................................................85
UNHRC CONSENSUS STATEMENT ON TIMOR ..............................................................................................85
TIMORESE JOINT STATEMENT IN GENEVA ..................................................................................................86
IRISH REACTON......................................................................................................................................86
UN CRITICIZES INDONESIA OVER RIGHT ABUSES IN EAST TIMOR .............................................................87
INDONESIA PREPARES FOR COPENHAGEN .................................................................................................87
UN DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE BEGINS WORK.....................................................................................87
INDONESIA-PORTUGAL-TIMORESE(?) NEGOTIATIONS ............................................................................. 88
FEW RESULTS AFTER TWO YEARS OF NEGOTIATIONS.................................................................................88
WHAT ROLE FOR THE TIMORESE? ..............................................................................................................88
HORTA: “WE ARE GOING TO BE FLEXIBLE” .................................................................................................89
UN-SPONSORED MEETING AMONG TIMORESE...........................................................................................90
ALL-INCLUSIVE TIMORESE TALKS IN JEOPARDY.........................................................................................90
TIMOR GAP OIL CASE HEARD .................................................................................................................. 90
RECENT OIL FINDS REFUEL INTEREST IN THE TIMOR GAP .........................................................................90
INDONESIA ABSENT AS WORLD COURT HEARS TIMOR CASE......................................................................91
AUSTRALIA’S ROLE IN TIMOR GAP IN COURT.............................................................................................91
OIL MUDDIES CLAIMS TO TIMOR SEA ........................................................................................................91
TIMOR GAP COMMENTS ON ABC RADIO PROGRAM ....................................................................................92
PRESSURE TO QUIT INDONESIAN OIL DEAL MOUNTS.................................................................................95
SMH: AUSTRALIA ON TRIAL OVER TIMOR ...................................................................................................96
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PORTUGAL SAYS AUSTRALIA SOLD OUT EAST TIMOR ..................................................................................96
EAST TIMOR’S OIL TAINTED WITH BLOOD, PORTUGAL SAYS..................................................................96
LISBON ACCUSES AUSTRALIA IN TIMOR TREATY CASE...........................................................................97
CASE ‘LIKELY TO HARM’ PEOPLE OF EAST TIMOR........................................................................................97
TIMOR GAP CASE ANALYSIS........................................................................................................................97
CASE TURNS ON RESPONSIBILITY FOR EAST TIMOR..................................................................................98
AUSTRALIA’S ARGUMEN TS IN COURT.........................................................................................................99
AUSTRALIA SAYS PORTUGAL COOKED UP TIMOR CASE..........................................................................99
LISBON’S COLONIAL RECORD ATTACKED...............................................................................................99
EVANS’ VIEWS ON EAST TIMOR ICJ CASE.................................................................................................. 100
INSULTS AS AUSTRALIA PUTS CASE........................................................................................................... 100
HYPOCRITICAL PORTUGAL COULD TIE US [AUSTRALIA] IN KNOTS OVER EAST TIMOR.............................. 101
AFFET ON WORLD COURT PROCEEDINGS................................................................................................. 101
EVANS HAS TO RETHINK EAST TIMOR POSITION ...................................................................................... 102
AUSTRALIAN STANCE BENEFITS TIMORESE.......................................................................................... 102
TIMOR GAP: PORTUGAL’S CASE AGAINST AUSTRALIA................................................................................ 102
AUSTRALIA’S HYPOCRISY REVEALED BY ATTACK ON PORTUGAL............................................................... 103
AUSTRALIA, PORTUGAL IN LANDMARK CASE AT INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ............................. 104
MORE OIL FOUND IN TIMOR GAP............................................................................................................. 104
MAKING A TARDY ISSUE OF EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................. 104
COMMENT FROM PETER WESLEY-SMITH: ............................................................................................. 105
EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA............................................................................................................................ 105
GENERAL BENNY MURDANI ON AUSTRALIAN DEFENCE POLICY.............................................................. 105
CHOMSKY LASHES WEST’S POLICY ON EAST TIMOR................................................................................. 108
‘ORGY OF HYPOCRISY’ ON WAR AND PEACE........................................................................................ 108
CHOMSKY BLASTS AUSTRALIA’S ROLE IN INDONESIA.......................................................................... 109
AUSTRALIA’S HYPOCRISY REVEALED .................................................................................................... 110
CHOMSKY IN CANBERRA........................................................................................................................... 110
TIMOR GAP TREATY ATTACKED ............................................................................................................. 111
DARWIN NEWS.......................................................................................................................................... 111
THE LITTLE GUY JUST ASKS FOR TROUBLE................................................................................................ 111
END AID TO INDONESIAN MILITARY!........................................................................................................ 111
AUSTRALIAN REPORT CRITICAL OF INDONESIA........................................................................................ 113
