Title: “New generation of resistance energizes north Americans”

• Fewer and fewer: the unlikeliest family spreads the word (Cesar Silva Baptista)
• Hunger committee dies
• Intimidation and harassment
• Meeting the VEEP
• No fighter planes to Indonesia
• Cut trade subsidies; support workers rights
• UN moves slowly; negotiations stall
• Xanana speaks out

Title: Senate considers arms sales ban

• “I’m still fighting,” says activist singer (Anne Treseder)
• Activists, academics meet in Oporto (Mathew Jardine)
• Xanana speaks
• F5 sale stopped; trade sanctions possible
• UN commission condemns treatment of prisoners
• ETAN continental conference meets (John M. Miller)

Title: Senate takes historic vote on East Timor (Charles Scheiner and John Miller)

• Lobby for East Timor a success
• Indonesian military dominates economy, violates world bank rules (John Miller)
• Eyewitness report from Manila conference on East Timor (Charles Scheiner)
• Indonesia tries to buff its image in the US (Charles Sheiner)
• Confront the candidates: East Timor and the US elections
• Indonesia cracks down in order to stifle dissent
• Timorese youth arrested, jailed
• UN talks continue
• Amnesty international criticizes arms sales to Indonesia
• Constâncio Pinto reunited with family

Title: Washington sends mixed messages to Jakarta (Ben Terall and Charles Scheiner)

• East Timor 1995: A year of upheaval (John Miller)
• US Churches consider East Timor
• Bishop Belo provides spiritual leadership for East Timor (Ben Terall)
• Suharto comes to America for UN anniversary (John Miller)
• Organizing where the money is (Charles Scheiner)
• Asia pacific center formed (Charles Scheiner)
• Confronting Henry Kissinger

Title: Nobel peace prize a victory for East Timor

• US Indonesia policy hits the headlines… but its business as usual for weapons sellers
• ETAN activism: a hot summer (Mathew Jardine)
• Suharto under threat as a tide of democracy sweeps Indonesia (Carmel Budiardjo)
• A report on the grounds in East Timor
• Integration day
• Seeds of hope: a victory for East Timor in Britain
• Complicity – human rights and Canadian foreign policy: the case of East Timor (Sharon Scharfe)

Title: East Timor battle heats up on capitol hill (Matthew Jardine)

• ETAN works to block nomination of Stanley Roth to key foreign policy act
• Background briefing on US arms sales to Indonesia
• Organizing and activism (John Miller)
• ETAN hires full time staffers
• For East Timor’s guerillas, the struggle continues (Mathew Jardine)
• What is Indonesian money buying at the white house? (Charlie Scheiner)

Title: violence escalates in East Timor as self determination looms

• Xanana leaves prison for house arrest; Indonesian government hints at independence
• Albright supports Indonesian troop reductions and transparency in East Timor, calls for Xanana’s release (Lynn Fredriksson)
• About East Timor and thee East Timor action network
• ETANers strategize for post-Suharto action (Kristin Sundell)
• Peace brigades will go to East Timor
• ETAN seeks second Washington staffer
• On the Ground in East Timor: optimism tainted by continued repression (James Schmid)
• New hopes, old terror (Max Black)
• Movements growing in East Timor (Michael Beer)
• East Timorese activists to ttourn US
• Aceh conference held in New York (John Miller)

Title: Against all odds: the victory of a lost cause (John Rooosa)

• To resist is to win: how Washington succumbed to public pressure on East Timor
• About East Timor and thee East Timor action network
• United Nations takes over East Timor, belatedly and reluctantly (Charles Scheiner)
• Witness to triumph in a sea of terror (Ben Terrall)
• The world bank in East Timor: solidarity needed to avoid the usual traps (Lynn Fredriksson)

Title: We can’t stop here: US military assistance to Indonesia remains suspended but for East Timor, refugee return and accountability unresolved (Lynn Fredriksson)

• Gus Dur and the military monster (John Roosa)
• About East Timor and thee East Timor action network
• Indonesia general sued in US court (John Miller)
• Atrocity investigations in East Timor and the possibilities for a tribunal (John Miller)
• East Timor in transition: a view from the ground
• ETAN steering committee explores new territory (Kristin Sundell)
• International federation for East Timor launches new project (Charles Scheiner)

Congress Moves to Renew Military Ties with Indonesian Military

Indonesian Verdicts Strengthen Calls for International Tribunal

East Timor Puts U.S. Soldiers Above the Law

Will the Refugees Be Forgotten?

Indonesia Network Update

Remembering Senator Paul Wellstone (1944-2002)

Stories from Ainaro

The State of International Aid to East Timor

Kissinger Protests

Australia Continues to Steal East Timor’s Sea Resources

More Pressure Needed to Stop U.S.-TNI Ties

Justice . . . When?

Announcing ETAN Lobby Days June 6-8, 2004, Washington, DC

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
Page 2. East Timor Documents, Volume 1. November 9-16, 1991.
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

