• UN commission condemns Indonesia
• After the massacre: punishing the victims in East Timor
• Elaine Brière’s work in British Columbia
• Activism in Ontario
• Action ideas
• Timorese voices
• Will Ottawa put its money where its mouth is? (Londa Hossie)
• Human rights violations are noted “with concern”
• Why won’t Canada follow its own human rights rules (Brian Masse)
• What is stopping the UN? (David Webster)
• Indonesian General sued in Boston court for role in Santa Cruz massacre

Title: East Timor Update, January 1992

Contents: Canada slashes aid to Indonesia

• Massacre inquiry blames victims
• Bishop renews peace call
• Action of the Month
• Available from ETAN

• Title: East Timor Update no. 8, February 1992

Contents:

• Cruise, crosses highlight Timor actions
• Guelph U. rethinks aid
• Massacre survivor jailed
• Journalists fired for reporting
• Media watch
• Action of the Month
• The Indonesia Kit

• Title: East Timor Update no. 9, March 1992

Contents: Peace ship makes waves

• Canada lifting sanctions?
• More atrocities reported
• Oakville petition drive
• Action of the Month

• Title: East Timor Update no. 15, September 25, 1992

Contents: New Timor Governor a "common criminal"

• New peace talks?
• Victim's family sues general
• Irish support self-determination
• Univ's rethink aid to Indonesia
• US companies fight to keep military aid for Indonesia
• Peace groups mark Nov. 12
• Cold Blood

• Title: East Timor Update no. 13, August 1992

Contents: Timor massacre survivors jailed for "subversion"

• US Representatives cut military aid to Indonesia
• Indonesian army goes shopping in Europe
• Canada silent at aid meet
• Indonesia slammed at UN Decolonization meeting
• Intimidation stepped up
• Ontario East Timor conference held

• East Timor Update no. 14, September 1, 1992

Contents: Indonesia assails human rights groups

• Offshore oil plundered
• New attacks in Timor mountains
• Portugal says no
• Free East Timor: Fall Action Campaign

• Title: East Timor Update no. 11, May 1992

Contents: "Law and order" regime brings new terror to East Timor

• Tough words backed by tough measures
• Theo Syafei's overhaul
• Terror confirmed by visitors

• Title: East Timor Update no. 10. March 1992

Contents: Indonesia dissolves aid consortium

• Timor trials open
• Peace boat turned back
• Trent students write for Timor
• Bush pushes military help for Indonesia
• Theo's reign of terror
• Action of the Month

• Title: East Timor Update no. 12, June 1992

Contents: Bata Shoes Boycott launched

• "Subversive" students jailed
• The aid tango
• Torture goes on
• US Congress considers aid cutoff
• Blood-pouring verdict postponed
• Xanana to UN: Don't forget East Timor
• The Indonesia Kit
• Action of the Month

• Title: East Timor Update no. 16, October 1992

Contents: Canadian woman confronts Suharto

• Peace talks on track
• Timor tour goes to Ontario, Quebec universities
• More arrests in East Timor
• US ends military aid to Indonesia
• Portuguese Canadian communities act for East Timor
• November 12: First anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre, An International Day of Action for the People of East Timor
• Action of the Month

• Title: East Timor Update no. 17, November 1992

Contents: East Timor massacre remembered worldwide

• Silent mouths in Timor
• General flees U.S.
• Heap: end aid to Indonesia

• East Timor Update no. 27, November 1, 1993

Contents: Canada accused of "hypocrisy" on Timor

• Thanks, Ray!
• Security tightened for massacre anniversary
• Flag dissent
• Red Cross returns
• Postcards to Xanana
• Remember East Timor Massacre

• Title: East Timor Update no. 37, November 1994

Contents: Renewed hope among new troubles in East Timor

• Jakarta, Indonesia
• Dili, East Timor
• Background: Dili Massacre
• Background: Human Rights in Indonesia
• Canadian Policy
• Action Requested

Title: Xanana Gusmão captured: repression increases, but the struggle continues

• ETAN/ US passes first year
• Anniversary of Dili massacre marked
• Chomsky film - Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
• Aid Flores earthquake victims in the name of East Timor
• Timor peace talks in New York

EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF KAMAL BAMADHAJ..................................................................................................................... 3
Dili, East Timor, 29 October 1991................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Maubisse, 2 November 1991 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Dili, 3 November 1991.................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
AUSTRALIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS SPEAK OUT FOR EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................ 5
SENATOR PELL CONDEMNS MASSACRE.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
"WE CAN'T DENY THE FOREIGN PRESS REPORTS," SAYS GOV. CARRASCALAO (SURYA)......................................................................................... 5
SUHARTO SETS UP INVESTIGATION TEAM (JAWA POS)........................................................................................................................................... 5
NEW MASSACRE BY INDONESIAN TROOPS(IPS) ................................................................................................................................... 6
BRITISH MPS CALL FOR ARMS EMBARGO .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
MOTION 187: ARMS EMBARGO TO INDONESIA............................................................................................................................. 6
JOINT EC STATEMENT AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY............................................................................................................................................. 7
EAST TIMOR STUDENTS' PLEA TO UN IN JAKARTA ............................................................................................................................................... 7
DECLARATION OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE EAST TIMORESE STUDENTS IN INDONESIA ......................... 7
BRITISH WITNESS, COX, DESCRIBES MASSACRE..................................................................................................................................................... 7
DEAD IN EAST TIMOR (WASH. POST EDITORIAL) ........................................................................................................................................ 8
PORTUGAL'S DAY OF MOURNING MARKS KILLINGS IN EAST TIMOR (WP)................................................................................. 9
ASIA WATCH LETTER TO ALATAS.......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT: JAKARTA'S INQUIRY COMMISSION 'A SAD FARCE' ..................................................................................................... 9
JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS STATEMENT................................................................................................................................................................ 9
STATEMENT ON MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................................................. 9
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST, NOV. 20........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
JAPAN (Call for government action)............................................................................................................................................................ 9
NETHERLANDS (Kooijmans mission)..................................................................................................................................................... 10
NETHERLANDS (Stop aid to Indon?)...................................................................................................................................................... 10
PORTUGAL (PM urges action)................................................................................................................................................................. 10
PORTUGAL (Publico criticizes Vatican)................................................................................................................................................... 10
PORTUGAL (UDT lists victims).............................................................................................................................................................. 10
PORTUGAL (Fretilin gains) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
PORTUGAL, SWEDEN (Gov'ts criticize Indonesia)................................................................................................................................ 10
NEW ZEALAND (Govt waffles)............................................................................................................................................................... 10
AUSTRALIA (Hawke visit off?) ............................................................................................................................................................... 10
AUSTRALIA (review ties with Indon.)..................................................................................................................................................... 11
AUSTRALIA (Jakarta diplomat comments)............................................................................................................................................. 11
UN (Fretilin urges action)........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
U.S. (Senate Committee wants investigation)............................................................................................................................................. 11
U.S. (State Department briefing excerpt).................................................................................................................................................... 11
EAST TIMOR (Belo body count).............................................................................................................................................................. 11
EAST TIMOR (Warouw, Red Cross)........................................................................................................................................................ 11
TIMORESE ARRESTED IN JAKARTA (TAPOL)...................................................................................................................................................... 12
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP STOPPED FROM GOING TO DILI (TAPOL)....................................................................................................................... 12
U.S. SENATE DRAFT TIMOR RESOLUTION............................................................................................................................................................ 12
H.Con.Res.340............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
THE BLOOD OF EAST TIMOR CAN'T DRAW MUCH U.S. INK (NY DAILY NEWS) ............................................................................ 13
EAST TIMOR RAISED IN U.K. HOUSE OF COMMONS......................................................................................................................... 13

