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Elaine Briere

The file contains information on photographer and activist Elaine Briere in the 1990s, including press clippings, handwritten notes, telephone bills, and a poster for the opening of an art exhibition.

East Timor Alert Network

Canadian Universities aid to Indonesia

Multiple Canadian Universities were sending monetary aid to Indonesia for various projects in the country. A newspaper article was published by the Varsity of the University of Toronto expressing their distaste with the aid being sent to Indonesia.

East Timor Alert Network

The Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings

This document is an excerpt from the Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings. The conference was held from May 31 – June 5, 1994.
This document contains:

  • Selected Press Statements
    o The East Timor Conference: Forging a People-to-People Asian Solidarity (13 May, 1994)
    o APCET Will Go on as Scheduled (28 May, 1994)
    o Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (18 June, 1994)
    o Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor Press Statement (24 June, 1994)
    o Son of APCET
  • Acknowledgements
  • We made it!
    The Report and Proceedings of APCET was published by the University of the Philippines in Dilman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Initiatives for International Dialogue

The Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings

This document is an excerpt from the Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings. The conference was held from May 31 – June 5, 1994.

This document contains:

  • Don’t forget East Timor

Former Bishop Emeritus of the Japanese Catholic Council for Justice and Peace, Bishop Aloisius Nobuo Soma begins his address by emphasising the UN’s primary role in facilitating self-determination and the independence of former colonies. He argues that the Indonesian government’s behaviour towards East Timor has completely gone against this priority and has deprived Timor of its rightful independence from Portugal. The Bishop emphasises the eight resolutions passed by the UN and Indonesia’s ignorance of them. Next, the Bishop makes an appeal to Indonesia and its core principles asking it to respect the rights of the Timorese and establish peace. The Bishop then explains that despite the treatment the people of East Timor have received from Indonesia, the former do not intend to cause any issues for the latter should they become independent. The Bishop then appeals to the UN to use its power to rectify the situation of the East Timorese while emphasising a Timorese Bishop’s call for decolonisation. He describes the transnational religious advocacy network surrounding the plight of the Timorese. He discusses the importance of NGOs in educating the public and pressuring governments to act. The Bishops ends his speech with a pledge of solidarity with the East Timorese.

The Report and Proceedings of APCET was published by the University of the Philippines in Dilman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Initiatives for International Dialogue

The Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings

This document is an excerpt from the Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings. The conference was held from May 31 – June 5, 1994.

This document contains:

  • East Timor: History, Testimonies and Perspectives

In his address, English filmmaker and journalist Max Stahl attempts to provide the perspective of a foreigner who had only recently become engaged in the struggle of East Timor. Stahl had recorded the November 12th, 1991 Dili massacre, exposing it to the world. He notes the lack of media interest in the East Timor situation for many years. He explains his disbelief when world powers supported the Indonesian government despite its repression of East Timor. He then details the preparations of the East Timorese resistance movement leading up to the eventually cancelled visit of the Portuguese delegation.
Stahl explains why Timorese resistors chose to march to the Santa Cruz cemetery and details a small altercation between demonstrators and the Indonesian military that would be used to justify a massacre. After describing this massacre, Stahl emphasises the plurality of massacres of the Timorese. He also presents an eyewitness account from a man beaten by Indonesian soldiers and brought along with other dead and wounded protestors to a mortuary. Stahl explains that many demonstrators who had survived the initial attack were killed there. Finally, he emphasises the lack of information the massacred victims’ families received and the justice the people of East Timor seek.
The Report and Proceedings of APCET was published by the University of the Philippines in Dilman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Initiatives for International Dialogue

The Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings

This document is an excerpt from the Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings. The conference was held from May 31 – June 5, 1994.