WAR COMPUTER GAME “APPALLING” ........................................................................................................ 113
CAMPAIGNING FOR EAST TIMORESE FREEDOM........................................................................................ 113
MAN ATTACKS DARWIN CONSULATE ......................................................................................................... 114
DARWIN EAST TIMORESE RE-ENACT NINJA ATTACK ................................................................................. 114
EVANS STATEMENT IN JAKARTA............................................................................................................... 115
LETTER TO PAUL KEATING AND RESPONSE............................................................................................... 115
INTERVIEW WITH SEN. GARETH EVANS .................................................................................................... 115
MICHELE TURNER PASSES AWAY ............................................................................................................. 116
EAST TIMOR CAMPAIGN PICKS UP PACE................................................................................................... 116
EVENTS IN AOTEAROA ............................................................................................................................ 116
ETIC WELCOMES UN TALKS WITH EAST TIMORESE REPRESENTATIVES .................................................... 116
ETIC DEPLORES VISIT OF INDONESIAN AIR CHIEF................................................................................... 116
OPINION POLL RESULTS ON EAST TIMOR POLICY .................................................................................... 117
‘DIPLOMACY SHOULD EN D IF CLAIMS PROVED TRUE’ .............................................................................. 117
ETIC URGES FOREIGN MINISTER TO END MILITARY LINKS TO INDONESIA ............................................. 117
CALL TO CUT LINKS .............................................................................................................................. 118
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LABOUR: “NO TO JAKARTA” ....................................................................................................................... 118
CALL FOR UN MONITORS .......................................................................................................................... 118
EVENTS IN ASIA....................................................................................................................................... 118
NEW GROUP IN KOREA ............................................................................................................................. 118
MALAYSIAN LUCK, TIMORESE MISFORTUNE............................................................................................. 119
SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST LETTERS EXCHANGE ............................................................................... 120
LETTER TO “EASTERN EXPRESS,” HONG KONG.................................................................................... 121
JAKARTA ON THE DEFEN SIVE.................................................................................................................... 121
EVENTS IN IRELAND................................................................................................................................ 122
EAST TIMORESE STILL SUFFER ................................................................................................................. 122
MANDELA AND SUHARTO .......................................................................................................................... 122
FIGHTING FEAR ......................................................................................................................................... 122
IRISH PARTIES IN MOTION ....................................................................................................................... 122
IRISH SEN. DAVID NORRIS TO EUROPEAN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ............................................................. 123
ARMS AND THE MAN ................................................................................................................................. 123
IRISH SENATE CONDEMNS INDONESIAN OCCUPATION ........................................................................... 123
EVENTS IN BRITAIN................................................................................................................................. 124
TIME ARTICLE INCOMPLETE, INACCURATE................................................................................................ 124
BRITISH ARMS TO TIMOR PROTESTED ..................................................................................................... 124
PARLIAMENTARY MOTION ON RAPPORTEUR’S REPORT ............................................................................ 125
MOD READY TO ACT IN HAWK DEAL ........................................................................................................ 125
THE LONG JOURNEY OF JOSÉ RAMOS HORTA.......................................................................................... 126
QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS .................................................................................. 127
EAST TIMORESE LEADER TELLS OF CONTINUING BOMBING BY INDONESIAN REGIME........................... 127
BRITISH MINISTER TO MEET LEADER OF EAST TIMOR REBELS ............................................................... 127
TIMORESE LEADER HAS POSITIVE MEETING WITH BRITISH MINISTER ................................................ 128
BRITAIN PLAYS DOWN UK MEETING ON TIMOR ................................................................................... 128
TIMORESE LEADER CLAIMS UK SUPPORT............................................................................................. 128
INDONESIAN PRESS REACTION TO HORTA UK VISIT ........................................................................... 128
EXPORT LICENCE GRANTED FOR EXPORT OF ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS TO INDONESIA......... 129
UK GOVERNMENT STATEMENT ON ALVIS DEAL .................................................................................... 129
TAPOL DEPLORES THE GOVERNMENT’S GO-AHEAD FOR ARMOURED VEHICLE SALES TO INDONESIA 129
BCET PROTESTS ALVIS DEAL................................................................................................................. 129
TIMORESE FEAR OVER BRITISH ARMS SALE ......................................................................................... 130
INDONESIA TANKS DEAL PROTEST....................................................................................................... 130
RTZ TO FORM PARTNERSHIP WITH FREEPORT MCMORAN ........................................................................ 130