1. EAST TIMOR...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
2. INDONESIA......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
   LETTER: INDONESIAN LEGAL AID TO ABRI COMMANDER................................................................................................................................. 14
   ORIGINAL (in Indonesian)........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
   2
   CONCERN IS NOT ENOUGH (GUARDIAN).................................................................................................................................................. 15
   TIMOR NEWS AVAILABLE ON DISKETTE............................................................................................................................................................. 15
   TEARS FOR EAST TIMOR (NY TIMES EDITORIAL) ............................................................................................................................................... 15
   A NARROW ESCAPE FROM EAST TIMOR (ALLAN NAIRN)..................................................................................................................................... 15
   Two U.S. journalists survive massacre by Indonesian soldiers. ................................................................................................................. 15
   U.S.-BASED SOLIDARITY FOREAST TIMOR.......................................................................................................................................................... 16
   RRK@HOQAA.ATT.COM ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
   From Charlie Scheiner................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
   WIRE SERVICE DIGEST, NOV. 21......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
   JAPAN (Embassy report inconclusive)...................................................................................................................................................... 16
   JAPAN (Embassy mission duped?) ........................................................................................................................................................... 16
   AUSTRALIA (Hawke criticizes Sutrisno)................................................................................................................................................. 16
   NETHERLANDS (Aid postponed) ........................................................................................................................................................... 17
   FRANCE (Euro. Parliament reolution)....................................................................................................................................................... 17
   PORTUGAL (New Indon. offensive in Dili) ............................................................................................................................................. 17
   U.S. (Congressional meeting planned)......................................................................................................................................................... 17
   INDONESIA (Foreign press criticized)...................................................................................................................................................... 17
   INDONESIA (Pro-govt, anti-Australia demo)........................................................................................................................................... 17
   INDONESIA (Anti-Australia Demo)......................................................................................................................................................... 17
   INDONESIA (Human Rights leader questioned)....................................................................................................................................... 17
   INDONESIA (Diplomats question military).............................................................................................................................................. 17
   INDONESIA (LRD wants inquests).......................................................................................................................................................... 17
   EAST TIMOR (Red Cross restricted)........................................................................................................................................................ 18
   EAST TIMOR (Warounw: back to normal)............................................................................................................................................... 18
   EAST TIMOR (Army to interrogate wounded)......................................................................................................................................... 18
   EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION WITH HUGE MAJORITY ............................................................................................................... 18
   JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ON THE MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR.......................................................................... 18
   The European Parliament:........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
   JAKARTA SHOULD COME CLEAN (BANGKOK POST EDITORIAL)............................................................................................................. 18
   INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS THREATENED (TAPOL) ............................................................................................................................. 19
   HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS UNDER DAILY INTERROGATION LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGOs UNDER THREAT. 19
   BANDUNG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PROTEST (TAPOL)........................................................................................................................................ 19
   XANANA FAMILY HOME RAIDED IN DILI (TAPOL)............................................................................................................................................. 19
   HOME OF XANANA GUSMAO'S FAMILY IN DILI RAIDED .......................................................................................................... 19
   NDP DEMANDS ACTION FROM OTTAWA ON RIGHTS (TORONTO STAR)......................................................................................... 19
   CABINET DISCUSSES STRONGER STANCE ON TIMOR (CANBERRA TIMES) ............................................................................................................. 19
   CBS TV NEWS IN U.S. BROADCASTS VIDEO OF MASSACRE............................................................................................................................... 20
   Comment from Charles Scheiner................................................................................................................................................................. 20
   VOLKSKRANT EDITORIAL ON EAST TIMOR.......................................................................................................................................................... 20
   HAWKE BLASTS JAKARTA OVER SICK REMARKS (AUSTRALIAN)...................................................................................................... 21
   AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION...................................................................................................................................................... 21
   ISLAND OF OPPRESSION (LONDON TIMES EDITORIAL)............................................................................................................................... 22
   LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN (C. BUDIARDJO) ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
   INDONESIA SCORING BIG WITH U.S. $$$ (NEWSDAY) ........................................................................................................................................ 22
   THE ARMY'S ONLY CASUALTY: WHO IS HE? (TAPOL)........................................................................................................................................ 23
   A hardened Timor veteran........................................................................................................................................................................... 23
   A special mission ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
   AUSTRALIAN WORKERS, CARTOONISTS, CHALLENGE INDONESIA........................................................................................................................ 23
   TIMOR: HARDLY A MISTAKE (PEACE NEWS) ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
   PETER JONES adds from Canberra:.......................................................................................................................................................... 24
   UNION BANS INDONESIAN SHIPS (A.W.U.)............................................................................................................................................ 24
   LEGAL AID FOUNDATION EXPOSES INDONESIAN GOV'T LIE ............................................................................................................................... 25
   INDONESIAN LEGAL AID FOUNDATION Visit to the Metropolitan Jakarta Police Station in Conjunction with the Detention of East
   Timorese Students............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
   AUSTRALIAN BISHOPS ASK U.N. ACTION.......................................................................................................................................................... 25
   BISHOPS CALL FOR URGENT U.N. ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN EAST TIMOR.............................................. 25
   OUR BRUTAL FRIENDS (OTTAWA CITIZEN)................................................................................................................................................ 25
   Canada lavishes aid on the government that's killed one-third of East Timor............................................................................................. 25
   INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MACDOUGALL .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
   WIRE SERVICE DIGEST, NOV. 22......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
   AUSTRALIA (Intelligence should have known)........................................................................................................................................ 27
   AUSTRALIA (A.W.U. strikes Indon. ships)............................................................................................................................................. 27
   AUSTRALIA (ACFOA reports) ............................................................................................................................................................... 27
   3
   UNITED KINGDOM (Press Inst. protests)............................................................................................................................................. 27
   PORTUGAL (Bishop urges Vatican)........................................................................................................................................................ 28
   U.S. (State Department briefing excerpt).................................................................................................................................................... 28
   INDONESIA (Legal Aid refused access).................................................................................................................................................... 28
   INDONESIA (Sutrisno & Red Cross)........................................................................................................................................................ 28
   INDONESIA (Investigation promised) ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
   INDONESIA (Press access) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 28
   INDONESIA (No injured journalists) ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
   INDONESIA (Dissidents criticize massacre)............................................................................................................................................. 28
   INDONESIA (Govt commission meets) .................................................................................................................................................... 28
   INDONESIA (Portugal blamed)................................................................................................................................................................. 29
   EAST TIMOR (Belo cancels mass)............................................................................................................................................................ 29
   KOOIJMANS INTERVIEW (TEMPO) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29
   IT WASN'T TO TAUNT AND CURSE................................................................................................................................................... 29
   INDONESIAN COMMISSION BLAMES PORTUGAL FOR MASSACRE ......................................................................................................................... 30
   UNYOKING THE TIMORESE (BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL)......................................................................................................................... 30
   WIRE SERVICE DIGEST NOV. 23-24..................................................................................................................................................................... 31
   PORTUGAL (Timor repression continues).............................................................................................................................................. 31
   PORTUGAL (Denies Indon. accusations) ................................................................................................................................................. 31
   PORTUGAL (Demonstration in Lisbon)................................................................................................................................................... 31
   PORTUGAL (Carrascalao on massacre).................................................................................................................................................... 31
   PORTUGAL (Pope criticized)................................................................................................................................................................... 31
   VATICAN (asks Indonesia for truth)......................................................................................................................................................... 31
   VENEZUELA (Question Suharto during visit).......................................................................................................................................... 31
   INDONESIA (blaming Portugal)................................................................................................................................................................ 31
   INDONESIA (Government investigation).................................................................................................................................................. 32
   INDONESIA (not afraid of int'l pressure).................................................................................................................................................. 32
   EAST TIMOR (Church service in Dili)...................................................................................................................................................... 32
   EAST TIMOR (Belo avoids politics)......................................................................................................................................................... 32
   EASTERN ATROCITIES (LONDON OBSERVER EDITORIAL)........................................................................................................................... 32
   MORE KILLINGS (TAPOL)................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
   TIMORESE STUDENTS ARRESTED IN BALI AND JAVA (TAPOL)............................................................................................................................ 32
   NEWS FROM NOWHERE: THE UNHEARD OF MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR (RYTER) ............................................................................................... 33
   MORE MASSACRES CONFIRMED......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
   AUSTRALIA (A.I. releases names, further killings).................................................................................................................................. 36
   AUSTRALIA (Reports of mass graves, more killings).............................................................................................................................. 36
   INDONESIA (denies massacre reports)..................................................................................................................................................... 36
   BISHOP BELO ON THE MASSACRE (TEMPO)......................................................................................................................................................... 36