XANANA GUSMÃO SENTENCED TO LIFE ..................................................................................................... 6
XANANA APPEARS IN COURT.........................................................................................................................6
XANANA QUESTIONED ..................................................................................................................................7
XANANA GUSMÃO TAKES RESPONSIBILITY FOR SANTA CRUZ DEMONSTRATION .........................................9
LIFE DEMANDED FOR XANANA....................................................................................................................10
XANANA VERDICT MAY BE ‘HEAVIER’: SINGGIH..........................................................................................10
XANANA’S TRIAL THROWN INTO CONFUSION .............................................................................................10
XANANA GUSMÃO TRIAL MUST NOT CONTINUE ..........................................................................................11
XANANA WANTS TO CONTROL HIS OWN DEFENSE....................................................................................11
OBSERVERS KEPT FROM XANANA’S TRAIL...................................................................................................12
UN CONCERN AT XANANA TRIAL.................................................................................................................12
XANANA HANDS 26-PAGE DEFENSE PAPER .................................................................................................12
XANANA DEFENSE STATEMENT WILL NOT BE MADE PUBLIC......................................................................12
INTERPRETER FORCED ON XANANA ...........................................................................................................13
CONFUSION OVER JUDGE’S RULING .........................................................................................................14
JUDGE WARNS XANANA RE DEFENSE.........................................................................................................14
CNRM: XANANA’S TRIAL, INDONESIA’S SHAME...........................................................................................15
XANANA GAGGED. VERDICT ON FRIDAY....................................................................................................15
END THIS COURTROOM FARCE, FREE XANANA GUSMÃO!...........................................................................16
COMMENT ON LEGALITY OF XANANA’S GAGGING ......................................................................................16
DEFENCE PLEA OF XANANA GUSMÃO (EXCERPTS) ......................................................................................16
SEE AMOS WAKO SECTION ON ACCUSATIONS OF HIS INTERFERENCE IN THE TRIAL ................................20
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INDONESIAN LAWYERS CRITICIZE DILI COURT..........................................................................................20
ICJ LAWYERS CONDEMN GUSMÃO DECISION ............................................................................................20
ASIA WATCH: XANANA GUSMÃO DENIED FAIR TRIAL..................................................................................21
XANANA GETS LIFE......................................................................................................................................21
XANANA FACES LIFE....................................................................................................................................22
STATEMENT BY MR. JOSE RAMOS-HORTA ...................................................................................................22
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ADVICE TO EDITORS ........................................................................................24
LORD AVEBURY WANTS UK ACTION ON XANANA........................................................................................24
MEDIA COVERAGE.......................................................................................................................................25
IAN MACINTOSH ON XANANA TRIAL ..........................................................................................................25
XANANA SENTENCED TO LIFE BEHIND BARS ..............................................................................................25
DEFIANT XANANA REJECTS APPEAL ............................................................................................................26
XANANA GUSMÃO CONTINUES TO BE A SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE BEHIND PRISON BARS..........................26
GUSMÃO IN JAIL BUT BATTLE IS FAR FROM OVER.......................................................................................27
TAPOL: ICRC MUST PROTECT XANANA ........................................................................................................28
XANANA: VIVA TIMOR LESTE .......................................................................................................................28
INDONESIAN PAPERS REACTION TO SENTENCE.........................................................................................28
CNRM: XANANA ON HUNGER STRIKE; CONCERN FOR HIS HEALTH ..........................................................29
AI: FEAR OF TORTURE..................................................................................................................................30
XANANA GETS LIFE SENTENCE...................................................................................................................30
EAST TIMOR, A VICTIM OF DESPAIR...........................................................................................................31
XANANA CONFIRMED ON HUNGER STRIKE AND ILL...................................................................................32
RAMOS-HORTA INTERVIEW WITH ABC/AUSTRALIA .....................................................................................32
MILITARY CHIEF WANTS GUSMÃO OUT OF TIMOR.......................................................................................33
IAN MACINTOSH REPORTS ON XANANA......................................................................................................33
XANANA SENTENCE: REACTIONS............................................................................................................. 34
IN PORTUGAL ..............................................................................................................................................34
ROUND-UP OF OTHER RESPONSES TO THE XANANA VERDICT...................................................................35
TIMORESE AND OTHER REACTIONS TO THE LIFE SENTENCE......................................................................36
COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE PORTUGUESE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ......................................................37
MARIO SOARES: “XANANA WAS COURAGEOUS AND DIGNIFIED”................................................................37
PORTUGUESE PARLIAMEN T HALTS TO CONDEMN .......................................................................................38
INDONESIANS IGNORE PORTUGUESE REACTION .......................................................................................38
EVANS PLEADS FOR TIMOR LEADER...........................................................................................................38
QUESTION TIME IN THE AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMEN T ....................................................................................39
STATEMENT BY PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR EAST TIMOR (AUSTRALIA) ...........................................................39
JAPANESE REP. EDA’S STATEMENT..............................................................................................................39
CANADA ON XANANA GUSMÃO ...................................................................................................................40
XANANA SENTENCE: EDITORIALS............................................................................................................. 40
VANCOUVER SUN: INDONESIA’S SECRET....................................................................................................40
OBSERVER: SUHARTO’S CRIMES ................................................................................................................40
BOSTON GLOBE: INDONESIAN INJUSTICE.................................................................................................40
SMH: EAST TIMOR’S NELSON MANDELA.....................................................................................................41
AGE: A SHAM TRIAL, A BAD RESULT............................................................................................................41
NY TIMES: INDONESIA’S SILENCED ACCUSER ............................................................................................42
DUNN: THE MEANING OF XANANA GUSMÃO ...............................................................................................42
IRISH TRIB: INDONESIAN INJUSTICE IN EAST TIMOR ................................................................................43
XANANA SENTENCE: PROTESTS................................................................................................................ 44
DEMONSTRATION AT INDONESIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON .........................................................................44
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VICTORIA GROUP CALLS FOR ACTION ON XANANA ....................................................................................44
ACTION IN DARWIN ....................................................................................................................................44
RESPONDING TO THE CURRENT CRISIS: IDEAS FROM MELBOURNE..........................................................45
DEMONSTRATIONS IN SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK CITY ..........................................................................45
AGIR POUR TIMOR ON XANANA VERDICT...................................................................................................45
URGENT APPEAL ON XG HUNGER STRIKE...................................................................................................46
AGIR POUR TIMOR ON XANANA VERDICT...................................................................................................46
CDPM URGENT APPEAL ON HUNGER STRIKE.............................................................................................46
TIMORESE COMMUNITY PROTEST IN CANBERRA........................................................................................46
VICTORIA PROTESTS ...................................................................................................................................47
PROTEST AT INDONESIAN CONSULATE, DARWIN .......................................................................................47
ACTIONS IN SYDNEY ..................................................................................................................................48
TOKYO DEMO: FREE XANANA! .....................................................................................................................48
HUNGER STRIKE OUTSIDE INDONESIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON ................................................................49
PORTUGUESE ACTIONS TO FREE XANANA AND ALL TIMORESE POLITICAL PRISONERS .............................49
JONATHAN HUMPHREYS ENDS HUNGER STRIKE; THREE BEGIN IN LISBON ..............................................50
WHO DOES XANANA’S LAWYER REPRESENT? ......................................................................................... 50
SUDJONO: IN THE INDONESIAN AUTHORITIES’ SERVICE? .........................................................................50
SUDJONO’S DEVIOUS ROLE........................................................................................................................50
XANANA TO SEEK CLEMENCY: LAWYER.......................................................................................................51
INTERVIEWS WITH XANANA’S LAWYER SUDJONO, RODNEY LEWIS...........................................................51
XANANA TO SEEK PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY: LAWYER ..............................................................................53
XANANA ‘CLEMENCY PLEA’ A MONSTROUS DECEPTION..............................................................................54
CNRM DENOUNCES SUDJONO....................................................................................................................54
SUDJONO LODGES APPEAL FOR CLEMENCY...............................................................................................55
MORE SUDJONO DECEPTIONS....................................................................................................................55
CLEMENCY PLEA NOT SIGNED BY XANANA.................................................................................................55
OTHER EAST TIMORESE IN PRISON.......................................................................................................... 55
CAMPAIGN FOR SATURNINO’S RELEASE .....................................................................................................55
JAKARTA: EAST TIMOR REBEL (PINTO) CAUGHT. (NOT!)...............................................................................58
MA’HUNO: “THE WORD TRAITOR IS EASILY SAID” .......................................................................................58
APPEAL IN FAVOUR OF MAU HUNO.............................................................................................................61
MAU HUNU’S INCREDIBLE “ABOUT-TURN”...................................................................................................62
EAST TIMORESE PRISONERS REMOVED FROM TIMOR ................................................................................62
RED CROSS SUSPENDS VISITS TO EAST TIMOR POLITICAL PRISONERS.....................................................63
ICRC SUSPENSION OF PRISON VISITS IN EAST TIMOR JEOPARDIZES PRISONERS’ WELFARE ...................63
AMOS WAKO’S APRIL VISIT TO TIMOR; ACCUSATIONS ........................................................................... 64
U.N. ENVOY GETS NEW FIGURES ON DILI MASSACRE TOLL.......................................................................64
INDONESIA PROMISES NOT TO MISTREAT TIMORESE ................................................................................64
SYAFEI REFUSES TO MEET AMOS WAKO......................................................................................................65
JUWONO SUDARSONO ON AMOS WAKO VISIT............................................................................................65
TEMPO INTERVIEWS ALATAS ON WAKO, THE US AND EAST TIMOR.............................................................65
THE LATEST WAKO MISSION IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR A THOROUGH-GOING INVESTIGATION ....................66
SYAFEI SAYS WAKO INCITED XANANA .......................................................................................................67
BOUTROS-GHALI RESPONDS TO INDONESIAN CHARGES...........................................................................67
UN DAILY PRESS BRIEFING ON WAKO “INFLUEN CE” ..................................................................................68
EVENTS INSIDE EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................... 68
TIMORESE STUDENTS APOLOGIZE FOR KILLINGS ......................................................................................68
TIM-TIM DOES NOT RESIST ANYMORE........................................................................................................69
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REBELS TO FIGHT ON DESPITE CAPTURE OF MA’HUNU...............................................................................70
FEAR AND REPRESSION STILL RULE AREA OCCUPIED BY INDONESIA........................................................71
A VOICE, OFTEN SILEN CED, TELLS OF EAST TIMOR’S FEAR........................................................................73
KOLAKOPS OFFICIALLY DISSOLVED ............................................................................................................74
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.........................................................................................................................75
RECENT APPEALS FROM EAST TIMOR..........................................................................................................75
ICRC DILI OFFICE AVOIDS CLOSURE ..........................................................................................................76
AI: STUDENTS ARRESTED, TORTURED? .......................................................................................................76
ABILIO OSORIO INTERVIEWED: EAST TIMOR AFTER KOLAKOPS .................................................................77
INDONESIANS WANT JOURNALISTS OUT, NOW! .........................................................................................78
INDONESIAN TIMORESE ATTACKS PORTUGAL ............................................................................................78
WEB OF TERROR TRAPS EAST TIMORESE ....................................................................................................78
SYAFEI DEFYING JAKARTA ..........................................................................................................................79
TIMORESE ACTIVISTS ABROAD ................................................................................................................ 80
JOINT DECLARATION FROM EXTERNAL RESISTANCE..................................................................................80
EXILED EAST TIMORESE RESISTANCE LEADER (HORTA) PLANS RETURN ....................................................81
HORTA IN BRISBANE: CAPTURES HAVE NOT WEAKENED MOVEMENT.........................................................82
JOÃO CARRASCALÃO INTERVIEW...............................................................................................................82
ABILIO ARAUJO MEETS WITH PATRIARCH ...................................................................................................83
CONSTÂNCIO PINTO: THE STRUGGLE FOR SELF-DETERMINATION ...........................................................83
MARI ALKATIRI INTERVIEW .........................................................................................................................85
INDONESIANS TRY TO SECURE SEAT AT THE TABLE....................................................................................86
UDT POSTPONES CONGRESS ......................................................................................................................86
RAMOS-HORTA OPTIMISTIC ON UN VOTE ...................................................................................................87
INDONESIAN WEAPONS PURCHASES OPPOSED ....................................................................................... 87
PURCHASE OF U.K. HAWK JET FIGHTERS REMAINS IDEA .........................................................................87
STOP THE SALE OF U.S. JET FIGHTER PLANES FROM JORDAN TO INDONESIA...........................................88
INDONESIA TO BUY 39 GERMAN WARSHIPS ...............................................................................................90
INDONESIAN MILITARY AND GOVERNMENT............................................................................................. 92
COVER ARTICLES ON ABRI PROMOTIONS...................................................................................................92
TEMPO INTERVIEWS THEO SYAFEI .............................................................................................................93
SUDRADJAT GIVING UP TOP ABRI POST “IN THE NEAR FUTURE’.................................................................94
LOPEZ DA CRUZ BECOMES SPECIAL AMBASSADOR.....................................................................................94
WHITHER EAST TIMOR?...............................................................................................................................95
INDONESIA’S ECONOMY .............................................................................................................................95
ALATAS: “IF THAT WERE THE UN’S DECISION...”..........................................................................................96
ON A BACKGROUND OF TENSION BETWEEN MILITARY AND MOSLEMS ......................................................97
TIMORESE STUDENTS “MUST GO HOME”....................................................................................................97
INDONESIA TOUCHY ABOUT U.N. ACTIVITIES IN JAKARTA..........................................................................98
SUHARTO REJECTS CLINTON MEETING .....................................................................................................98
ARMY WINS ANOTHER SKIRMISH WITH SUHARTO......................................................................................99
INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL MEET IN ROME............................................................................................ 99
TIMOR: DANGEROUS NEGOTIATIONS .........................................................................................................99
RESISTANCE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT ROME TALKS........................................................................................ 100
EAST TIMOR: THE (PORTUGUESE) STRATEGY............................................................................................. 101
TIMORESE WANT TO DEFINE NEW STRATEGY IN ROME............................................................................ 102
LITTLE EXPECTED FROM TALKS BETWEEN LISBON AND JAKARTA............................................................. 103
LETTER TO BOUTROS-GHALI FROM EUROPEAN POLITICIANS ................................................................... 104
PORTUGAL ON TALKS: TOTAL CONTRADICTION ........................................................................................ 104
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SECRETARY-GENERAL HOLDS TALKS WITH FOREI GN MINISTERS OF INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL ......... 105
SELF-DETERMINATION ‘SHELVED’............................................................................................................. 105
INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL HOLD TIMOR TALKS..................................................................................... 106
ROME TALKS PRODUCE NOTHING ............................................................................................................ 106
TALKS BETWEEN LISBON AND JAKARTA YIELD LITTLE RESULT................................................................. 106
POPE PRAYS LEADERS FIND PEACEFUL SOLUTION FOR EAST TIMOR ....................................................... 107
POPE RAISES EAST TIMOR ISSUE WITH INDONESIAN OFFICIAL ............................................................... 107
JOSE RAMOS-HORTA ON ROME TALKS...................................................................................................... 107
NO PROGRESS IN TALKS ON TIMOR ........................................................................................................ 108
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS DEBATES ............................................................................................................... 109
NON-ALIGNED NATIONS SEEK COMMON FRONT TO FACE WEST.............................................................. 109
ASIA-PACIFIC NGO CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS ............................................................................. 109
NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST TIMOR ............................................................................................................ 110
RESPONSE TO THIRD WORLD NETWORK FEATURES................................................................................. 111
BUYUNG: INDONESIA COULD BECOME YUGOSLAVIA................................................................................ 112
EVENTS IN EUROPE................................................................................................................................. 113
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTIONS ON XANANA............................................................................... 113
IRISH SENATOR RAISES TIMOR AT INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION ......................................................... 113
PRO-RI ASSOCIATION IN EUROPEAN PARLIAMEN T................................................................................... 113
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF JOURNALISTS’ RESOLUTION ON EAST TIMOR................................. 114
BARROSO: AN “OCEAN” SEPARATES PORTUGAL AND INDONESIA............................................................. 114
DURÃO BARROSO IN MOSCOW: ANGOLA & TIMOR REVIEWED ................................................................. 114
FRIDAY VIGIL AT LISBON’S ‘SPACE FOR EAST TIMOR’ ............................................................................... 115
SOLIDARITY SHOW IN PARIS .................................................................................................................... 115
LETTER FROM THE FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTRY ...................................................................................... 115
BELGIAN-INDONESIAN AGREEMENT ON AID POSTPONED ....................................................................... 115
BRITISH TO INCREASE INVESTMENT IN INDONESIA................................................................................. 116
EVENTS IN CANADA................................................................................................................................. 116
UNITED CHURCH OF CANADA RESOLUTION ............................................................................................. 116
EAST TIMOR POETRY PROJECT.................................................................................................................. 117
PORTUGUESE CANADIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS RESOLUTION ON EAST TIMOR ...................................... 117
CANADIAN LABOUR CONGRESS LETTERS.................................................................................................. 117
CANADIAN MPS JOIN IN CALLS FOR PRESSURE ON INDONESIA.............................................................. 118
CANADA BACKS EAST TIMOR SENTENCES DESPITE OUTCRY .................................................................... 118
EVENTS IN THE U.S.A. ............................................................................................................................. 119
CONGRESSMEN PONDER VISIT TO EAST TIMOR ....................................................................................... 119
LETTERS EXCHANGE IN WASHINGTON POST............................................................................................ 119
PRESSURE THE U.S. ADMINISTRATION TO CUT OFF GSP TRADE BENEFITS TO INDONESIA...................... 120
HARD LABOUR – DISPUTE OVER WORKERS’ RIGHTS SOURS US-INDONESIA TIES.................................... 120
TIMORESE VISIT CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE................................................................................... 121
INDONESIAN PUBLIC RELATIONS IN U.S. STEPPED UP ............................................................................ 122
ALATAS: CLINTON ADMINISTRATION ACCEPTS INTEGRATION .................................................................. 122
CLINTON TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIZATION IN INDONESIA? .................................................................... 122
VICE PRESIDENT ALBERT GORE SPEAKS OUT ON EAST TIMOR ................................................................ 123
CLINTON PUSHES FOR TOP UN POST ON HUMAN RIGHTS........................................................................ 124
ETAN/US NETWORK NEWS ISSUE NO. 6 MAY 1993................................................................................... 124
PELL: INDONESIAN ABUSE OF HUMAN RIGHTS CONTINUES IN EAST TIMOR............................................ 130
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EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA............................................................................................................................ 131
AUSTRALIA’S ROLE IN TIMOR’S TRAGEDY ................................................................................................. 131
PROPOSED MOTION BY AUSTRALIAN PARLIAMENTARIAN ......................................................................... 132
EAST TIMOR RELIEF ASSOCIATION............................................................................................................ 132
FRETILIN 19TH ANNIVERSARY IN AUSTRALIA............................................................................................ 133
AUSTRALIA WANTS U.S. MILITARY IN REGION .......................................................................................... 134
ABC RADIO TALK-BACK ON EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................... 134
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES ................................................................................................................... 134
BBC DOCUMENTARY AND PICTURES OF TIMOR IN AFRICA ....................................................................... 134
A ROAD TO TIMOR..................................................................................................................................... 135
INDONESIAN ANNEXATION DISCUSSED BY PALOP SUMMIT..................................................................... 135
EAST TIMOR AND A FILM ABOUT ACEH ...................................................................................................... 136
JUST RELEASED: “XANANA"- A DOCUMENTARY......................................................................................... 137
ALGERIA’S DIPLOMACY ............................................................................................................................. 137
U2 CONCERT IN LISBON............................................................................................................................ 137