This document contains:

  • Petition for Certiorari to overturn the TRO, Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court, Manila
  • Copy of Court Summons to Answer TRO by Manuela F. Lorenzo, Clerk of Court, Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court, National Capital Judicial Region, Branch 216, Quezon City (May 26th, 1994)
  • Agreement Forged by APCET Counsels with the Bureau of Immigration and Deportation by Atty. Ronaldo P. Ledesma, Executive Chairman, Board of Special Inquiry (June 3rd, 1994)
  • Supreme Court Order Overturning TRO by Luzviminda D. Puno, Clerk of Court, Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court, Manila (May 31st, 1994)
  • Temporary restraining order (May 31st, 1994)

The Report and Proceedings of APCET was published by the University of the Philippines in Dilman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Initiatives for International Dialogue

The Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings

This document is an excerpt from the Asia-Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCET) Report and Proceedings. The conference was held from May 31 – June 5, 1994.
This document contains:

  • APCET Workshop Reports
    o Workshop 1: Implications and Perspectives of the APCET on Human Rights and Advocacy Work in the Asia-Pacific Region
    o Workshop 2: Building Asian Solidarity Links with East Timor

Workshop 1 report: Implications and Perspectives of the APCET on Human Rights and Advocacy Work in the Asia-Pacific Region
This report contains seven (7) section headings each with a minimum of 2 sub-section headings.
The headings are:

  1. Human rights
  2. Resource Mobilisation and Development Cooperation
  3. Church Solidarity
  4. Women
  5. Indigenous peoples
  6. People’s Diplomacy, Education and Information Campaigns
  7. Legal aspects in East Timor
    Each section contains a sub-section with recommendations of the APCET on these questions.

Workshop 2 report: Building Asian Solidarity Links with East Timor
This report begins with a list of the organisations making up the workshop naming each with their country of origin.
It then provides background on the material discussed in the workshop. The workshop was divided into three smaller groups to discuss the issues presented in “Background” in greater detail.
Group A discussed:

  1. Information and Education
  2. Communication/Networking
    Group B discussed:
  3. Campaign Action
  4. Political and Policy Advocacy
    Group C discussed:
  5. Humanitarian Relief and Resource Mobilisation

The Report and Proceedings of APCET was published by the University of the Philippines in Dilman, Quezon City, Philippines.

Initiatives for International Dialogue

Canadians Concerned about Ethnic Violence in Indonesia

Titled, Canadians Concerned about Ethnic Violence in Indonesia, this position paper was created in January, 1999. It provides first a brief description of CCEVI. Then it discusses “The Historical Context of Anti-Chinese Discrimination and Violence” focusing on three components: “Pre-Suharto,” “The Suharto Years” and “Anti-Chinese Violence.” After, it presents “The Events of Mid-May, 1998” with sub-sections “The Riots” and “The Rapes”. Finally, it provides both “Recent Developments and CCEVI’s Recommendation to the Canadian Government” and “CCEVI’s Recommendations” – four courses of action that it argues the Canadian government could take to help re-establish stability in Indonesia.

Canadians Concerned about Ethnic Violence in Indonesia

Canadians Concerned about Ethnic Violence in Indonesia

  • B CACCEVI
  • Collection
  • 1998

CCEVI was formed in Toronto in the wake of violence against ethnic Chinese in Indonesia. It organized annual awareness events, especially among Chinese-Indonesian church networks in Toronto, and support for refugee claimants, while advocating for Canada to centre human rights in relations with Indonesia.

Canadians Concerned about Ethnic Violence in Indonesia

East Timor Alert Network Newsletter

  • OPIRG film screening raises eyebrows (Mike Adler)
  • INCO grant called into question (Shawn Murchison)
  • On the island of East Timor an invisible intifadah (David Webster)
  • Statement of the Canadian delegation to the 45th session of the UNHRC Hearings
  • What about East Timor?
  • Canada backs Kuwait, backs off on East Timor: Indonesia ranks highg in foreign aid despite human-rights abuses (Ahmed Elamin)
  • The world ignores East Timor’s struggle for independence (David Webster)
  • Amnesty International concerned for the safety of university students arrested during a peaceful demonstration
  • Canadian role in Indonesia opportunistic (John Sorenson)
  • Development and death in east Timor (Elaine Brière and Dan Devaney)
  • Canadian newspapers coverage of East Timor, 1990