HORRORS CONTINUE IN EAST TIMOR (MONTREAL GAZETTE) ...................................................................................................... 2
U.S. SAYS MASSACRE VIEWED "VERY SERIOUSLY" (IPS) ............................................................................................. 2
PORTUGAL DISAPPOINTED AT EC RESPONSE TO MASSACRE (IPS)........................................................................ 3
IFJ SAFENET--MONITORING JOURNALISTS HUMAN RIGHTS................................................................................. 3
ARMED FORCES COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: THEY MUST BE EXTERMINATED .................................................... 4
AFTER THE MASSACRE: WHAT INDONESIA MUST DO.............................................................................................. 4
ABC INTERVIEW WITH AUSTRALIAN P.M. BOB HAWKE ............................................................................................................ 5
INDONESIA SOLIDARITY ACTION STATEMENT.......................................................................................................... 5
INDONESIAN PRESS CALLS FOR IMPARTIAL PROBE INTO DILI INCIDENT.......................................................... 6
INDEPENDENCE BID DRENCHED IN BLOOD (GLOBE AND MAIL) .................................................................................................. 6
MCDOUGALL DENOUNCES VIOLENCE IN EAST TIMOR............................................................................................. 6
AUSTRALIAN AID WORKER SAYS KILLINGS IN TIMOR UNPROVOKED (REUTER) ............................................... 7
U.S. JOURNALISTS SAY EAST TIMOR SHOOTING APPEARED PLANNED (REUTER).............................................. 7
SENATOR CLAIRBORNE PELL CALLS FOR CUTOFF OF U.S. MILITARY AID (DPA)............................................. 7
JAPAN SENDS DIPLOMATS TO EAST TIMOR TO PROBE KILLINGS (KYODO)........................................................ 7
STATE DEPT BRIEFING TRANSCRIPT, NOV.15. (EXCERPT)............................................................................................. 8
INDONESIAN BISHOPS STATEMENT.............................................................................................................................................. 8
EAST TIMOR GOVERNOR LASHES OUT AT ARMY OVER KILLINGS (REUTER)....................................................... 8
EAST TIMORESE MOURN THEIR DEAD, FEAR FOR OWN SAFETY (REUTER).......................................................... 9
NAMES OF 17 DEAD ANNOUNCED (TAPOL).............................................................................................................................. 9
SANTA CRUZ MASSACRE SEEN ON TV IN NETHERLANDS ............................................................................................................. 9
HAWKE FIRING OFF AN EMPTY CANNON AT INDONESIA (SMH).......................................................................... 9
CONDEMN INDONESIAN MASSACRE, CANADA URGED (GLOBE AND MAIL) .............................................................................. 10
HUNDREDS IN AUSTRALIA MOURN DEAD OF DILI (AFP) ...................................................................................... 11
PRESS IGNORES EAST TIMOR MASSACRE (RYTER)..................................................................................................................... 11
LEADING INDONESIAN MP TELLS JAKARTA TO REVIEW RULE IN TIMOR (REUTER)....................................... 11
ALATAS BLASTS FOREIGN MEDIA, BUT PARLIAMENT HEAD WANTS TRUE STORY (UPI)........................... 12
INDONESIA SETS UP COMISSION TO INVESTIGATE TIMOR KILLINGS (REUTER) ............................................... 12
INDONESIAN ARMY STRUGGLES TO WIN HEARTS OF TIMORESE (REUTER)....................................................... 12
TWO MORE MASSACRE EYEWITNESSES SPEAK (OBSERVER) ....................................................................................................... 13
SANTA CRUZ MASSACRE: JAKARTA PREPARING FOR A COVER-UP (TAPOL) ................................................. 13
80 PRISONERS SHOT DEAD ON 15 NOVEMBER (TAPOL) .......................................................................................... 14
IN THE WRONG COUNTRY (Independent on Sunday Editorial)................................................................................. 14
MILITARY MAINTAIN SECURITY CORDON AROUND DILI (AFP) ......................................................................... 14
DARWIN WITNESSES SPEAK! (AGE).......................................................................................................................................... 14
INDONESIAN FORCES ALLEGEDLY EXECUTE TIMOR MASSACRE WITNESSES (REUTER)................................. 15
AUSTRALIAN DIPLOMAT SENT TO EAST TIMOR (AP) ............................................................................................ 15
FORMER AMBASSADOR URGES HAWKE TO VISIT INDONESIA (AUSTRALIAN).................................................... 16
INDON EMBASSY IN CANBERRA PICKETED (CIET)................................................................................................... 16
MALAYSIANS PROTEST AGAINST INDONESIAN ACTION IN EAST TIMOR (REUTER) ....................................... 16
PRIEST SAYS HE HAS VIDEO TAKEN AFTER EAST TIMOR KILLINGS (REUTER) .................................................. 16
SHORT WAVE RADIO BROADCAST MONITORING .......................................................................................................................... 16
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INDONESIA ENVOY PROMISES BONN INQUIRY INTO EAST TIMOR DEATHS (REUTER) ................................... 17
FURTHER AUSSIE EMBASSY EAST TIMOR INVESTIGATIONS (AFP)..................................................................... 17
MILITARY ARRESTS FOUR SUSPECTED ACEH REBELS IN NEIGHBOURING PROVINCE (AFP) ...................... 17
NEW ZEALAND PM WANTS CAREFUL REACTION TO TIMOR KILLINGS (AFP) ................................................ 17
WITNESS CLAIMS INDONESIAN POLICE DETAINING TWO PEOPLE (KYODO) ..................................................... 17
STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING (NOV. 18)................................................................................................................... 17
SUHARTO TO START OFFICIAL SWING TO SOUTH AMERICAN, AFRICAN COUNTRIES (AFP)..................... 17
LBH: "INQUIRY COMMISSION SHOULD BE BROADENED"........................................................................................................... 18
ABC NIGHTLINE COMMENT..................................................................................................................................................... 18
HARROWING REPORTS FLOOD IN TO THE DEATHLINE (AUSTRALIAN) ................................................................. 18
PORTUGAL DECLARES DAY OF MOURNING FOR VICTIMS OF TIMOR MASSACRE (REUTER) ....................... 18
WHO IS M. DJAELANI? (D. BOURCHIER)........................................................................................................................... 18
HORRID SILENCE OVER EAST TIMOR (MCGRORY)...................................................................................................... 19
EAST TIMOR PROTESTERS DETAINED IN INDONESIAN CAPITAL (REUTER)........................................................ 19
80 EAST TIMORESE ARRESTED IN JAKARTA (TAPOL)............................................................................................. 19
CANADA TO "REVIEW" AID TO INDONESIA (GLOBE AND MAIL) ................................................................................................ 20
ANGRY PROTESTS IN AUSTRALIA OVER TIMOR MASSACRE (GREEN LEFT).................................................................................. 20
KAMAL BAMADHAJ (OBITUARY, GREEN LEFT)........................................................................................................................ 20
KOOIJMANS REFUSED PERMIT TO VISIT ACEH ............................................................................................................................. 21
INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS TEAM TO VISIT DILI (TAPOL)...................................................................................................... 21
EAST TIMOR - AUSTRALIA'S SHAME (SEN. BOURNE)................................................................................................... 21
EAST TIMOR'S INDIGENOUS NATIONALISM AND RESISTANCE TO CULTURAL INTEGRATION........................................................ 21
MUFFLED CRIES FROM EAST TIMOR (RYTER) ........................................................................................................................... 24