XANANA IN PRISON; SENTENCE SHORTENED............................................................................................. 7
SUHARTO ‘PONDERS’ XANANA PARDON .......................................................................................................7
PUBLIC STATEMENT: RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN EAST TIMOR ...................................................7
XANANA TRANSFER TO SEMARANG? .............................................................................................................7
EVANS ASKS XANANA CLEMENCY .................................................................................................................7
XANANA SENTENCE REDUCED......................................................................................................................8
CONCERNS REMAIN ABOUT IMPRISONED RESISTANCE LEADER, DESPITE CLEMENCY................................8
LIBERATION ON XANANA...............................................................................................................................9
PROTESTS GO ON AS GUSMÃO TERM CUT.....................................................................................................9
JAKARTA POST ON SENTENCE REDUCTIONS ................................................................................................9
XANANA TRANSFERRED TO JAVA .................................................................................................................9
XANANA SENTENCE COMMUTED.................................................................................................................10
INDONESIAN NATIONAL DAY COMMUTATIONS...........................................................................................12
INDONESIA REDUCES SEPARATIST’S PRISON TERM ...................................................................................12
JAMES DUNN ON ‘POLITICS’ OF SENTENCE REDUCTION ............................................................................12
ETRA COMMENTS ON EAST TIMOR LATEST EVENTS.....................................................................................13
XANANA ON HUNGER STRIKE AGAIN.........................................................................................................14
XANANA COULD GET SAKHAROV PRIZE......................................................................................................14
XANANA GUSMÃO BEING TREATED LIKE A COMMON CRIMINAL.................................................................14
RED CROSS VISIT TO XANANA ....................................................................................................................15
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EVENTS INSIDE EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................... 15
APPEAL FROM EAST TIMORESE STUDENTS..................................................................................................15
MA’HUNU REPORTED RELEASED .................................................................................................................15
AI ALERT: ARRESTS......................................................................................................................................16
MANPOWER ISSUES IN EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................................................17
LETTER FROM TIMORESE RESISTANCE LEADER KONIS SANTANA TO PRES. MARIO SOARES ....................17
INDONESIA TO PULL OUT COMBAT TROOPS................................................................................................20
TIMORESE LEFT ON THE RIM OF APEC’S PACIFIC RIM ................................................................................21
ABRI TIMOR VETERAN REMINISCES ............................................................................................................22
SIGNS OF LIFE FROM THE RESISTANCE......................................................................................................22
AMNESTIES FOR MAU HUNO AND MAU HODU? ...........................................................................................23
LETTER FROM EAST TIMOR..........................................................................................................................23
TIMORESE RELEASED ..................................................................................................................................24
FURTHER ARRESTS IN TIMOR......................................................................................................................24
RED CROSS PROBLEMS IN TIMOR...............................................................................................................24
HUNDREDS OF EAST TIMORESE CHILDREN DIE OF DIARRHEA, CATHECHISTS REPORT............................24
INDONESIA ESCALATES REIGN OF TERROR IN EAST TIMOR.......................................................................25
BISHOP BELO TALKS OF CHURCH ROLE IN EAST TIMOR.............................................................................25
EAST TIMOR CHURCH NOMINATED FOR NOBEL PEACE PRIZE....................................................................26
FOREST FIRES RAGE IN EAST TIMOR...........................................................................................................26
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS VISIT; MASS ARRESTS......................................................................... 27
CONGRESSIONAL STAFFERS TO VISIT EAST TIMOR.....................................................................................27
US MISSION’S VISIT TO EAST TIMOR..........................................................................................................28
US DELEGATION FINDS CITY DESERTED.....................................................................................................29
US DELEGATION TO MEET (ALMOST) ‘EVERYONE’........................................................................................29
ARRESTS PRECEDE U.S. DELEGATION........................................................................................................29
REQUIRED COURSES...................................................................................................................................30
AI: INDONESIA MASS ARRESTS ...................................................................................................................31
SWEDISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION VISITS EAST TIMOR.............................................................. 31
SWEDISH MP’S TO VISIT INDONESIA AND EAST TIMOR..............................................................................31
SWEDISH PARLIAMENTARY DELEGATION LEFT FOR INDONESIA AND EAST TIMOR TODAY ........................32
SWEDISH VISIT TO EAST TIMOR..................................................................................................................32
SWEDISH PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSURED FREE MOVEMENT, ACCESS IN EAST TIMOR................................33
FINNISH MP REFUSED ENTRY TO INDONESIA ...........................................................................................33
INDONESIA WANTS NO VISITS....................................................................................................................34
SWEDES IN EAST TIMOR: “CONSTANTLY WATCHED”...................................................................................34
SWEDISH PARLIAMENTARIANS INTERVIEWED FROM DILI ..........................................................................34
PARLIAMENTARIANS AT PRESS CONFERENCE IN JAKARTA.........................................................................35
SWEDISH MPS DENOUNCE MASS DETENTION IN EAST TIMOR..................................................................36
SWEDISH MPS ACCUSED OF BIAS BY INDONESIA.......................................................................................37
BELO: “WE ARE LIVING IN A PRISON” .........................................................................................................37
SEVEN ASYLUM-SEEKERS STILL IN JAKARTA.......................................................................................... 38
STATEMENT BY FOUR ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO WERE IN FINNISH EMBASSY...............................................38
PORTUGAL NEGOTIATING ON ASYLUM.......................................................................................................39
FINNS DENY ACCUSATIONS OF BAD TREATMENT........................................................................................39
MIXED SIGNALS ON ASYLUM ......................................................................................................................39
ALATAS: ISSUE ‘DEAD’ .................................................................................................................................39
PRINCEN: “I CANNOT MIND THEM FOREVER” .............................................................................................39
FOREIGN MINISTER CONFIRMS PORTUGUESE PASSPORTS FOR THE SEVEN TIMORESE ...........................40
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JAKARTA ARRESTS MORE TIMORESE..........................................................................................................41
STUDENTS: PORTUGAL CALLS ON FINLAND TO ACT....................................................................................41
MATEUS XIMENES: “THERE IS NO FUTURE HERE FOR US” ........................................................................41
EVENTS IN INDONESIA.............................................................................................................................. 42
INDONESIA ON-BOARD CLINTON APEC ......................................................................................................42
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION FRAUD?......................................................................................................42
AMNESTY CALLS FOR HALT TO LINKS WITH KOPASSUS..............................................................................42
INDONESIAN VICE-PRESIDENT WARNS OF ‘TRAITORS’...............................................................................42
MAU HUDU INTERVIEWED ON TV INDONESIA............................................................................................43
SUHARTO SPEECH KEENLY AWAITED .........................................................................................................43
SUHARTO: INDONESIA ON VERGE OF ECONOMIC TAKEOFF.......................................................................43
EAST TIMORESE SCHOLARSHIPS WITHDRAWN ...........................................................................................44
INDONESIA EXPELS ‘AGE’ JOURNALIST ......................................................................................................44
AMNESTY ANNUAL REPORT ON HUMAN RIGHTS .........................................................................................44
INVESTMENT NEEDED TO DEVELOP EASTERN INDONESIA RESOURCES ....................................................45
THE TIMORESE EXTERNAL RESISTANCE ................................................................................................. 45
EXTERNAL FRETILIN COMMUNIQUÉ ON REORGANIZATION........................................................................45
ABILIO ARAUJO DEPOSED ...........................................................................................................................46
MARI ALKATIRI INTERVIEW .........................................................................................................................46
AGIO PEREIRA ON THE FUTURE OF THE EAST TIMORESE RESISTANCE.......................................................47
FRETILIN: ROOTS OF THE FRICTION ..........................................................................................................48
SOLIDARITY MESSAGE TO GABRIELA FROM FRETILIN.................................................................................52
ABILIO ARAUJO INTERVIEWED ....................................................................................................................53
PRO-INTEGRATION TIMORESE WANT TO TALK....................................................................................... 55
ABILIO ARAUJO, FRETILIN LEADER “THE ARMED STRUGGLE HAS FOLDED”................................................55
LOPEZ DA CRUZ INTERVIEWED IN EDITOR.................................................................................................57
RECONCILIATION MEETING BACKED BY XIMENES BELO ............................................................................57
INDONESIA TO MEET REBELS TO DISCUSS ISLAND’S FUTURE...................................................................57
LOPEZ DA CRUZ AVOIDS BRUSSELS...........................................................................................................57
EAST TIMORESE TALKS CLOUDED IN UNCERTAINTY...................................................................................58
HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CONDEMNED AS TALKS ARE POSTPONED ...........................................................58
INDONESIA ACTS ON INTERNATIONAL FRONTS ....................................................................................... 59
INDONESIA WORKS ON IMAGE...................................................................................................................59
“NON-POLITICAL” VISIT TO THE POPE.........................................................................................................59
VOX POPULI, VOX DEI (TIMORESE CHIEFS VISIT JAKARTA) ........................................................................60
TIMOR: AN ALATAS-STYLE REFERENDUM ....................................................................................................61
LABOR RIGHTS; INDONESIA’S U.S. TRADE PREFERENCES THREATENED............................................... 61
GSP LOBBY BEGINS ACTION........................................................................................................................61
‘GOOD US TIES’ THREATENED .....................................................................................................................61
GOLKAR SEEKS LABOR REFORMS ...............................................................................................................62
INDONESIAN PRESS RESPONSES TO GSP CUTOFF THREAT........................................................................62
ALATAS: NO GRAND STRATEGY ON TRADE PRIVILEGES..............................................................................65
LABOR STRIKES BACK .................................................................................................................................65
INDONESIA REPLIES ON GSP......................................................................................................................66
INDONESIA: UNION OF PROBLEMS.............................................................................................................66
LABOR UNREST GROWING IN INDONESIA.................................................................................................67
UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................... 68
AI TESTIFIES ON IMPUNITY .........................................................................................................................68
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U.N. STUDYING REBEL PROPOSAL FOR A REFERENDUM.............................................................................68
DOUBLE-TROUBLE FOR JAKARTA AT THE UN IN GENEVA............................................................................69
HUMAN RIGHTS SUBCOMMISSION CONCLUDES 45TH SESSION AT GENEVA..............................................70
INDONESIA INTERFERED IN U.N. PROBE, U.S. SAYS...................................................................................71
GEOFFREY GUNN AND PEREZ DE CUELLAR ................................................................................................73
EAST TIMOR AGAIN TO BE DEFERRED BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY ..................................................................73
PORTUGUESE STATEMENT IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY.....................................................................................74
ALATAS ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY..................................................................................74
INDONESIA-PORTUGAL NEGOTIATIONS AT U.N........................................................................................ 75
BOUTROS-GHALI PROPOSES POSTPONEMENT OF PORTUGAL/INDONESIA TALKS?....................................75
NEGOTIATION MUST SAY TO JAKARTA: YOU LOST THE BATTLE IN THE POLITICAL FIELD ...........................75
CONTEXT OF COMING UN TALKS ................................................................................................................75
ALATAS HOPEFUL ABOUT UN TALKS............................................................................................................76
INDONESIA ACCUSES PORTUGAL FOR ITS INFLEXIBLE STANCE.................................................................76
PORTUGAL AND INDONESIA - GET OUT FROM EAST TIMOR........................................................................77
STATEMENT FROM SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPRESENTATIVE....................................................................77
PORTUGAL AND INDONESIA MEET AT U.N. .................................................................................................77
THIRD ROUND OF TALKS HELD ON EAST TIMOR.........................................................................................78
INDONESIA, PORTUGAL REPORT PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ..............................................................78