East Timor Alert Network

ETAN Toronto protest, Indonesian consulate

Photograph of East Timor Alert Network vigil outside the Indonesian Consulate in Toronto, date unknown [1990s]. Vigils took place on a weekly basis for some years in the 1990s outside the office building housing the Indonesian Consulate at 425 University Avenue, Toronto. The Consulate later moved to its own building on Jarvis Street.

East Timor Alert Network

East Timor rally, Vancouver BC, 1996

Protesters hang a banner as part of an East Timor Alert Network rally held outside the Vancouver Art Gallery on Robson Street, Vancouver BC, prior to speeches delivered from the VAG steps.

East Timor Alert Network

Protest at Indonesian Consulate's home, Vancouver, 1996

East Timor Alert Network protest held in the back alley behind the residence of the Indonesian Consul-General in Vancouver. Pictured with sign is Jaggi Singh of ETAN and guests of the Indonesian Consul's reception on the occasion of Indonesian independence day, 17 August. This protest was one of a series that ETAN's Vancouver chapter held at Indonesian events to raise awareness about East Timor.

East Timor Alert Network

International solidarity groups meeting, Geneva, 1990s

An image of some of the participants at the annual informal meeting of East Timor solidarity groups held each year in Europe. This session was in the 1990s and timed to coincide with the annual meetings of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights. Exact date unknown. Pictured are Luisa Teotonio Pereira (Commission for the Rights of the Maubere People, Portugal); Jean Inglis (Free East Timor! Campaign, Japan), Sister Minica Nakamura (Free East Timor! Campaign, Japan) and Judy Gilson (Australia).

East Timor Alert Network

ETAN protest, Pratt and Whitney, Toronto

East Timor Alert network protesters attempt to block access to a loading bay at the Pratt and Whitney factory in Toronto. Pratt and Whitney was one company issued with military export licences to Indonesia. The protest aimed to highlight Canada's role in arming Indonesia as part of ETAN's campaign for an arms embargo on Indonesia. Photographer at right is one of the reporters who covered this event. The protesters were removed and arrested by local police.

East Timor Alert Network

Early Timor Activism in Canada

Nova Scotia East Timor Group, 1983-onwards

When Dalhousie University in Halifax started considering a project in Indonesia, a group of local people formed the Nova Scotia East Timor Group. The group, led by Bill Owen, Audrey Samson and Ross Shotton, undertook a letter-writing campaign to the Canadian government, the first time Ottawa felt compelled to respond to letters from the public. Ten years after the 1975 invasion of East Timor, the NSETG was instrumental in the Canadian component of an Amnesty International to raise awareness about human rights in East Timor. Under Indonesian rule, AI reported, some 200,000 Timorese had died.

  • Bill Owen (crouching) at NSETG literature table and banner showing, Halifax

East Timor Alert Network

Canada - Timor Church to Church Contacts

In 1983, Monsignor Martinho da Costa Lopes became the first Timorese voice to speak in Canada since the 1975 invasion. He had recently been removed as apostolic administrator of the diocese of Dili – in de facto terms, head of the Timorese Catholic church – for being too critical of Indonesia’s human rights record. Msgr da Costa Lopes came at the invitation of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, meeting Canadian Catholics and also lobbying the government and speaking to the
Canadian media.

  • The same year also saw the release of Peter Monet’s film “Betrayed But Not Beaten,” the first documentary to be produced in North America about East Timor.
    -Image: screen shot of Martinho da Costa Lopes from the film

East Timor Alert Network

Agio Pereira concert, Toronto

Agio Pereira of the East Timor Relief Association performs in a concert presented by ETAN/Toronot at the 519 Church Street community centre.

East Timor Alert Network

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