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SCNL-ETANN-1990
Title
East Timor Alert Network Newsletter 1990
Date(s)
- 1990 (Creation)
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Printed newsletter; 30 pp.
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(1986-2000)
Administrative history
East Timor (Timor-Leste) was invaded in 1975 by Indonesia and occupied by the Indonesian armed forces until 1999, with widespread resulting human rights violations. The East Timor Alert Network (ETAN/Canada) was founded in 1986 to raise awareness about the situation of East Timor and to change Canadian government policy, which accepted Indonesian rule.
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[ETAN Canada Newsletter]
Fall/Winter 1990
Inside East Timor
- Student protests/youth unrest
-General Murdani’s visit
-100 Timorese civilians massacred by Indonesian army
International Update - Continued criticism at the annual United Nations Decolonization Hearings
-strong statement regarding support of Western countries, made by Canadian MP Ray Funk
-Portuguese parliamentary visit cancelled by Indonesia
-meeting between UN Secretary General and Parliamentarians for East Timor cancelled due to Gulf emergency
-Portuguese President Soares met with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican
-Portuguese Prime Minister advocates for the continued pressuring of the international community
-Portuguese parliament initiates a National Timor Prize
-The Timor Gap Treaty is ratified by the Australian parliament, yet faces legal review
-the Inter-governmental Group on Indonesia gave 4.5 billion USD to Indonesia this year
-the International Federation of Journalists condemns Indonesia for the restricted access to East Timor
-the Council of Europe accepts a resolution condemning the Indonesia occupation of East Timor
-the Socialist International adopts a strong resolution condemning Indonesia’s illegal occupation of East Timor
-Portugal and Indonesia elected to the UN Human Rights Commission (the Western and Asian groups respectively)
-Asia Watch Report entitled “A Human Rights Update on Indonesia and East Timor” is released in the US
-the Lawyers Committee of the US strongly criticizes Washington’s position on human rights violations in East Timor
-General Murdani speaks out against Iraq’s seizure of Kuwait
In Canada
-Bill Ripley from Queen’s University goes on 45-day hunger strike to protest Canadian support of Indonesian genocide of East Timorese
-Canadian Embassy representatives visit East Timor
-Actions for Canadians to take to support the East Timorese cause
News Articles/Appendices
-“Timor ‘wipe out’ threat” (11/3/90)
-“Canadian investment mission” (06/03/90)
-“A new NGO on Indonesian affairs in the US” (June 1990)
-“Top-secret talks held on East Timor ‘trauma’” (29/04/1990)
-“Indonesia accused of Timor massacre” (27/06/90)
-“Group claims Timor killings” (27/06/90)
-“A Tourist in Timor” (April 1990)
-“East Timor Bishop Reports Torture and Pleads That Lisbon Intervene” (02/11/90)
-“Translation of a Letter from Bishop Belo, Apostolic Administrator of Dili” (27/06/89)
-“Map prepared by the FRETILIN Lisbon Office” (June 1990)
-“Territories with which the special committee is concerned” (May 1989)
-“Students fasting three days” (April 1990)
-“Hunger Strike: Kingston man protesting Canadian role in cultural ‘genocide’ on Pacific islands”
-“Hunger striker protests genocide in East Timor” (03/09/1990)
-“Prof fights to halt East Timor ‘genocide’”
-“Hunger stroke into second week” (03/13/1990)
-“Assembly votes to encourage screening of donations”
-“Assembly supports hunger striker”
-“Kingston man addresses UN East Timor committee” (08/10/1990)
-“Deserves scrutiny” (09/04/1990)
-“Stop Canadian complicity”/Torture of East Timorese (04/12/1990)
-“Hypocritical claims” (10/19/1990)
-“Letters to the editor: Doesn’t seem to matter” (03/26/1990)
-“Our outrage over Iraq shows hypocrisy” (08/22/1990)
-“Tragedy continues in East Timor” (04/18/1990)
-“East Timor: A Foot in the Door (August 1989)
-“Memo: re recent visit to Indonesia” (June 1990)
-“The CIA supplied Suharto with death lists in 1965” (June 1990)
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Originals at Bishop's (private collection) and McMaster University Archives