UN MOVES INTO TIMOR ..............................................................................................................................79
PROGRESS REPORT OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL ....................................................................................79
ALATAS ON UN TIMOR TALKS ......................................................................................................................80
EVENTS IN ASIA......................................................................................................................................... 80
‘MACAO SUSPENDS ITS SUPPORT TO TIMORESE’ ........................................................................................80
JAPANESE SCHOOL SUPPORTER MEETS DARWIN TIMORESE COMMUNITY.................................................81
W.W.II ENEMIES UNITE IN SOLIDARITY WITH EAST TIMOR ........................................................................81
ET ISSUE IN JAPANESE POLITICAL SCENE..................................................................................................82
EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA.............................................................................................................................. 82
FORUM ON EAST TIMOR IN CANBERRA......................................................................................................82
INDONESIA TO JOIN WAR GAMES..............................................................................................................83
PROTESTS AGAINST GARUDA AIRLINES ......................................................................................................83
KEATING REBUKED FOR EAST TIMOR STANCE............................................................................................83
TIMOR GAP – SPRATLYS MODEL?................................................................................................................83
PRESSURE APPLIED ON AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS FOR GUSMÃO ..............................................................83
18TH ANNIVERSARY OF FALINTIL...............................................................................................................84
SUHARTO’S CANBERRA CRONIES INCREASE EAST TIMOR AGONY..............................................................84
NEW HOPE FOR EAST TIMOR, BUT IT DOESN’T COME FROM AUSTRALIA.....................................................85
MEET THE TIMORESE COMMUNITY IN NSW ................................................................................................85
BISHOP OF TONGA URGES AUSTRALIA TO RESOLVE REGIONAL CONFLICTS ..............................................86
ACFOA COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS..................................................................................................................86
EVENTS IN EUROPE................................................................................................................................... 86
INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST DEN IED DUTCH VISA ..................................................................86
FRANCE ACCUSED OF DUPLICITY TOWARDS THIRD WORLD ON HUMAN RIGHTS ......................................88
INDONESIA LOBBY ENTICES EURO-MPS ....................................................................................................88
EP QUESTION LINKED TO TIMOR ...............................................................................................................89
EVENTS IN BRITAIN................................................................................................................................... 89
LORD AVEBURY WRITES HURD ON ARMS SALES .........................................................................................89
LONDON VIGIL TO OPPOSE HAWK SALE .....................................................................................................90
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UK ‘LIED ABOUT TIMOR JAIL VISITS’ ..........................................................................................................90
LONDON TIMES EDITORIAL: “OCCUPIED EAST TIMOR”...............................................................................90
PRINCEN IN LONDON .................................................................................................................................92
EVENTS IN PORTUGAL............................................................................................................................... 92
THE INDONESIAN PARTY IN FORCE IN PORTUGAL .....................................................................................92
RESISTANCE AND RENOUNCEMENT............................................................................................................92
INDONESIAN LAWYER ARRIVES IN PORTUGAL ...........................................................................................93
ALI ALATAS ABOUT PORTUGAL: ATTITUDE AND FACT IN CONFLICT.............................................................93
SOARES: “ONE IS NOT BORN A DEMOCRAT” ...............................................................................................94
PORTUGUESE BUSINESSMEN SEEK INDONESIAN TIES............................................................................ 94
BUSINESSMEN ADVOCATE RI-PORTUGAL TIES............................................................................................94
PORTUGAL MASS MEDIA INFLAMES SOCIETY ..............................................................................................94
PORTUGAL-INDONESIA ASSOCIATION ........................................................................................................95
INDONESIA-PORTUGAL RELATIONS?...........................................................................................................95
PORTUGUESE BUSINESSMAN PRAISES INDONESIA....................................................................................96
INDONESIANS, PRESSURE & BUSINESS......................................................................................................96
MACEDO SPURNED BY EAST TIMORESE IN PORTUGAL ...............................................................................96
EVENTS IN CANADA................................................................................................................................... 96
EAST TIMOR UPDATE #25 FROM CANADA....................................................................................................96
EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES............................................................................................................... 97
CALIFORNIA/NEVADA METHODISTS PASS RESOLUTION .............................................................................97
EAST TIMOR’S DAY IS COMING ...................................................................................................................98
NEW INDONESIAN CIVILIAN AMBASSADOR TO US......................................................................................98
DEMONSTRATION IN SAN FRANCISCO........................................................................................................98
BOEING ASSISTS AIR FORCE.......................................................................................................................98
EAST TIMOR AND THE CORPORATE MEDIA .................................................................................................99
EAST TIMOR - STILL EXPLOITED, PERSECUTED ......................................................................................... 100
ON TIMOR, US RUSHES IN WHERE AUSTRALIA FEARS TO TREAD.............................................................. 101
EAST TIMOR FOR I WAS A STRANGER ....................................................................................................... 101
INDONESIA FAULTED ON HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................................................ 102
U.S. LIKELY TO REVIEW APPROACH AFTER ROWS..................................................................................... 102
ETAN/US NETWORK NEWS........................................................................................................................ 103
A ROMANTIC LOBBYIST ............................................................................................................................. 105
PRIME MINISTER KEATING GOES TO WASHINGTON AND DUBLIN........................................................ 106
KEATING ADVICE MISGUIDED................................................................................................................... 106
EAST TIMOR FOUNDATION REJECTS KEATING’S ADVICE.......................................................................... 107
WE’RE ALL DRESSED UP, PLEASE TELL US WHERE TO GO......................................................................... 107
THE WRONG SIGNAL................................................................................................................................. 108
CLINTON/KEATING PRESS CONFERENCE................................................................................................. 109
PM WASHES BLOOD FROM OTHER HANDS................................................................................................ 109
INDONESIAN ACTIVIST CONDEMNS KEATING’S ‘MUSIC’........................................................................... 110
THE PRIME MINISTER WAS ON THE WRONG TRACK ................................................................................. 110
US DIGS IN ON JAKARTA RIGHTS ABUSE.................................................................................................. 111
KEATING TO FACE WIDESPREAD EAST TIMOR PROTESTS IN IRELAND ..................................................... 112
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF AGENT FOR JAKARTA.............................................................. 112
RIGHTS BREACHES ‘MUST NOT SOUR RELATIONS’.................................................................................... 113
IRISH PROTEST OVER TIMOR .................................................................................................................... 113
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U.S. BLOCKS SALE OF F-5 JETS BY JORDAN TO INDONESIA................................................................. 113
CITING RIGHTS ISSUE, U.S. VETOES TRANSFER OF F-5 JETS TO INDONESIA ........................................... 113
STATE DEPT.: F-5 RESALE BAN ‘NOT PRECEDENT’ ..................................................................................... 114
INDONESIA NOT TOLD F-5S DECISION .................................................................................................... 114
INDONESIA MIGHT SHOP FOR OTHER JET FIGHTERS............................................................................... 114
SELF DEFENSE AND REALITY..................................................................................................................... 115
JAKARTA TO BRIEF US ON HUMAN RIGHTS ............................................................................................... 115
AMMUNITION FOR JAKARTA’S CRITICS ..................................................................................................... 115
‘SMALL’ F-5 DEAL’S END WILL COST CALIFORNIA COMPANY DEARLY, CEO SAYS ..................................... 117
LORD: HUMAN RIGHTS STILL HINDER RI -US RELATIONS......................................................................... 117
INDONESIA: WEAPONS OF DISCORD....................................................................................................... 118
TORRANCE FIRM A VICTIM AS U.S. BLOCKS JET DEAL .............................................................................. 118
NEW US-INDONESIA TENSION .................................................................................................................. 119
INDONESIA CANCELS PURCHASE OF F-5E’S FROM JORDAN ..................................................................... 119
FEINGOLD AMENDMENT LINKS ARMS SALES AND HUMAN RIGHTS ..................................................... 119
TEXT OF FEINGOLD ARMS SALES AMENDMENT......................................................................................... 119
AMNESTY WRITES U.S. SENATE ON EAST TIMOR....................................................................................... 120
TWENTY GROUPS SUPPORT FEINGOLD AMENDMENT............................................................................... 121
U.S. MAY BLOCK ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA........................................................................................... 122
TELL CONGRESS TO END U.S. ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA...................................................................... 122
END U.S. ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA...................................................................................................... 122
LIMIT THE ARMS TRADE ............................................................................................................................ 123
INDONESIA’S SUPPORTERS LOBBY AGAINST FEINGOLD........................................................................... 123
DOWN TO THE WIRE ON ARMS SALES CUTOFF ......................................................................................... 125
SENATE COMMITTEE LINKS ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA TO HUMAN RIGHTS......................................... 126
EAST TIMOR ISSUE SHOWS NO SIGN OF GOING AWAY ............................................................................ 126
U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVES ARMS SALE CURB............................................................................ 127
JAKARTA REGRETS U.S. VOTE TO BAR ARMS SALES .................................................................................. 127
TIMOR REBELS HAIL U.S. SENATE VOTE AGAINST INDONESIA.................................................................. 128
PORTUGUESE FOREIGN MINISTRY APPLAUDS TIMOR AMENDMENT......................................................... 128
CLINTON TIES ARMS SALES TO RIGHTS IN EAST TIMOR ........................................................................... 128
US SENATE MOVE TO BAN JAKARTA ARMS ................................................................................................ 128
INDONESIA DEFENDS TIMOR ROLE ......................................................................................................... 129
ALATAS: US WILL ALSO LOSE OUT ............................................................................................................ 129
INDONESIA THREATENS TO BUY ARMS ELSEWHERE................................................................................. 130
TOWARDS THE US, WE SHOULD BE MORE SAVAGE (GALAK) ..................................................................... 130
FEINGOLD PROPOSAL ADOPTED BY ACCLAMATION .................................................................................. 131
COMMITTEE ACCEPTS FEI NGOLD AMENDMENT; FLOOR VOTE IN SEPTEMBER.......................................... 131
JAKARTA MAY BUY EUROPEAN ARMS OVER HUMAN RIGHTS .................................................................... 132
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE REPORT....................................................................................... 133
PAPER URGES INDONESIA TO ADMIT ERRORS ......................................................................................... 133
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW GROUP ON FEINGOLD AMENDMENT............................................ 134
US DIGS IN ON JAKARTA RIGHTS ABUSE.................................................................................................. 137
REMARKS BY SENATORS FEINGOLD, LEAHY, PELL.................................................................................... 137
UPDATE ON FEINGOLD AMENDMENT ON EAST TIMOR.............................................................................. 140
FEINGOLD AMENDMENT REPORTED ABANDONED.................................................................................... 140
US AID BILL BARS MILITARY TRAINING FOR INDONESIA.......................................................................... 140
CULTURAL EVENTS AND RESOURCES.................................................................................................... 140
“TIMOR ET TREMOR” CONCERT IN SYDNEY .............................................................................................. 140
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JOURNAL REVIEW - INSIDE INDONESIA..................................................................................................... 141
TATA MAI LAU NEWSLETTER ...................................................................................................................... 141
LEARN ABOUT EAST TIMOR ON U.S. PUBLIC RADIO .................................................................................. 141
NEW VIDEO ON EAST TIMOR..................................................................................................................... 141
MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES ................................................................................................................... 142
WHAT CLIMATE IS NECESSARY TO CREATE THE INDONESIAN DREAMS?.................................................. 142
BACKGROUND ON EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................ 143
PUPPETEERS FOR EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................. 144
BRAZIL INITIATIVE ON EAST TIMOR ......................................................................................................... 145