CNRM EXTERNAL SPOKESPERSON VISITS LONDON (TAPOL, 11/9)............................................................................................ 3
MILITARY ‘ORDERED PURGE OF FRETILIN’ (AUSTRALIAN 10/31)................................................................................................... 3
INDONESIAN CRACKDOWN .................................................................................................................................................................. 3
BISHOP BELO’S ACCOUNT OF 28 OCTOBER INCIDENT (NOV. 13)................................................................................................... 3
BISHOP OF EAST TIMOR: CAMPAIGN OF TERROR HAS BEGUN (NEW TIMES) ............................................................................ 4
PORTUGUESE MISSION........................................................................................................................................................................... 4
MILITARY CRACKDOWN ....................................................................................................................................................................... 4
ROLE FOR THE UN ................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
DILI MASSACRE UPDATE (TAPOL 11/12).................................................................................................................................................. 5
UP TO 20 REPORTED KILLED AS ARMY OPENS FIRE IN EAST TIMOR (REUTER).......................................................................... 5
THOUSANDS PROTEST IN EAST TIMOR, MANY KILLED (AP)............................................................................................................ 5
INDONESIAN TROOPS FIRE ON DEMONSTATORS IN EAST TIMOR (DPA) ................................................................................... 6
FRETILIN ASKS FOR U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING (AFP)....................................................................................................... 6
TROOPS FIRE ON DEMONSTATORS IN EAST TIMOR (UPI)................................................................................................................. 6
EAST TIMOR: INDONESIAN ARMY OPENS FIRE ON FUNERAL PROCESSION (IPS) ....................................................................... 7
ASIA WATCH CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO EAST TIMOR DEATHS....................................................................................... 7
INDONESIA: EAST TIMOR MASSACRE HIGHLIGHTS RIGHTS ABUSES (IPS)................................................................................... 8
MASSACRE SEEN CAREFULLY PLANNED BY INDONESIAN GENERALS (IPS)................................................................................. 8
E.C. CONDEMNS INDONESIAN ARMY MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS (IPS)............................................................................................ 9
E.C. DENOUNCES ARMY MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR (AFP) .............................................................................................................. 9
E.C. DECLARATION ON EAST TIMOR ....................................................................................................................................................... 9
INDONS ACCUSED OF DILI KILLINGS (AGE).......................................................................................................................................... 9
JILL JOLLIFFE REPORTS FROM LISBON:............................................................................................................................................ 9
PORTUGUESE PRESIDENT SOARES CONDEMNS TIMOR VIOLENCE (REUTER)........................................................................... 10
U.S. REPORTER, BADLY BEATEN IN TIMOR, SAYS SAW DOZENS KILLED (REUTER)................................................................. 10
U.S. REGRETS EAST TIMOR VIOLENCE (REUTER)................................................................................................................................ 10
PEREZ DE CUELLAR DEPLORES LOSS OF LIFE REPORTED IN EAST TIMOR................................................................................. 10
INDONESIA CONFIRMS DEATHS IN TIMOR UNREST (AFP).............................................................................................................. 11
BRITAIN CONSIDERS HUMANITARIAN AID FOR EAST TIMOR (REUTER)................................................................................... 11
FORGOTTEN CASE OF ANNEXED ISLE RESURFACES (AFP).............................................................................................................. 11
TRANSCRIPT OF INTERVIEW WITH AMY GOODMAN ....................................................................................................................... 11
FROM JOHN MACDOUGALL WED NOV 13 ............................................................................................................................................ 12
FROM CHARLIE SCHEINER TO: APAKABAR (JOHN M.) .............................................................................................................. 12
URGENT MISSING PERSON ENQUIRY REGARDING EAST TIMOR MASSACRE............................................................................ 13
KAMAL BAMADHAJ, TIMORESE MASSACRE VICTIM. ............................................................................................................... 13
FILM CREW REJECTS OFFICIAL RIOT STORY (TERRITORIAN) ........................................................................................................ 13
INDONESIAN ARMY KILLS AT LEAST 20 TIMORESE LBH TELLS ARMY TO INVESTIGATE (KYODO)................................... 13
BELO REFUSES TO ATTEND KWI ANNUAL MEE
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ARMY CRACKDOWN SPREADS IN EAST TIMOR (REUTER) .............................................................................................................. 15
UP TO 60 KILLED IN EAST TIMOR; INDONESIA'S FORCES GUN DOWN MARCHERS (WP) ....................................................... 16
AUSTRALIA SAYS IT DEPLORES REPORTED KILLINGS IN EAST TIMOR (REUTER).................................................................... 16
COMMUNIQUE OF THE PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR............... 17
EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTIONS / FEAR OF TORTURE (A.I.)............................................................................................................. 18
INDONESIAN ARMY CLAIMS ABOUT 50 KILLED IN DILI SHOOTING (KYODO)....................................................................... 18
MORE MASSACRE VICTIMS DIE IN DILI (TAPOL)............................................................................................................................... 18
WORLDWIDE CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY............................................................................................................. 18
INDONESIAN LEADERS "WILL PAY FOR THEIR CRIMES," SEPARATISTS SAY (AFP) .................................................................. 19
FRETILIN MAN SAYS NEW GUERRILLA OFFENSIVE COMING (AFP).............................................................................................. 19
INDONESIA BLAMES SEPARATISTS FOR TIMOR BLOODBATH (AFP) ........................................................................................... 19
HAWKE VISIT MAY BE CANCELLED (RADIO AUSTRALIA)............................................................................................................... 20
BLOODSTAINS ON CHAPEL WALLS AND CLOTHING ARE SILENT WITNESS TO SHOOTINGS (AFP) ..................................... 20
CHILDREN'S SCHOOLBOOKS AND DRIED BLOOD MARK TIMOR SHOOTING (REUTER) ......................................................... 20
CASUALTY FIGURES VAGUE A DAY AFTER EAST TIMOR SHOOTINGS (AFP) ............................................................................ 21
NZ ENVOY SENT TO TIMOR TO INVESTIGATE SHOOTING OF NEW ZEALANDER (REUTER) ................................................. 21
EAST TIMOR GOVERNOR BREAKS WITH ARMY LINE (REUTER).................................................................................................... 21
U.N. DAILY HIGHLIGHTS -- 13 NOVEMBER 1991................................................................................................................................... 22
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CALL TO BOYCOTT INDONESIA (D. GEOFFREY) ................................................................................................................................. 22
HOOKA HAY............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
IT'S A GOOD DAY TO DIE..................................................................................................................................................................... 22
PERSONAL FEELINGS ON THE EAST TIMOR MASSACRE............................................................................................................ 22
AUSTRALIAN PM URGES INDONESIA TO TALK (AGE)...................................................................................................................... 22
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT CO-RESPONSIBLE FOR DILI MASSACRE (C.I.E.T)......................................................................... 23
A DISMAL DAY FOR INDONESIA (S.M.HERALD).................................................................................................................................. 23
CURFEW IN DILI: RELATIVES OF WOUNDED REFUSED ACCESS TO HOSPITAL (TAPOL 11/14)................................................ 24
HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS MEET DPR MEMBERS (TAPOL).................................................................................................................... 24
U.S. CALLS IN INDONESIAN ENVOY OVER EAST TIMOR MASSACRE (REUTER 11/14) ............................................................... 24
WASHINGTON DEFENDS MILITARY AID TO JAKARTA (AFP)......................................................................................................... 25
ALATAS: PEOPLE BEHIND EAST TIMOR SHOOTING WILL BE PUNISHED (AFP) ......................................................................... 25
ROMAN CATHOLIC BISHOP SHELTERS 257 EAST TIMORESE AFTER DILI SHOOTING (AFP) .................................................. 25
PEACE HOPES DOGGED BY MILITARY SHOOTINGS (AGE)............................................................................................................... 26
DILI MASSACRE - AUSTRALIAN PRESS (CIET)...................................................................................................................................... 26
NEW ZEALANDER CONFIRMED KILLED IN EAST TIMOR SHOOTINGS (REUTER)...................................................................... 27
INDONESIAN FLAG BURNED DURING PROTEST AT CANBERRA EMBASSY (REUTER) ............................................................ 27
JAKARTA WILL NOT GIVE UP EAST TIMOR, INDONESIA'S BALTIC STATE (REUTER).............................................................. 27
INDONESIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF WARNS OTHER COUNTRIES AGAINST "MEDDLING" (AP) ......................................... 27
INDONESIA ADMITS IT ERRED IN TIMOR, SAYS NEW ZEALANDER DEAD (REUTER) .............................................................. 28
SOLDIERS MISHEARS "DON'T FIRE" ORDER - JAKARTA. (SMH)...................................................................................................... 28
AMNESTY INT'L APPALLED AT MASSACRE CALLS FOR IMPARTIAL INQUIRY (A.I.)............................................................. 29
BOB MUNTZ PRESS CONFERENCE........................................................................................................................................................... 29
ANOTHER EYEWITNESS OF DILI MASSACRE SPEAKS.................................................................................................................. 29
TIMOR MORTIS (ECONOMIST)................................................................................................................................................................ 31
TENSION THROUGHOUT EAST TIMOR (TAPOL 15 NOV). ................................................................................................................. 31
257 TAKING REFUGE WITH BISHOP BELO (LBH) ................................................................................................................................. 31
RUNNING FROM THE BULLETS (AGE / MUNTZ)................................................................................................................................. 31
MALAYSIA SEEKS REMAINS OF STUDENT (NEW STRAITS TIMES) ................................................................................................ 32
EAST TIMOR AND THE INDONESIAN REFORMISTS: OUT OF THE TOO HARD BASKET? (AGE / FEITH).............................. 32
CENSORSHIP AND THE SCARCITY OF INFORMATION................................................................................................................ 32
NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND THEIR LEADERS............................................................................................ 32