EVENTS IN PORTUGAL............................................................................................................................. 131
EAST TIMOR - JUST LIKE MACAO .............................................................................................................. 131
A YEAR OF INCIDENTS .............................................................................................................................. 131
THE TIMORESE GHOST.............................................................................................................................. 131
TIMOR COMMISSION HAS NEW CHAIRMAN .............................................................................................. 132
YOUNG PEOPLE FOR TIMOR...................................................................................................................... 132
EVENTS IN EUROPE................................................................................................................................. 133
TIMOR CONFERENCE IN GERMANY.......................................................................................................... 133
GENERAL FEISAL TANJUNG TO VISIT EUROPE .......................................................................................... 134
BELGIUM’S VANDENBROUCKE: NO TO ARMS FOR INDONESIA ................................................................. 135
MEPS CALL FOR EUROPEAN ARMS CONTROL............................................................................................ 135
FINNISH LEADER RAISES TIMOR IN INDONESIA ...................................................................................... 135
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JOINT STATEMENT OF EAST TIMOR SOLIDARITY GROUPS ........................................................................ 135
AGIR POUR TIMOR REPORT ON ACTIVITIES IN FRANCE............................................................................ 136
INDONESIA WANTS 400 WARSHIPS.......................................................................................................... 137
INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN STEPS UP..................................................................................................... 138
HELP BISHOP BELO WIN THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE................................................................................... 138
BISHOP BELO: A PERSONAL PROFILE BY BISHOP HILTON DEAKIN ...................................................... 138
FRANCE DEFENDS TIMORESE ................................................................................................................... 139
STOP ARMING INDONESIA CAMPAIGN..................................................................................................... 139
SWEDEN MAY BLOCK SUBMARINE SALES TO JAKARTA ............................................................................. 140
SUHARTO TO VISIT DEN MARK, GERMANY................................................................................................. 141
SUHARTO TO VISIT GERMANY .............................................................................................................. 141
EVENTS IN CANADA................................................................................................................................. 141
BRIEF TO CANADA ON UNCHR ................................................................................................................. 141
CANADIAN EAST TIMOR UPDATE #38 ........................................................................................................ 143
EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES............................................................................................................ 143
MAIL FROM BILL CLINTON......................................................................................................................... 143
EVENTS IN SEATTLE................................................................................................................................... 143
LETTER FROM SENATOR PATTY MURRAY (D-WA)................................................................................... 143
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 1995 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNTRY REPORT FOR INDONESIA.......................... 144
ALATAS REJECTS AMERICAN CRITICISM .................................................................................................. 154
A.I. CRITICISES WASHINGTON .................................................................................................................. 155
JOHN SHATTUCK INTERVIEWED ............................................................................................................... 155
INDONESIA BUSINESS PROPAGANDA ROAD SHOW TO RE-VISIT U.S........................................................ 156
HELP TEXACO LEARN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS.......................................................................................... 156
ACTION ALERT FROM THE EAST TIMOR ACTION NETWORK / U.S. ............................................................. 157
RESOURCES............................................................................................................................................. 158
ELECTRONIC RESOURCES ON EAST TIMOR............................................................................................... 158
RESTRUCTURED INDONESIA-L EMAIL LIST.......................................................................................... 158
ON-LINE HUMAN RIGHTS DATABASE AT UNIV. OF ESSEX..................................................................... 159
WWW SERVICE ON EAST TIMOR ........................................................................................................... 161
UN NOW HAS HUMAN RIGHTS FAX HOT LINE........................................................................................... 161
POSTER FROM EUROPEAN CAMPAIGN AGAINST ARMS TRADE................................................................. 161
IRISH POSTERS AVAILABLE ....................................................................................................................... 161
GINGER BAKER SONG FOR EAST TIMOR .................................................................................................. 161
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BOOKS AND ARTICLES ON EAST TIMOR.................................................................... 162
MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................................................................... 165
INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPERS PROPOSED IN 1975............................................................................... 165
BRAZIL CONDEMNS INDONESIA WHILE SEEKING TO BOOST TRADE........................................................ 166
ACP-EU ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON TIMOR ............................................................................................. 166