XANANA GUSMÃO STILL RESISTS IN PRISON ............................................................................................ 6
LAWYERS CAN’T VISIT XANANA, SAYS LAW MINISTER...................................................................................6
PAINTING BY XANANA GUSMÃO SENT TO SOARES........................................................................................6
XANANA VISITED BY LBH LAWYERS...............................................................................................................6
TIMOR REBEL XANANA REQUESTS RETRIAL ..................................................................................................6
EVENTS INSIDE EAST TIMOR..................................................................................................................... 6
IN EAST TIMOR, TRUTH REMAINS BURIED ....................................................................................................6
INDONESIA ALLOWS FOREIGN JOURNALISTS INTO EAST TIMOR .................................................................7
INDONESIAN JESUIT SPEAKS TO JOURNALISTS ...........................................................................................7
INDONESIA VOWS FURTHER TROOPS OUT OF EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................8
TIMORESE PRIEST SUMMONED BY ARMY INTELLIGENCE .............................................................................8
MILITARY SAYS POVERTY THE ONLY WAR IN EAST TIMOR ............................................................................8
COMMENT FROM CONSTÂNCIO PINTO:....................................................................................................8
MASS RESISTANCE........................................................................................................................................9
UNTAMED TIMOR.........................................................................................................................................12
HUMAN RIGHTS STILL UNDER ATTACK IN EAST TIMOR...............................................................................13
TIMORESE MAN TORTURED TO FORCE A FALSE STORY: BISHOP.................................................................14
TO DEAKIN: “DO NOT COME - THERE ARE TOO MANY SOLDIERS” .........................................................14
BBC’S NAPIER: TRUTH HARD TO FIND IN TIMOR.........................................................................................15
IN EAST TIMOR, INDONESIA GOES FOR HEARTS AND MINDS ....................................................................15
IN DILI, EVEN YOUR WAITER COULD BE A SPY ...........................................................................................16
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EAST TIMOR GUERRILLA LEADER KONIS SANTANA INTERVIEWED IN MOUNTAINS....................................17
THE GUERRILLA HAS REORGANISED......................................................................................................18
ENEMY NUMBER ONE ELUDES JAKARTA.................................................................................................18
YOGIE FORCES NON-TIMORESE VIQUEQUE REGEN T..................................................................................19
EAST TIMOR GOVERNOR THREATENS TO RESIGN ..................................................................................19
US ATTACHÉ VISITS ADANG.........................................................................................................................20
MA’HUNU INTERVIEWED BY ABC TV ...........................................................................................................20
MANUEL CARRASCALÃO RECEIVES DEATH THREATS...................................................................................20
MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EAST TIMORESE WORKER.....................................................................................21
A STONE STATUE OF CHRIST IS FOUND IN MATEBIAN ................................................................................21
OIL STRUCK IN TIMOR GAP....................................................................................................................... 21
WHOSE OIL?................................................................................................................................................21
TIMOR SEA EXPLORATION YIELDS 5,800 B/D OIL FLOW .............................................................................21
TIMOR GAP TREATY UNDER FIRE ................................................................................................................22
EVENTS IN INDONESIA.............................................................................................................................. 22
ALATAS: EAST TIMOR ISSUE ‘NOT IMPORTANT’............................................................................................22
INFIGHT OPEN LETTER TO THE SWEDISH PARLIAMENT..............................................................................22
INDONESIANS APPEAL TO SWEDEN .......................................................................................................23
FOUR-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR INSULTING SUHARTO......................................................................................23
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST JAILED, 21 OTHERS SET TO BE TRIED ...........................................................23
INDONESIAN NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION PROTESTS ACEH DETENTIONS............................24
LOPA THREATENS TO RESIGN .....................................................................................................................24
INTERVIEW WITH THEO SYAFEI...................................................................................................................24
INDONESIAN ABROAD HAVE FREEDOM THREATENED ................................................................................25
INDONESIA’S INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATORS.................................................................................... 25
TIMORESE ON THEIR WAY TO DILI.............................................................................................................25
SERENO: AGITATORS CAUSE SANTA CRUZ MASSACRE................................................................................25
M. MACEDO ACCUSED OF HIGH TREASON ..................................................................................................26
UDT & INTERNATIONAL JURISTS AGAINST TILMAN.....................................................................................26
RECONCILIATION MEETING - YET ANOTHER RESULT..................................................................................27
ARMY WARNING TO TIMORESE MISSION ....................................................................................................27
TIMOR VISIT................................................................................................................................................27
A VISIT TO INDONESIA BY GROUP OF PORTUGUESE NATIONALS OF EAST TIMOR ORIGIN.........................28
GEORGE ADITJONDRO SPEAKS OUT, REACTION..................................................................................... 28
INDONESIAN ACADEMIC’S BRAVE MOVE.....................................................................................................28
DILI MASSACRE EXPOSED......................................................................................................................28
I’M NO TRAITOR: ACADEMIC...................................................................................................................29
TRUTH FIRST CASUALTY OF SWIFT, BRUTAL INVASION...........................................................................29
LIFTING THE VEIL ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN EAST TIMOR.............................................................30
MILITARY ACCUSED OF ABUSES IN TIMOR (AUSTRALIAN GOV’T RESPONSE) ..............................................30
INDONESIA DENIES ADITJONDRO ALLEGATIONS.......................................................................................30
INDONESIA DENIES ALLEGATION ON EAST TIMOR DEATH TOLL............................................................31
IF THERE IS PROOF, ACTION WILL BE TAKEN AGAINST HIM.......................................................................31
INFIGHT SUPPORTS GEORGE ADITJONDRO ...............................................................................................31
DR GEORGE ADITJONDRO’S INTERVIEW ON ABC/TV LATELINE, SYDNEY ..................................................32
HOOLIGANS ATTACK LECTURER’S HOME ....................................................................................................33
THREAT TO GEORGE ADITJONDRO .............................................................................................................33
ADITJONDRO DEFENDS THESIS AGAINST CRITICS.....................................................................................33
URGE DUTCH MINISTERS TO SUPPORT GEORGE ADITJONDRO..................................................................33
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OPEN LETTER TO SUPPORT GEORGE ADITJONDRO ....................................................................................33
COMMENTS ON DR. ADITJONDRO’S FINDINGS ..........................................................................................34
TWO MORE UKSW LECTURERS THREATENED ..............................................................................................35
CRITIC OF SUHARTO’S TIMOR POLICY HARASSED ......................................................................................35
ETAN/US SUPPORTS GEORGE ADITJONDRO...............................................................................................35
EDITOR ON GEORGE ADITJONDRO ............................................................................................................36
INDONESIA PRESS CLIPS ON GEORGE ADITJONDRO.................................................................................36
TO FRIENDS WHO RESPONDED TO AN ETAN APPEAL FOR SOLIDARITY WITH GEORGE ADITJONDRO.......37
“DEATH OF A NATION” PREMIERES.......................................................................................................... 37
KILLING THEM SOFTLY ................................................................................................................................37
UNDERCOVER IN TIMOR .............................................................................................................................38
ON HER MAJESTY’S BLOODY SERVICE........................................................................................................38
INDONESIA EMBASSY RESPONDS TO PILGER FI LM ...................................................................................41
PROTEST FOR EAST TIMOR MARKS LAUNCH OF JOHN PILGER’S FILM........................................................41
BBC WORLD SERVICE ON PILGER FILM.......................................................................................................41
NONVIOLENT RESISTANCE OTHER PART OF EAST TIMORESE STRUGGLE ...................................................42
SOMETHING HAPPENED HERE LAST NIGHT ...............................................................................................43
PORTUGUESE REACTION TO PILGER TIMOR DOCUMENTARY......................................................................44
INDEPENDENT REVIEWS PILGER FILM........................................................................................................44
“INDONESIA DESERVES BETTER” ................................................................................................................47
THE NATURE OF TRUTH IN AN EXCHANGE OF VIEWS ON A BRUTAL REGIME.........................................47
LETTER FROM HONG KONG INDONESIAN CONSUL ....................................................................................48
VESTED INTERESTS HIDING TRUTH .......................................................................................................49
PILGER: AUSTRALIA’S ROLE IN TIMOR TRAGEDY ........................................................................................49
GENOCIDE ON OUR DOORSTEP..................................................................................................................50
SYDNEY OPENING OF DEATH OF A NATION.................................................................................................52
TIMOR FILM ON SWEDISH TELEVISION.......................................................................................................52
DEATH OF A NATION IN HONG KONG..........................................................................................................52
DEATH OF A NATION IN IRELAND ................................................................................................................52
THE SECOND MASSACRE IN DILI, 1991.................................................................................................... 52
PRINCEN WANTS CLARIFICATION ...............................................................................................................52
SECOND MASSACRE EVIDENCE ..................................................................................................................52
AUSTRALIA UNCONVINCED OF NEW TIMOR MASSACRE CLAIMS.................................................................53
AUSTRALIA URGES INDONESIA TO CLARIFY THE NUMBERS...................................................................53
‘SMEAR CAMPAIGN’ CANNOT HIDE EVANS’ SHAMEFUL ROLE ON TIMOR ....................................................53
UNHRC TESTIMONY ON SECOND MASSACRE..............................................................................................54
RELIVING SANTA CRUZ IN LISBON..............................................................................................................54
STAHL: THERE ARE NEW FRONTS AND NEW GUERRILLAS ..........................................................................55
ECONOMIC AND LABOR ISSUES................................................................................................................ 56
LABOUR PANGS SIGN OF ADOLESCENT ECONOMY.....................................................................................56
INDONESIA AND CUBA AGREE TO BOOST TRADE TIES................................................................................56
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: AEROSPACE INDUSTRY GOES INTO ORBIT ...................................................................57
U. N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REACHES CONSENSUS .................................................................... 58
INDONESIA’S CONTEMPT FOR THE UN COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS.................................................58
“FACT AND FICTION” FROM AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ..............................................................................58
CANADA-ASIA WORKING GROUP REPORT...................................................................................................67
MORE DEATHS: UN REPORT........................................................................................................................70
DEVELOPMENTS AT THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION IN GENEVA ..........................................................70
DRAFT OF UNCHR CONSENSUS STATEMENT...............................................................................................71
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JAKARTA UNDER SCRUTINY OVER EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................................71
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT TO UNHRC ...................................................................................72
EAST TIMOR AT U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ...................................................................................73
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONSENSUS STATEMENT....................................................................76
EAST TIMOR WINS MAJOR VICTORY IN GENEVA.........................................................................................77
EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA.............................................................................................................................. 77
STUNNING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EAST TIMOR..........................................................................................77
VICENTE XIMENES GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS IN AUSTRALIA ..................................................................78
TIMOR INQUIRY CALL IN AUSTRALIA...........................................................................................................78
CRIMES, CREDIBILITY, CLINTON.................................................................................................................78
TIMORESE ASK KEATING TO BACK PEACE INITIATIVE.................................................................................78
AUSTRALIAN ENVOY URGED U.S. TO REASSESS INDONESIA ......................................................................79
ACTIVISTS USE SHOCK AD TO REFOCUS ON E. TIMOR................................................................................79
CONTROVERSIAL AD...............................................................................................................................80
BLOOD ON THE HANDS OF THE MATES.......................................................................................................80
SEMINARY WILL HELP SAVE CULTURE.........................................................................................................82
WHAT ON EARTH CAN EVANS DO? .............................................................................................................83
STAND FIRM ON RIGHTS .............................................................................................................................83
AUSTRALIA RESTORES DEFENCE TIES WITH BURMA...................................................................................84
INDONESIA FORCES EXPAND ADF LINKS ..................................................................................................84
TIMORESE PAINTER’S STORY OF SURVIVAL.................................................................................................84
EVENTS IN EUROPE................................................................................................................................... 84
VOLKER RUEHE IS NOT (GERMAN) MINISTER OF WAR ...............................................................................84
WILL JAKARTA AND BAGHDAD BECOME NEW SISTER-CITIES OF BERLIN?..................................................85
DUTCH MINISTER WELCOMES CONCEPT OF ASEAN PEACEKEEPING FORCE..............................................86
ARMS TRADE CONFERENCE IN ANTWERP, APRIL 22-24...............................................................................86
NORWAY RECOGNISES ANNEXATION OF EAST TIMOR?..............................................................................87
EVENTS IN IRELAND.................................................................................................................................. 87
IRELAND’S SPRING TO VOICE CONCERN OVER EAST TIMOR.....................................................................87
IRISH SENATE TO DEBATE EAST TIMOR.......................................................................................................88
LETTERS TO THE IRISH TIMES.....................................................................................................................88
TIMOR SUPPORTERS TO MEET IRISH LEADERS...........................................................................................88
TANAISTE SUPPORTS CALLS FOR ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST INDONESIA .......................................88
IRISH FM SUPPORTS SANCTIONS...........................................................................................................88
THE DAILY STAR IRELAND...........................................................................................................................88
EVENTS IN BRITAIN................................................................................................................................... 89
TOUTING FOR TERROR................................................................................................................................89
UK ARMS-AID DEALS WITH INDONESIA NEED SCRUTINY...........................................................................90
GENOCIDE IN EAST TIMOR .........................................................................................................................90
COMMONS MOTION ON HAWKS..................................................................................................................91
PEACE PROTEST AT BAe HAWKS TO INDONESIA .........................................................................................91
FOUNTAINS OF BLOOD AT BRITISH AEROSPACE ....................................................................................91
BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYS ARMS SALES TO JAKARTA WILL CONTINUE.......................................91
LONDON DOES NOT WISH TO ISOLATE SUHARTO..................................................................................92
JOBS THAT ARE BOUGHT WITH LIVES .........................................................................................................92
LORD AVEBURY IN HOUSE OF LORDS DEBATE ON AID...............................................................................93
WHERE AID REALLY ENDS UP .....................................................................................................................95
TRICKS OF THE AID TRADE .........................................................................................................................95
40 DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST 40 AIRPLANES - PROTEST IN BRISTOL........................................................95
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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISEMENT IN BRITISH NEWSPAPERS.....................................................95
STORM OVER INDONESIAN ARMS SALES ....................................................................................................97
EVENTS IN PORTUGAL............................................................................................................................... 97
BISHOPS AND PROFESSORS SEEK MONEY FOR TIMOR ..............................................................................97
121 PORTUGAL-BASED COMPANIES TRADED WITH INDONESIA IN 1993.....................................................98
PORTUGUESE TRADE MINISTER WARNS IMPORTERS OF GOODS FROM INDONESIA..................................98
MORE MONEY FOR AFRICA, MONEY FOR A SEMINAR IN ET ........................................................................99
GOVERNMENT ASKS TOBACCO COMPANY FOR CLARIFICATION .................................................................99
COMMUNIST PARTY PROPOSES CONFERENCE ON EAST TIMOR .................................................................99
TIMORESE STUDENTS DEMAND INTERNATIONAL INQUIRY ........................................................................99
CAVACO SILVA CONFIDENT ABOUT PORTUGUESE ECONOMIC RECOVERY..................................................99
PORTUGUESE PRIME MINISTER TO RECEIVE LORD AVEBURY FOR DISCUSSIONS ABOUT EAST TIMOR .... 100
RETURN TO ITS RIGHTFUL OWNER ........................................................................................................... 100
LUSITANIA GROUP FORMS ASSOCIATION ................................................................................................. 101
CAVACO SILVA MEETS PET......................................................................................................................... 101
BISHOP AND SOARES TALK ABOUT TIMOR ................................................................................................ 101
COMMISSION LXLT TO BRIEF EMBASSIES IN LISBON ............................................................................... 101
EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES............................................................................................................ 102
HALL RELEASES BELO LETTER ................................................................................................................... 102
ARMS SALES CODE INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS ..................................................................................... 102
MOYNIHAN FOR SELF-DETERMINATION.................................................................................................... 103
A NEW APPROACH TO U.S. FOREIGN AID.................................................................................................. 104
FOREIGN AID OVERHAUL LANGUISHES IN CONGRESS........................................................................ 104
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH / ASIA CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY................................................................. 105
INDONESIA MAY BUY U.S.-BUILT F-16 JET FIGHTERS............................................................................... 106
HIGH-LEVEL INDONESIA BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN NEW YORK............................................................ 106
APRIL 17-19: WASHINGTON LOBBY FOR EAST TIMOR................................................................................ 108
RESOURCES............................................................................................................................................. 108
IPJET ANNUAL PRIZE................................................................................................................................. 108
EAST TIMOR GOPHER SET UP ON PEACENET ............................................................................................ 108
AETA RESOURCE LIST................................................................................................................................ 108
MISCELLANEOUS..................................................................................................................................... 109
JRH: INVASION HAD BEEN DECIDED IN APRIL 1974................................................................................. 109
COMPUTER WARGAME ON EAST TIMOR .................................................................................................... 110
INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP ON INDIGENOUS AFFAIRS REPORT.................................................. 110
INVESTING IN INDONESIA: CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES REVIEW DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS...................... 111
PROTEST TENNIS TOURNAMENT IN JAKARTA............................................................................................ 112
DISCUSSION OF EAST TIMORESE GENOCIDE FIGURES ............................................................................ 113
FACING FACTS: THE WORLD SHOULD ACCEPT THAT EAST TIMOR IS A PART OF INDONESIA.................... 115
PETER GABRIEL FOR EAST TIMOR ............................................................................................................. 115