JAKARTA TAINTED BY EAST TIMOR KILLINGS (AWSJ)...................................................................................................................... 3
GROWING TENSIONS..................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
"CAN'T BE A WHITEWASH".......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
NEGATIVE REPORT ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
'PERSUASIVE ATTITUDE' .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3
COMORO RIVER KILLING GROUND (GOMULARZ)............................................................................................................................... 4
PARC RESOLUTION ON EAST TIMOR ...................................................................................................................................................... 4
PRESS STATEMENT BY THE YOGYAKARTA STUDENTS ASSOCIATION (IKATAN MAHASISWA YOGYAKARTA).............. 4
MASSACRE TESTS AUSTRALIA'S RELATIONS WITH JAKARTA (IPS)................................................................................................ 5
COLONIZATION, DECOLONIZATION, AND 'INTEGRATION': LANGUAGE POLICY IN EAST TIMOR (N. LUTZ)................... 6
REFERENCES .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
PORTUGUESE BISHOPS LAMENT POPE'S SILENCE ON MASSACRE (IPS) ......................................................................................... 8
DUTCH FREEZE AID TO INDONESIA OVER MASSACRE (IPS) ............................................................................................................. 8
CALL FOR DELEGATION TO DILI FROM ALICE SPRINGS.................................................................................................................... 8
OCCUPATION AND MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR (PORTUGUESE SCIENTISTS APPEAL) ............................................................. 9
OCCUPATION AND MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................................... 9
TO SECRETARY BAKER FROM THE LAWYERS COMMITTEE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS.................................................. 9
DEATH IN PARADISE (EDITORIAL, VANCOUVER SUN)...................................................................................................................... 10
BRITISH BISHOPS: GIVE THE TIMORESE FREE CHOICE! .................................................................................................................... 10
EAST TIMOR AND SELECTIVE MORALITY ON A WORLD STAGE (UK CATHOLIC HERALD)................................................... 10
HARD TO BE A CHRISTIAN IN EAST TIMOR (CATHOLIC HERALD) ............................................................................................... 10
BETWEEN MOTAEL AND SANTA CRUZ (TEMPO)............................................................................................................................... 11
STATEMENT OF ATTITUDE BY UNIVERSITY STUDENT SENATES THROUGHOUT JAVA ........................................................ 11
STUDENTS CALL FOR INDONESIA'S COMMISSION OF INQUIRY TO BE DISSOLVED AND FOR AN ACT OF SELFDETERMINATION IN EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................................................ 11
GOVERNOR PUTS THE BLAME ON MILITARY (STRAITS TIMES) .................................................................................................... 12
THE CLOUDS DARKEN OVER EAST TIMOR (AGE EDITORIAL)........................................................................................................ 13
UNITED STAND NEEDED ON TIMOR HORROR (AUSTRALIAN EDITORIAL)............................................................................... 13
INQUIRY SET TO ANGER INDONS............................................................................................................................................................ 13
THE EXECUTIONERS' CHARTER (GUARDIAN) ..................................................................................................................................... 14
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST NOV. 25................................................................................................................................................................. 14
PORTUGAL (SWEDEN CRITICIZES JAKARTA) ...................................................................................................................................... 14
PORTUGAL (DOCKERS BOYCOTT INDONESIAN CARGO)................................................................................................................. 14
VENEZUELA (SUHARTO-PEREZ MEETING)........................................................................................................................................... 15
AUSTRALIA (A.I. URGES INVESTIGATION)............................................................................................................................................ 15
AUSTRALIA (UNIONS BOYCOTT INDONESIA)...................................................................................................................................... 15
U.S. (CONGRESSIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAUCUS HEARING).......................................................................................................... 15
INDONESIA (WILL CHECK A.I. VICTIM LIST)......................................................................................................................................... 15
INDONESIA (BALI ARREST VIOLATES ASSURANCES)......................................................................................................................... 15
EAST TIMOR (WAROUW ORDERS KILLINGS)........................................................................................................................................ 15
EAST TIMOR (BELO WILL TESTIFY)......................................................................................................................................................... 15
DEATH IN EAST TIMOR (HELEN TODD)................................................................................................................................................ 15
KILLING RAGES ON IN EAST TIMOR, WITNESSES SAY (MONTREAL GAZETTE) ........................................................................ 17
VIGIL FORCES INDONESIANS TO SHUT DOWN DARWIN CONSULATE (AGE).............................................................................. 18
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A.I. SAYS MASSACRES CONTINUE (RADIO AUSTRALIA)................................................................................................................... 18
FRETILIN ALLEGES SEVEN MORE KILLINGS IN DILI (AGE)............................................................................................................... 18
NYC DEMO RE EAST TIMOR?.................................................................................................................................................................... 19
QUESTIONS FROM A TIMOR ACTIVIST RELATING TO THE PROPOSED DEM ONSTRATION:................................................. 19
CHARLIE SCHEINER RESPONDS TO THE QUESTIONS......................................................................................................................... 19
HAWKE TO BE TOUGHER ON INDONESIA (AUSTRALIAN)............................................................................................................... 20
EVANS MAY MAKE A PROTEST TRIP TO JAKARTA (AGE)............................................................................................................... 20
GARETH EVANS: 75 DEAD (ABC RADIO)................................................................................................................................................ 20
49 TIMORESE RELEASED IN JAKARTA (TAPOL) .................................................................................................................................. 21
LEGAL AID FOUNDATION JAIL VISIT (LBH) ........................................................................................................................................ 21
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST NOV. 26................................................................................................................................................................. 21
USSR (GOV'T STATEMENT)....................................................................................................................................................................... 21
VENEZUELA (ALATAS DENIES MASSACRE).......................................................................................................................................... 21
AUSTRALIA (INDON. THREATENS TO WITHDRAW AMBASSADOR) ............................................................................................. 21
AUSTRALIA (EVANS BODY COUNTS)...................................................................................................................................................... 21
AUSTRALIA (TIMOR GAP TREATY) ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
AUSTRALIA (LABOUR MP'S WANT ACTION)........................................................................................................................................ 22
U.S. (STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING EXCERPT:)............................................................................................................................... 22
INDONESIA (REGRETS AID CUTS)............................................................................................................................................................ 22
INDONESIA (MURDANI WILL BROADCAST MASSACRE VIDEOS)................................................................................................... 22
U.N. ECOSOC DISCUSSION.......................................................................................................................................................................... 22
STEP UP PRESSURE ON INDONESIA (MONTREAL GAZETTE EDITORIAL).................................................................................... 23
AUSTRALIAN LABOUR MP LOBBYING .................................................................................................................................................. 23
AUSTRALIAN LABOUR PARTY CAUCUS POLICY STATEMENT....................................................................................................... 23
SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL RESOLUTION.......................................................................................................................................... 23
INTERVIEW WITH JOSE RAMOS HORTA (PORTUGUESE RADIO).................................................................................................... 24
PORTUGUESE PREMIER WANTS E.C. ACTION AGAINST INDONESIA (IPS)................................................................................... 24
INFILTRATORS PROVOKED TIMOR MASSACRE, SAYS ALATAS (IPS)............................................................................................ 24
THE MASSACRE INQUIRY COMMITTEE (DAVID BOURC)................................................................................................................. 25
HARISOEGIMAN ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
ANTON SUYATA........................................................................................................................................................................................... 25
CLEMENTINO DOS REIS AMARAL........................................................................................................................................................... 25
HADIA WAYARABI ALHADAR.................................................................................................................................................................. 25
BEN MANG RENG SAY................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
SUMITRO ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
ASIA WATCH DEMANDS RELEASE OF TIMORESE PROTESTORS.................................................................................................... 25
JAKARTA-CANBERRA LINKS STRAINED (AGE)................................................................................................................................... 26
CONFUSION OVER THREAT TO WITHDRAW ALL DIPLOMATS IF HARASSMENT CONTINUES ............................................. 26
TIMOR VOTE PUTS EVANS ON THE LINE (AGE EDITORIAL)............................................................................................................ 26
"NO PROVOCATION" BEFORE DILI CEMETERY MASSACRE (AUST. CATHOLIC LEADER)....................................................... 27
MANY ARRESTED IN DILI BEFORE INQUIRY COMMISSION ARRIVES (TAPOL).......................................................................... 27
PEREZ DE CUELLAR SAYS UN WILL INVESTIGATE EAST TIMOR ALLEGATIONS (AP).............................................................. 28
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST NOV. 27................................................................................................................................................................. 28
TRY SUTRISNO: "PEACEFUL DEMONSTRATION IS BULLSHIT"....................................................................................................... 28
NO MASSACRE, SAYS ALATAS.................................................................................................................................................................. 28
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING EXCERPT................................................................................................................................... 28
AUSTRALIA MAY REVIEW TIES................................................................................................................................................................ 29
PORTUGAL PUSHES SANCTIONS.............................................................................................................................................................. 29
MOCK 'RE-EVALUATION' ........................................................................................................................................................................... 29

