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Reference code
SCNL-ETANN-199111
Title
East Timor Alert Network Newsletter 1991-11
Date(s)
- November 1991 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
Printed newsletter; 26
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Name of creator
(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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- Where does Indonesia fit it? (George Adamson)
- Letter about the discontent over the indiscriminate shooting of innocent Timorese on Nov. 12, 1991 (Elaine Brière)
- East Timor troops fire on demonstrators: dozens reported killed in protest against Indonesia’s 15-year rule
- Terror in Timor as MP visit nears
- East Timor at the UN decolonisation committee
- Clones sent in to hide East Timor crimes (Hugh O’Shaughnessy)
- Timorese workers stand up for their rights
- Resolution on east Timor
- Letter to the US secretary of state (Nony Rhodes)
- Letter to George Jamieson (Richard Starr)
- Creating the “ideal viewpoint” (Stephen Smith)
- Letter from Amnesty International about violence used by Indonesian military
- “We are living in hell” – two more massacres reported from east Timor
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Existence and location of originals
Originals at Bishop’s University (Private Collection) & McMaster University