IRISH STUDENTS SUPPORT EAST TIMOR .....................................................................................................11
IRISH PRIME MINISTER SUPPORTS SANCTIONS .........................................................................................11
MUCH ACTIVITY, LIMITED PROGRESS, IN WASHINGTON ............................................................................12
EAST TIMOR'S CLANDESTINE RESISTANCE TO INDONESIAN INTEGRATION ...............................................13
GUELPH UNIVERSITY DEBATES AID.............................................................................................................15
IRELAND: BOYCOTT OVER EAST TIMOR DEMANDED. ..................................................................................15
IRELAND: INDONESIAN TRADE SUSPENSION URGED.................................................................................15
FRETILIN'S GENERAL STAFF MEETING IN LISBON TO SPLIT FROM "RECONCILIATION" GROUP..................16
JAKARTA ADMITS EAST TIMOR 'ERRORS' BUT TRIES TO SHIFT BLAME.........................................................16
ALATAS - HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS TO GET FREE ACCESS IN EAST TIMOR ....................................16
INDONESIA HITS OUT AT EAST TIMOR "AGITATORS" ...................................................................................16
INDONESIA TO MAKE FI LM TO POLISH EAST TIMOR IMAGE........................................................................16
MALAYSIA MAY BAN FILM ON EAST TIMOR ..................................................................................................17
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IRISH TIMES ........................................................................................................17
PICKETERS PROTEST INDONESIA'S OCCUPATION OF EAST TIMOR .............................................................18
OUTRAGE FADES; UT TIES TO FREEPORT, GENOCIDE PERSIST...................................................................18
CALIFORNIA SENATOR DIANNE FEINSTEIN ON EAST TIMOR.......................................................................19
INDONESIA REDUCES SEPARATIST'S PRISON .............................................................................................20
CANADA-INDONESIA COOPERATION...........................................................................................................20
JOURNEY TO EAST TIMOR: LAND OF THE DEAD ..........................................................................................20
RELEASE OF REPORT SHOWING WORLD BANK FUNDING INDONESIAN MILITARY RULE............................22
DEMONSTRATION IN DILI ...........................................................................................................................22
ALATAS SPEAKS AT ASIA SOCIETY................................................................................................................23
U.S. ASSURES INDONESIA ON FUTURE ARMS SALES...................................................................................24
HEARING OF THE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS SUBCOMMITTEE ON ASIA AND THE PACIFIC.........................24
WARREN CHRISTOPHER ON US-INDONESIA RELATIONS............................................................................25
POMBO ONE-MAN CONSUL FOR PORTUGAL ................................................................................................25
DEMONSTRATION IN DILI ...........................................................................................................................26
DEMO DEFIES JAKARTA AS PRESS VISITS EAST TIMOR ...............................................................................26
GOVERNOR CONFIRMS HIGH TIMOR DEATH TOLL......................................................................................26
FEINGOLD QUESTIONS WINSTON LORD ON EAST TIMOR...........................................................................27
EAST TIMOR ACTIVITIES IN AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND) .............................................................................27
THE MEDIA LOOKS AWAY. ...........................................................................................................................28
ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON EAST TIMOR...............................................................................................28
EAST TIMOR MILITARY ANGRY AT PRESS.....................................................................................................28
EAST TIMOR INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON INTERNET ................................................................................28
TIMOR CHIEFS ADMIT FAILURES .................................................................................................................28
ASIAWEEK STRONGLY CRITICISED..............................................................................................................29
SHONKY DARWIN BUSINESS DEALS............................................................................................................29
EAST TIMOR PROTEST MARS INDONESIAN PUBLICITY OFFENSIVE .............................................................30
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TORTURE UNDER A MOUNTAIN OF PROPAGANDA.......................................................................................30
PROTEST OVER TIMORESE DEATH ...............................................................................................................31
TWENTY SIX FOREIGN JOURNALISTS VISIT EAST TIMOR ............................................................................31
FRENCH CAMPAIGN '4 MONTHS FOR EAST TIMOR'......................................................................................31
SHATTERING THE SILEN CE..........................................................................................................................32
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMICS SUPPORT DR GEORGE ADITJONDRO..................................................................32
A VOICE THAT SHAMES THOSE SILENT ON TIMOR ......................................................................................33
AAAS UPDATE ON ADITJONDRO ..................................................................................................................34
BAE CAMPAIGNERS SERVED NOTICE...........................................................................................................39
FRETILIN CONFERENCE RESULTS................................................................................................................39
WORLD BANK ACCUSED OF BREAKING ITS OWN RULES.............................................................................40
SENATORS URGE TOUGHER HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY .................................................................................40
IRISH SENATE DEBATES EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................................................40
PUT TIMOR ON OUR LIST.............................................................................................................................41
AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS SELL OUT TIMOR ...............................................................................................41
IMPOSSIBLE FOR MALAYSIAN TO REVEAL THE EXTENT OF MONEY POLITICS IN DR. MAHATHIR'S PARTY ..41
BACKGROUND ON EAST TIMOR AND US POLICY.........................................................................................42
CANADA'S FOREIGN MINISTER ON EAST TIMOR .........................................................................................43
CODE OF CONDUCT ON ARMS TRANSFERS ACT..........................................................................................44
EAST TIMOR GOPHER NOW AVAILABLE .......................................................................................................46
INDONESIAN POLICE BREAK UP MEETINGS................................................................................................46
EAST TIMOR'S PAST WON'T STAY BURIED ....................................................................................................46
NGO DILI MTNG 'POSTPONED' ....................................................................................................................47
INDONESIA BANS LABOUR UNION'S ACTIVITY ............................................................................................48
ARMED FORCES COMMANDER CALLS LABOUR UNREST 'SUBVERSIVE'........................................................48
E. TIMORESE CHAFE UNDER FOREIGN YOKE; INDONESIA RESEN TED FOR 20-YEAR RULE.........................49
EAST TIMOR: ANOTHER LEBANON OR ULSTER?...........................................................................................50
INDONESIANS TRIED TO KILL BISHOP OF DILI ...........................................................................................50
DILI'S BISHOP EVOKES CHRIST'S PASSION.................................................................................................50
TIMORESE PRISONERS WRITE LETTER ........................................................................................................51
"INTEGRATED" TIMORESE PREPARE FOR FATIMA VISIT...............................................................................51
JAKARTA WANTS TO GET XIMENES OUT OF DILI .........................................................................................52
PORTUGUESE PARLIAMEN T ACCUSED OF "LACK OF ACTION" ON TIMOR ....................................................52
WIFE & CHILDREN WANT TO VISIT XANANA................................................................................................52
HOLLAND INTERCEDES FOR TIMOR ............................................................................................................52
DEAKIN: "WE KNOW THE MASSACRE HAS LASTED SINCE 1975"..................................................................53
TIMOR SEEN IN THE EYES OF THE NON-PORTUGUESE ...............................................................................53
XANANA GUSMÃO REQUESTS RETRIAL........................................................................................................54
CHARITY ALONE NOT EN OUGH TO HELP EAST TIMOR.................................................................................54
BRITISH AEROSPACE TAKES EAST TIMOR ON BOARD..................................................................................54
UDAYANA COMMANDER TO VISIT AUSTRALIA..............................................................................................55
INDONESIAN, U.S. WARSHIPS IN JOINT EXERCISE. ...................................................................................55
BRITISH JETS 'WERE USED IN TIMOR'.........................................................................................................55
LONG ROAD TO PEACE IN TIMOR................................................................................................................55
BBC FILMS DILI PROTESTS ..........................................................................................................................56
INDONESIA QUESTIONS DEATH TOLL AGAIN ..............................................................................................57
U.S. BANS SMALL ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA............................................................................................60
RADIO NETHERLANDS TO CUT INDONESIAN BROADCASTS ........................................................................60
IRISH FASHION MAGAZINE COVERS EAST TIMOR .......................................................................................60
TEMPO ON HORTA'S 'RESIGNATION' ...........................................................................................................60
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TESTIMONY OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN SHATTUCK...........................................................61
ASIA-PACIFIC CONFERENCE ON EAST TIMOR (APCET).................................................................................63
INSIDE THE MINISTRY OF PROPAGANDA....................................................................................................63
TIMORESE PROTESTOR DETAINED ..............................................................................................................66
NEW SOLIDARITY GROUP IN GENEVA .........................................................................................................66
INDONESIA SEEKS PROGRESS OVER TIMOR...............................................................................................66
INDONESIA SAYS STILL FAR TO GO ON TIMOR SETTLEMENT......................................................................66
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, IRISH TIMES, 2ND MAY 1994. .............................................................................66
XANANA ASKS FOR PROTECTION ................................................................................................................67
FRETILIN PUTS IDEOLOGY ON ICE..............................................................................................................67
AI: 100 LETTERS FOR SUHARTO ...................................................................................................................68
SONG DEDICATED TO EAST TIMOR .............................................................................................................68
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA ACCESS........................................................................................................68
CALL FOR XANANA'S RELEASE ON EVE OF TALKS........................................................................................68
INDONESIA TO ALLOW EXIT OF TWO EAST TIMORESE ................................................................................69
NEW ZEALAND MPS' PETITION ....................................................................................................................69
BRITISH EMBASSY ACCUSED OF MISLEADING PEOPLE OVER TIMOR..........................................................69
INDONESIA'S APPROACH : A CHALLENGE FOR THE EAST TIMORESE..........................................................69
NEW EAST TIMOR GROUP IN BENIN ............................................................................................................71
"WE WANT PORTUGAL AS ACCOMPLICE OF THE RESISTANCE"....................................................................71
THE "OTHER" FRETILIN................................................................................................................................71
SANTANA AGAINST ARAÚJO.........................................................................................................................72
INDONESIA CONSENTS TO RAPPORTEUR VISIT TO TIMOR..........................................................................72
LEADER OF MASSACRE PROMOTED .............................................................................................................73
AGIO PEREIRA ON RADIO NATIONAL ..........................................................................................................73
EXPOSING THE MYTHS OF EAST TIMOR <MEMBUKA MITOS TIMOR-TIMUR>................................................73
AUSTRALIA POLICE QUIZ CINEMA STAFF .....................................................................................................74
PORTUGAL, INDONESIA CONTINUE CONFIDENCE BUILDING TALKS ..........................................................74
UNSG STATEMENT ON THE QUESTION OF EAST TIMOR...............................................................................74
AUSTRALIAN ACADEMICS WRITE ON NUKU CASE........................................................................................75
CNRM LETTER TO RADIO NETHERLANDS ....................................................................................................76
XANANA REJECTS INDONESIAN RECONCILIATION MOVES.........................................................................76
ETAN/CANADA PRESS RELEASE ON TALKS..................................................................................................76
OVER 300 PROTEST INDONESIA'S ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF EAST TIMOR..................................................77
PILGER INTERVIEWED ON NZ TV1...............................................................................................................77
UPDATE ON USAID / INDONESIA EAST TIMOR ACTIVITIES..........................................................................79
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL WELCOMES MINISTER OF FOREI GN AFFAIRS DIALOGUE ON HUMAN RIGHTS .80
INDIFFERENT DEATH ...................................................................................................................................80
JAKARTA-LISBON TALKS TO RESUME IN GENEVA NEXT YEAR .....................................................................82
REPORT OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL TO UNHRC ...............................................................................82
LOPES DA CRUZ ATTACKED .........................................................................................................................91
SAMPAIO REFERS TO DRAMA OF EAST TIMOR .............................................................................................91
UNITED CITIES ET RESOLUTION ..................................................................................................................91
IRISH PRESS ON MEDIA RESPONSE TO AGGRESSION ................................................................................92
IRISH CHALLENGE BRITISH AMBASSADOR TO DEBATE...............................................................................92
FORUMS ON EAST TIMOR BANNED ..............................................................................................................92
INDONESIA ASKS THE PHILIPPINES TO STOP EAST TIMOR MEETING .........................................................92
AN END TO BLOODY PROFITS......................................................................................................................92
JUST A STONE'S THROW AWAY, SILENCE ENVELOPED THEIR HOMELAND, TIMOR .....................................93
REHEARSING LOBBYING TACTICS IN WASHINGTON ...................................................................................93
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LISBON GRANTS VISAS TO TIMORESE GOING TO FATIMA...........................................................................94
GREEK PRESIDENCY OF THE EU PROMISES TO INVESTIGATE ARMS SALES TO INDONESIA.......................94
INDONESIA REGRETS EAST TIMOR CONFERENCE.......................................................................................94
MILITARY CONFIRMS FI VE EAST TIMORESE PROTESTORS DETAINED .........................................................94
CNRM STATEMENT ON INDONESIA / PORTUGAL TALKS..............................................................................94
VICE-REGAL TILT AT INDONESIA.................................................................................................................98
UN DAILY HIGHLIGHTS PRESS RELEASE, 6 MAY 1994..................................................................................98
SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES EAST TIMOR WITH INDONESIA AND PORTUGAL...................................98
RESISTANCE STATEMENT ON FOURTH INDONESIA/PORTUGAL FOREIGN MINISTERIAL TALKS ..................99
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR...........................................................................................................................100
TWO TIMORESE IN FAVOUR OF RECONCILIATION MEET XANANA.............................................................100
QUEEN'S REPRESENTATIVE RECOGNISES ANNEXATION OF TIMOR ..........................................................101
DAY FOR TIMOR IN OPORTO .....................................................................................................................101
XANANA GUSMÃO ISOLATED AND TORTURED ...........................................................................................102
SERENO: "WE HAVE TO BE READY FOR AN INDONESIAN 25TH APRIL"......................................................102
TIMOR & MACAU SHOULD RECEIVE MORE ATTENTION .............................................................................103
THE IRISH FAMILY WORLD REPORT ON EAST TIMOR ................................................................................103
ENDING THE AGONY OF EAST TIMOR........................................................................................................103
EAST TIMOR MEET CASTS SHADOW OVER TIES BETWEEN MANILA AND JAKARTA.....................................104
EMBARRASSMENT AVERTED ......................................................................................................................104
VOICES OF HOPE -- OR OF OPPRESSION ..................................................................................................105
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IRISH TIMES, 13 MAY 1994.................................................................................106
UPCOMING PUBLIC RADIO PROGRAM ON EAST TIMOR.............................................................................106
VICE PRESIDENT ASKS ORGANISERS TO HOLD EAST TIMOR CONFERENCE ELSEWHERE.........................106
JAKARTA RELIEVED AFTER FRENCH, PORTUGUESE FIRST LADIES REFUSE TIMOR SEMINAR ....................106
INDONESIANS FURIOUS ON EVE OF BOLGER TRIP ...................................................................................107
INDONESIA'S EVIL OCCUPATION IN NEW GUINEA CAN'T BE IGNORED ....................................................107
PRAGMATISM NOW RULES US-JAKARTA TIES ............................................................................................108
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: MANILA PLACATES JAKARTA ON EAST TIMOR MEETING..............................................109
NEW ZEALAND GOVERNOR-GENERAL COMMENTS....................................................................................109
AI CRITICIZES ADMINISTRATION POLICY IN INDONESIA .........................................................................110
MORE ARRESTS AND TORTURES IN DILI ...................................................................................................110
MANGLAPUS MISSION BETRAYS PHILIPPINE SOVEREIGNTY .....................................................................110
STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT FIDEL RAMOS.................................................................................................110
ET MANILA CONFERENCE: STATEMENT OF RAUL MANGLAPUS ..................................................................111
JAKARTA TO INVITE MANDELA FOR VISIT TO INDONESIA.........................................................................111
U.N. DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE MEETS JULY 11 ................................................................................111
SAN FRANCISCO VIGIL FOR EAST TIMOR: CLERGY AND OTHERS REFUSE TO BE SILENT..........................112
ACT TODAY TO SUPPORT EAST TIMOR IN CONGRESS ...............................................................................112
THE ALLY THAT CAME FROM UP NORTH ....................................................................................................112
CONSTÂNCIO TO BE REUNITED WITH FAMILY ...........................................................................................113
MUSIC, SPEECHES AND INDIGNATION: DEMONSTRATION IN FRONT OF UN (GENEVA)............................113
DEATH FROM TORTURE IN TIMOR .............................................................................................................113
TIMORESE VISIT: RELIGION AND SIGHT SEEING ......................................................................................114
EAST TIMOR - ONE VOICE..........................................................................................................................114
XANANA AGAINST "RECONCILIATION" ......................................................................................................114
ALATAS' EMPTY THREATS - RAMOS HORTA'S REACTION ............................................................................114
ALATAS WANTS TO SUCCEED BOUTROS GHALI, ACCORDING TO SOCIALISTS...........................................115
TIMORESE RESISTANCE AWAIT OUTCOME OF GEN EVA MEETING..............................................................115
INTERVIEW WITH ALI ALATAS, INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER:............................................................115
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"EAST TIMOR" NGO TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN THE PHILIPPINES .................................117
FRANCE SELLS CANNONS TO INDONESIA.................................................................................................117
STUDENT ARRESTS FOLLOW ANTI -MILITARY DEMONSTRATION ................................................................118
USAID INDONESIA FY 1995 REQUEST........................................................................................................118
PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC UNION LAUNCHED IN JAKARTA..........................................................................119
INDONESIA NOT SATISFIED WITH EXPLANATION ON MEETING IN THE PHILIPPINES ..............................120
FRETILIN INTERVIEW: 20 YEARS OF STRUGGLE.........................................................................................120
NOAM CHOMSKY IN LISBON .....................................................................................................................121
INDONESIAN DEMONSTRATIONS, ARRESTS, SENTENCING, ET AL............................................................121
THE MANILA CONFERENCE........................................................................................................................121
MANGLAPUS STATEMENT AFTER RETURNING TO MANILA .........................................................................121
NZ PRIME MINISTER SHAPES HIS LINE ON TIMOR ...................................................................................122
INDONESIAN AGENTS AMID THE PILGRIMS..............................................................................................122
CARRASCALÃO CRITICISES LISBON'S "PATERNALISM"..............................................................................122
FOREIGN MINISTRY REGRETS INCIDENTS AND IS PREPARED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY ........................122
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BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................................. 2
WORKING PAPER PREPARED BY THE U.N. SECRETARIAT ......................................................................... 3
I. GENERAL...............................................................................................................................................3
II. CONSIDERATION BY THE UNITED NATIONS 2 ......................................................................................3
III. POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS ................................................................................................................4
IV. HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION ................................................................................................................6
V. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS ................................................................................................7
VI. HEALTH AND EDUCATION ...................................................................................................................8
U.N. PRESS RELEASES................................................................................................................................. 8
TESTIMONY BY PETITIONERS ................................................................................................................... 15
UNIÃO DEMOCRÁTICA TIMORENSE (TIMORESE DEMOCRATIC UNION).......................................................15
HOBART EAST TIMOR COMMITTEE...............................................................................................................15
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: EAST TIMOR: WHO IS TO BLAME? ....................................................................17