EAST TIMOR - COLONIZING A COLONY (ASA NEWS).................................................................................................................. 3
THE LAND, THE PEOPLE......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
WIND OF CHANGE................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
INDONESIAN INVASION ......................................................................................................................................................................... 3
INSIDE EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................................................................................ 4
TIME FOR ACTION................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
EAST TIMOR MASSACRE (ASA NEWS ADDENDUM)...................................................................................................................... 4
DEPUTY CHIEF FOR MILITARY INTELLIGENCE LEADING TEAM TO INVESTIGATE DEMONSTRATION IN DILI............... 5
COMMANDER OF THE INDONESIAN ARMED FORCES: DON'T MEDDLE IN INDONESIA'S INTERNAL AFFAIRS.................. 5
DILI RIOT WAS PLANNED -- SUDOMO...................................................................................................................................................... 5
CARRASCALAO 'KOMPAS' INTERVIEW .................................................................................................................................................... 6
ALI ALATAS: WE SHOULD WAIT FOR THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATING TEAM................................................................ 7
INVESTIGATIVE TEAM TO BE FORMED IN CONNECTION WITH EAST TIMOR RIOT.................................................................. 7
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA: CUT AID!............................................................................................................................................... 8
STATEMENT OF THE BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDONESIA (BCI) ON THE INCIDENT IN EAST TIMOR............................. 8
BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF INDONESIA, SIGNED ............................................................................................................................ 9
FEAR STALKS EAST TIMOR (ASIAWEEK)................................................................................................................................................. 9
A LEGACY OF SUFFERING (ASIAWEEK)................................................................................................................................................. 10
PROBOSUTEJO SUSPENDS INVESTMENT PLANS IN EAST TIMOR .................................................................................................. 10
DILI TRADERS INCOME DWINDLING SINCE BLOODY 12 NOV. INCIDENT (JAKARTA POST).................................................. 10
MINEWATCH CONDEMNS INDONESIA'S 'SAVAGE COLONIALISM ................................................................................................. 11
TIMOR REBELS SPURN HAWKE................................................................................................................................................................ 11
MOTHER SEARCHES FOR HER SON (KOMPAS) .................................................................................................................................... 11
52 U.S. SENATORS WRITE BUSH............................................................................................................................................................... 11
VERY MANY VICTIMS OF THE DILI INCIDENT ARE STILL IN HOSPITAL (PELITA) .................................................................... 12
WAITING FOR THE DILI INQUIRY (ASIAWEEK).................................................................................................................................... 12
CLOSING DOWN A LEFTOVER FROM PORTUGAL (TEMPO)............................................................................................................. 13
INDONESIA ATTACKS THE NATION (BANGKOK)............................................................................................................................... 13
WHO IS CIETACT?......................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
NAIRN MASSACRE ACCOUNT (NEW YORKER) .................................................................................................................................... 14
CHURCH URGES END TO TIMOR SHAME (AGE).................................................................................................................................. 15
ALP: ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA “MUST STOP” (AUSTRALIAN) .................................................................................................. 15
GENERAL TRY "KNOWS THE MASTERMIND" (JAKARTA POST)..................................................................................................... 15
TIMOR: ALATAS ISOLATED AT OIC? (LISBON CAPITAL).................................................................................................................. 15
LBH LASHES ARMY (TFI)............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
EAST TIMOR DISCUSSED IN THE BRITISH COMMONS...................................................................................................................... 16
NGO’S INVESTIGATED IN INDONESIA.................................................................................................................................................... 16
STOP ARMING INDONESIA (ACT)............................................................................................................................................................ 17
CANADA CUTS AID...................................................................................................................................................................................... 17
ACTION REPORT: CANADA....................................................................................................................................................................... 17
U.S. CONDEMNS ARMY AGAIN ................................................................................................................................................................ 17
STATE DEPARTMENT BRIEFING, DEC. 9: ........................................................................................................................................ 17
TIMOR CLOSING UP AGAIN?..................................................................................................................................................................... 18
WHITLAM CRITICIZES HAWKE................................................................................................................................................................ 18
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WIRE SERVICE DIGEST 10 DEC................................................................................................................................................................... 18
SUHARTO LEAVES SENEGAL............................................................................................................................................................... 18
PORTUGAL: NO ISLAMIC MEDIATOR.............................................................................................................................................. 18
SOARES TALKS WITH BELGIAN KING.............................................................................................................................................. 19
PORTUGUESE AVIATION UNION BOYCOTT................................................................................................................................... 19
SINTONG PANJAITAN DEFENDS COMMANDER........................................................................................................................... 19
TROOPS RE-ENACT MASSACRE ......................................................................................................................................................... 19
MASSACRE PROMPTS CUT IN CANADIAN AID TO INDONESIA (TORONTO STAR)................................................................... 19
WHITLAM BLASTS HAWKE ON TIMOR (AUSTRALIAN)................................................................................................................... 19
AUSTRALIAN URANIUM TO INDONESIA?............................................................................................................................................. 20
INDONESIA THREATENS SUBVERSION TRIALS?.................................................................................................................................. 20
DEMONSTRATION IN LONDON ON TIMOR.......................................................................................................................................... 20
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ELECTRONIC URGENT ACTION......................................................................................................... 21