1. TORTURE AND ILL-TREATMENT...........................................................................................................18
2. POLITICAL IMPRISONMENT AND UNFAIR TRIALS ...............................................................................20
3. EXTRAJUDICIAL EXECUTION AND “DISAPPEARANCE” ........................................................................22
4. THE QUESTION OF ACCESS.................................................................................................................23
5. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.........................................................................................24
   EAST TIMOR ALERT NETWORK/CANADA......................................................................................................31
   FREE EAST TIMOR JAPAN COALITION..........................................................................................................33
   JAPANESE CATHOLIC COUNCIL FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE..........................................................................34
   PARLIAMENTARIANS FOR EAST TIMOR........................................................................................................35
   PAX CHRISTI INTERNATIONAL ....................................................................................................................37
   EAST TIMOR ACTION NETWORK / UNITED STATES ......................................................................................37
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   AGIR POUR TIMOR ......................................................................................................................................39
   BRITISH COALITION FOR EAST TIMOR ........................................................................................................40
   INTERNATIONAL PLATFORM OF JURISTS FOR EAST TIMOR.........................................................................42
   ASIA-PACIFIC COALITION FOR EAST TIMOR (APCET) ...................................................................................43
   PHILIPPINE SOLIDARITY FOR EAST TIMOR AND INDONESIA......................................................................45
   U.S. REPRESENTATIVE NITA M. LOWEY (D-NY) ............................................................................................45
   INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS...........................................................................................46
   NATIONAL COUNCIL OF MAUBERE RESISTANCE .........................................................................................47
   MAUREEN TOLFREE .....................................................................................................................................49
   UNREPRESENTED NATIONS AND PEOPLES ORGANIZATION .......................................................................50
   CATHOLIC INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS.............................................................................51
   ELISA DAMIÃO, PORTUGUESE DEPUTY FROM SOCIALIST PARTY .................................................................52
   FRANSISCO XAVIER AMARAL.......................................................................................................................53
   PAULINO GAMA ...........................................................................................................................................54
   HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH/ASIA.....................................................................................................................55
   JOSÉ MARTINS III .......................................................................................................................................57
   COORDINAMENTO ITALIANO DEI GRUPPI DI SOLIDARIETÀ CON IL POPOLO TIMORESE............................58
   FRETILIN .....................................................................................................................................................59
   STATEMENTS BY GOVERNMENTS ............................................................................................................. 60
   ABDUL NASIER, INDONESIA........................................................................................................................61
   RUI QUARTIN SANTOS, PORTUGAL............................................................................................................62