RECOMMENDED ACTION:................................................................................................................................................................... 21
APPEALS TO:............................................................................................................................................................................................ 22
COPIES TO:............................................................................................................................................................................................... 22
CANADA CUTS OFF $30 MILLION IN AID TO INDONESIA................................................................................................................. 22
SANCTIONS AGAINST MASSACRE LEAVE SOME PROGRAMS UNTOUCHED ........................................................................ 22
REPORT: DEMO AT INDONESIAN U.N. MISSION DEC. 10................................................................................................................... 22
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY. .................................................................................................................... 23
ORGANIZING U.S. -TIMOR SOLIDARITY GROUP................................................................................................................................. 23
EAST TIMOR PROTEST IN GERMANY (TAPOL).................................................................................................................................... 23
AMBASSADORS PUT ON THE SPOT .................................................................................................................................................. 23
MAASTRICHT VIDEO DEM O ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24
TIMOR GAP TREATY TO BE SIGNED....................................................................................................................................................... 24
MILITARY “CONCESSIONS” ....................................................................................................................................................................... 24
AID CUTS, 'NO EFFECT' ............................................................................................................................................................................... 25
THE GENOCIDAL BEGINNINGS OF PRESIDENT SUHARTO (GREEN LEFT).................................................................................... 25
STUDENTS TO MAASTRICHT, MARIO SOARES SPEECH (PUBLICO)............................................................................................... 25
BBC ON THE TERROR IN DILI.................................................................................................................................................................... 26
JAPAN'S BISHOPS WRITE TO BISHOP BELO AND U.N......................................................................................................................... 26
MALAYSIA PUBLIC MEETING CONDEMNS MASSACRE.................................................................................................................... 27
STATEMENT OF CONDEMNATION................................................................................................................................................... 27
‘SECRET MASS GRAVES’ SEARCH ............................................................................................................................................................ 27
PORTUGUESE MEDIA DEC.12.................................................................................................................................................................... 27
TIMOR GAP OIL EXPLORATIONS TO START (PUBLICO)............................................................................................................. 27
PORTUGUESE UNIONS MOURN ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
PORTUGUESE PARLIAMENTARIANS GO ABROAD ...................................................................................................................... 28
RESISTANCE FEARS ARMY THREATS............................................................................................................................................... 28
PORTUGUESE AMBASSADOR MEETS GHALI................................................................................................................................. 28
SOEHARTO: TO HELL WITH YOUR AID .................................................................................................................................................. 28
“NO MORE BODIES?” ................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
SCHOOLGIRL DESCRIBES SLAUGHTER................................................................................................................................................... 28
INDONESIA LOSES 'CREDIBILITY' ............................................................................................................................................................. 29
TIMOR GAP OIL CONTRACTS LET........................................................................................................................................................... 29
SOEHARTO CALLED 'SOFTIE'..................................................................................................................................................................... 29
TOKYO HUNGER STRIKE............................................................................................................................................................................ 29
MORE GRAVEDIGGING UNWITNESSED?................................................................................................................................................ 29
TRIALS FOR 21 TIMORESE STUDENTS.................................................................................................................................................... 30
AID CUT TO INDONESIA NOT ENOUGH, CANADIAN TIMOR SUPPORTERS SAY (ETAN)......................................................... 30
CUT OFF ARMS TO INDONESIA (TORONTO STAR)............................................................................................................................. 30
DENMARK CUTS OFF NEW AID............................................................................................................................................................... 31
PORTUGUESE MEDIA DEC. 13................................................................................................................................................................... 31
COMMEMORATION IN SANTA CRUZ CEMETERY....................................................................................................................... 31
PORTUGUESE UNIONS’ MINUTE OF SILENCE................................................................................................................................ 31
PORTUGUESE NEWSPAPER & ARTISTS SUPPORT TIMOR........................................................................................................... 31
AI CANNOT CONFIRM EXECUTION RUMORS............................................................................................................................... 31
BELO FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE? ....................................................................................................................................................... 31
DEATH IN TIMOR......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31
ARMY DAMAGES INDONESIA IMAGE.................................................................................................................................................... 31
THERE MUST BE AN INDEPENDENT TEAM .......................................................................................................................................... 31
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VATICAN ENVOY IN DILI! .......................................................................................................................................................................... 32
CAMPAIGN TO RELEASE 52 EAST TIMORESE DUE TO GO ON TRIAL (TAPOL)........................................................................... 32
WHICH HEADS WILL ROLL? ....................................................................................................................................................................... 32
TRY SUTRISNO IN PERIL?..................................................................................................................................................................... 33
TIMOR GAP CONTRACTS DENOUNCED (IPS) ....................................................................................................................................... 33
EAST TIMOR: THE NOVEMBER 12 MASSACRE AND ITS AFTERMATH (ASIA WATCH REPORT)............................................ 33

1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................................................. 33
2. LEAD-UP TO THE DEMONSTRATION........................................................................................................................................... 33
3. THE MASSACRE.................................................................................................................................................................................. 34
4. THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS.................................................................................................................................................................. 34
5. TROOP MOVEMENTS........................................................................................................................................................................ 36
6. THE IMMEDIATE AFTERMATH..................................................................................................................................................... 36
7. THE DEATH TOLL .............................................................................................................................................................................. 36
8. INVESTIGATIONS............................................................................................................................................................................... 37
9. DOMESTIC REACTION...................................................................................................................................................................... 37
10. DEMONSTRATIONS AND ARRESTS............................................................................................................................................. 38
11. INTERNATIONAL REACTION........................................................................................................................................................ 38
    The United Nations............................................................................................................................................................................... 38
    The European Community.................................................................................................................................................................... 39
    Bilateral European actions..................................................................................................................................................................... 39
    Japan...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
    The United States.................................................................................................................................................................................. 39
    Canada ................................................................................................................................................................................................... 39
    Australia ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 39
    Guinea-Bissau........................................................................................................................................................................................ 39
12. RECOMMENDATIONS..................................................................................................................................................................... 40
    APPENDIX 1:BISHOP BELO'S ACCOUNT OF THE 28 OCTOBER INCIDENT .............................................................................. 40
    OFFICIAL STATEMENT......................................................................................................................................................................... 40
    APPENDIX 2: EXTRACT FROM FOREIGN MINISTRY REPORT ................................................................................................... 41
    INCIDENT OF NOVEMBER 12 .............................................................................................................................................................. 41
    CONCLUSIONS......................................................................................................................................................................................... 41
    APPENDIX 3: EAST TIMORESE STUDENTS ARRESTED AFTER NOVEMBER 19...................................................................... 42
    FOR MORE INFORMATION ................................................................................................................................................................. 42