EVENTS IN EAST TIMOR.............................................................................................................................. 7
BBC INTERVIEWS COL. SYAHNAKRI .............................................................................................................7
RECENT INTERVIEW WITH BISHOP BELO ......................................................................................................7
EIGHT KILLED IN EAST TIMOR CLASH, SOURCES SAY...................................................................................7
REBEL DIES IN EAST TIMOR CLASH..............................................................................................................8
SEVERAL CLASHES AND MANY CASUALTIES..................................................................................................8
CIDES SEMINAR ON EAST TIMOR SHOULD INVOLVE EAST TIMORESE..........................................................8
TIMOR GUERRILLAS DECLARE CEASEFIRE....................................................................................................9
INDONESIA REJECTS GUERRILLA CEASEFIRE........................................................................................10
EAST TIMOR REBELS READY TO CONTINUE FIGHT AGAINST INDONESIA...............................................10
NEW RELIGIOUS INCIDENT IN TIMOR .......................................................................................................10
INDONESIA PREPARES TO QUELL EAST TIMOR UPRISING..........................................................................10
SOLDIER JAILED FOR IRREVERENCE..........................................................................................................10
JAKARTA SAID TO BE STERILIZING EAST TIMORESE...................................................................................11
INFORMED VISIT TO EAST TIMOR...............................................................................................................11
EAST TIMOR BISHOP ANNOUNCES ‘SPECIAL STATUS’ TALKS ON TERRITORY..............................................12
GUERRILLA ARRESTED, CLAIMS ARMY ........................................................................................................12
WAVE OF MIGRATION IS ALTERING EAST TIMOR ........................................................................................13
BISHOP BELO INVITED TO AUSTRALIA.........................................................................................................13
EAST TIMOR DEVELOPMENT FAILS TO STEM DISCONTENT.........................................................................13
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EVENTS IN INDONESIA.............................................................................................................................. 14
MEDIA CENTRE TO TACKLE BIASED REPORTS.............................................................................................14
TIMORESE STUDENTS IN MALANG WARNED ...............................................................................................15
EDI SUDRAJAT: SOME NGOS FOMENT ISSUES TO EXERT PRESSURE ON STATES .......................................15
JOINT COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENCE OF EAST TIMORESE......................................................................15
CHANGE IN THE WIND: JAKARTA MAY BE RETHINKING ITS TIMOR POLICY ..............................................16
PRABOWO NEW DEPUTY COMMANDER OF KOPASSUS................................................................................17
TOTAL MEDIA CONTROL SOUGHT: EDITOR .................................................................................................17
INDONESIA EYEING EUROPE, NOT U.S., FOR WEAPONS.............................................................................17
MORE OPEN TO DISCUSSIONS?..................................................................................................................18
COLLABORATORS AT WORK ..................................................................................................................... 19
SECOND LONDON MEETING PLANNED ......................................................................................................19
EAST TIMORESE GROUPS TO MEET AGAIN IN LONDON .........................................................................19
RECONCILIATION II ON THE HORIZON ..................................................................................................19
GOVERNOR OF TIMOR PREPARED TO TALK TO HORTA, BUT NOT WITH XANANA........................................20
EAST TIMORESE CALL FOR BROADER TALKS ...............................................................................................20
SOME PRELIMINARY NOTES ON THE FORTHCOMING ‘RECONCILIATION TALKS’ ...................................20
UPDATE: PEOPLE ATTEN DING THE TALKS...............................................................................................21
SECRETARY-GENERAL IS SENDING OBSERVER...........................................................................................21
U.N. OFFICIAL SITS IN ON RECONCILIATION TALKS...................................................................................21
ARAUJO WANTS TO EXTEND “RECONCILIATION” ........................................................................................22
LONDON TIMORESE TALKS DECLARATION..................................................................................................22
MORE TIMOR MEETINGS THIS WEEK .........................................................................................................23
MIXED RESULT TO TALKS ON TIMOR PEACE ..............................................................................................23
SELF-DETERMINATION NOT YET DISCUSSED ..............................................................................................23
SUHARTO WANTS TO MEET ABILIO ARAUJO ................................................................................................24
XANANA IS STILL IN CHARGE .................................................................................................................. 24
XANANA WRITES U.S. ACTIVISTS................................................................................................................24
MESSAGE FROM XANANA TO HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP ................................................................................25
INDONESIANS TALK TO XANANA OF REFERENDUM ....................................................................................26
XANANA: SYMBOL OF RESISTANCE .............................................................................................................26
TIMORESE RESISTANCE MEETS ALATAS ................................................................................................. 27
JAWA POS ON NEW YORK TALKS ...............................................................................................................27
ALATAS AND CNRM MEET IN NY.................................................................................................................27
CNRM STATEMENT ON MEETING WITH INDONESIAN FOREIGN MINISTER .................................................28
RESISTANCE HOLDS DIRECT TALKS WITH INDONESIAN ENVOY ...............................................................28
EAST TIMOR: TALKS AMONG THE OPPOSING PARTIES................................................................................29
RECONCILIATION, HORTA STYLE ...............................................................................................................30
JAKARTA LOSING ITS CLOUT.......................................................................................................................30
(HORTA IN ) LUANDA DISCUSSES TIMOR ....................................................................................................30
ALKATIRI: JAKARTA, CANBERRA TRY TO CONTAIN OPPOSITION ................................................................30
STEP BY STEP POLICY..................................................................................................................................32
FLIRTING WITH THE EN EMY – FOREIGN MINISTER MEETS EAST TIMOR SEPARATISTS ...............................32
THREE CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON JAKARTA .............................................................................................33
INDONESIA PREPARES FOR APEC............................................................................................................. 33
EAST TIMOR OPEN TO FOREIGNERS ...........................................................................................................33
INDONESIA TO PERMIT FOREIGN REPORTERS TO VISIT EAST TIMOR.........................................................33
NO ROOM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AT APEC ....................................................................................................33
MORE BANS ON THE INDONESIAN MEDIA..................................................................................................34
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INDONESIA: WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT EAST TIMOR, BUT SHOULD .................................................34
EAST TIMOR BRACES FOR FOREIGN JOURNALISTS.....................................................................................35
REPRESSION TIGHTENS IN JAKARTA .........................................................................................................36
TIGHTENING UP IN INDONESIA BEFORE THE APEC SUMMIT......................................................................36
INDONESIA CLAMPING TIGHT SECURITY ON APEC SUMMIT.......................................................................40
SUHARTO’S FREE TRADE POLICY A DIPLOMATIC TRADEOFF?....................................................................40
INDONESIA’S PHONY CLEANUP ..................................................................................................................41
AI REPORT “OPERATION CLEANSING” AND HUMAN RIGHTS ON THE EVE OF APEC..................................41
AMNESTY SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON JAKARTA................................................................................................42
GEORGE ADITJONDRO INTERROGATED .................................................................................................. 42
INDONESIA SUMMONS CONTROVERSIAL ACADEMIC..................................................................................42
INDONESIAN ACADEMIC IN TROUBLE AGAIN OVER E.T..............................................................................43
INDONESIAN ACADEMIC FACES POLICE HARASSMENT..............................................................................43
INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE ADITJONDRO ...................................................................................................43
INDONESIAN ACADEMIC SAYS BEING MADE SCAPEGOAT ..........................................................................44
AI URGENT ACTION ON GEORGE ADITJONDRO..........................................................................................44
FOLLOW-UP FROM AI, OCTOBER 12. AI FI369/94 ....................................................................................45
ADITJONDRO GETS SECOND POLICE SUMMONS........................................................................................45
ACADEMICS BACK JAKARTA CRITIC ...........................................................................................................46
AAAS ALERT ON GEORGE ADITJONDRO.....................................................................................................46
UPDATE ON ADITJONDRO...........................................................................................................................47
HE TOUCHED ON VERY CRITICAL MATTERS ................................................................................................47
CHRONOLOGY IN ADITJONDRO CASE........................................................................................................48
ADITJONDRO INTERROGATED FOR SIX HOURS..........................................................................................51
NINE HOURS MORE FOR ADITJONDRO.......................................................................................................52
ARIEF BUDIMAN FIRED FROM UKSW..........................................................................................................52
URGENT ACTION APPEAL FOR DR. ARIEF BUDIMAN ...............................................................................52
SUPPORT ARIEF, SUPPORT DEMOCRACY................................................................................................53
INTERROGATION “PREVENTIVE”..................................................................................................................53
JOSÉ ANTONIO NEVES GOES ON TRIAL ................................................................................................... 53
NEVES ON TRIAL IN MALANG.....................................................................................................................53
INDONESIA TRIES TIMORESE UNDERGROUND LEADER .............................................................................53
DEFENCE REBUTTAL....................................................................................................................................54
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS ....................................................................................................... 55
AMNESTY REPORT: INDONESIA & EAST TIMOR: POWER AND IMPUNITY ....................................................55
MARKED DETERIORATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN RECENT MONTHS ...................................56
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN .............................................................................57
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING PILOT PROJECT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GOES ON LINE...........................58
OPENNESS IS ILLUSION, SAYS AMNESTY ....................................................................................................59
AI: POWER & IMPUNITY — EXCERPTS .........................................................................................................59
PIERRE SANE SPEECH ON INDONESIA AND EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................64
INDONESIAN GOVERNMEN T COMMENTS ON AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ......65
AMNESTY REPORT GETS THUMBS DOWN ....................................................................................................65
DEATHLY SILENCE OF THE DIPLOMATS......................................................................................................66
TIMOR GAP TREATY .................................................................................................................................. 68
100 MILLION BARREL OIL STRIKE IN TIMOR GAP........................................................................................68
AUSTRALIA ON TRIAL...................................................................................................................................68
“BUS THE TIMOR GAP” PROTEST, DARWIN ..................................................................................................68
OIL FIND RAISES STAKES IN COURT BATTLE...............................................................................................68
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INDONESIA FLAUNTS EAST TIMOR’S RESOURCES .......................................................................................69
UNITED NATIONS ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................... 69
GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 158-ITEM AGENDA FOR FORTY-NINTH REGULAR SESSION ..........................69
PERSONAL COMMITMENT FROM GHALI ON TIMOR.....................................................................................70
EVENTS IN THE PHILIPPINES.................................................................................................................... 70
WHY DO THEY IGNORE THE TRUTH OF EAST TIMOR? .................................................................................70
SOLIDARITY IN PHILIPPINES ......................................................................................................................71
EVENTS IN AUSTRALIA.............................................................................................................................. 71
WILL INDONESIA LISTEN?...........................................................................................................................71
IRISH P.M. IN AUSTRALIA............................................................................................................................72
TIMOR TALKS..........................................................................................................................................72
DILI PROTESTERS PICKET SUTRISNO.........................................................................................................72
TIMOR APATHY A TRAGEDY, SAYS AUTHOR.................................................................................................72
AUSTRALIAN MPS TO VISIT EAST TIMOR.....................................................................................................73
‘TIMOR PROSPECTS GOOD’ - ACTIVIST........................................................................................................73
TIMOR SOLIDARITY GROUPS MEET............................................................................................................73
CALL FOR TOUGHER LINE ON EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................73
CNRM ON THE A.L.P. NATIONAL RESOLUTION ............................................................................................73
GARETH EVANS INTERVIEWED ON E. TIMOR ..............................................................................................74
YESTERDAY EAST TIMOR WAS ON THE AGENDA .........................................................................................74
EVANS BACKS TOUGH WORDS ON EAST TIMOR..........................................................................................75
WHITLAM ON EAST TIMOR: DISTORTING THE TRUTH..................................................................................75
AUSTRALIAN DAY OF ACTION FOR EAST TIMOR ..........................................................................................77
RALLIES FOCUS ON AUSTRALIAN COMPLICITY............................................................................................77
WRITE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT TO RAISE EAST TIMOR AT APEC ...........................................................78
CHOMSKY TO CHAMPION TIMOR ...............................................................................................................78
UPCOMING A.N.U. INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.....................................................................................78
EAST TIMORESE BARRED FROM CONSULATE ..............................................................................................79
INDONESIA DENIES VISAS TO EAST TIMORESE ..........................................................................................79
LABOR’S BETRAYAL OF EAST TIMOR ...........................................................................................................79
SURVIVOR OF DILI MASSACRE SEEKS REFUGE...........................................................................................80
EVENTS IN AOTEAROA (NEW ZEALAND)................................................................................................... 80
NEW ZEALAND MPS TO VISIT TIMOR..........................................................................................................80
INFORMATION ON NZ MPS FACT-FINDING MISSION .............................................................................81
MINISTER (ALATAS) DEFENDS EAST TIMOR SITUATION ...............................................................................81
NZ MPS SEE DILI PRISONERS .....................................................................................................................81
EVENTS IN JAPAN...................................................................................................................................... 81
JAPANESE TV DOCUMENTARY .....................................................................................................................81
AMNESTY PRODS JAPAN ON TIMOR...........................................................................................................82
JAPAN MPS VISIT EAST TIMOR ...................................................................................................................82
EAST TIMOR: REPRESSION CONTINUES ......................................................................................................83
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN INDONESIA, THE BIGGEST ODA RECIPIENT COUNTRY .........................................84
ASAHI ON DIET ET VISIT “MISINTERPRETED”..............................................................................................85
JAPANESE MPS URGE MURAYAMA & KONO: RAISE EAST TIMOR ISSUE AT APEC ........................................86
EAST TIMOR ON JAPANESE TV....................................................................................................................87
EVENTS IN EUROPE................................................................................................................................... 87
ASEAN SET TO BOOST ECONOMIC, POLITICAL TIES WITH E.U. ..................................................................87
EU-ASEAN MEET TODAY IN KARLSRUHE......................................................................................................88
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DEMONSTRATION AT EU-ASEAN MEETING BANNED....................................................................................88
AMNESTY, IN BELGIUM, URGES CLOSE INSPECTION OF ISLAND................................................................89
INT’L PARLIAMENT OF WRITERS TO SEND MISSION TO EAST TIMOR..........................................................89
RACHLAND NASHIDIK ADDRESSES PORTO CONFERENCE..........................................................................90
SALEH ABDULLAH PORTO SPEECH ..............................................................................................................90
PORTUGUESE 12 NOVEMBER ASSOCIATION PLANS.....................................................................................91
CAVACO SILVA: “TALKS SHOULD INCLUDE TIMORESE” ...............................................................................91
PRESIDENT (SOARES) SPEAKS OF TIMOR IN POLAND.................................................................................91
ELIZABETH BAGLEY’S DEBUT (AS U.S. AMBASSADOR IN LISBON)................................................................91
NEW DIRTY LAUNDRY ON THE ARMS FRONT (IN SWEDEN).........................................................................91
STOP OUR ARMS EXPORTS TO INDONESIA ............................................................................................92
EVENTS IN THE U.K................................................................................................................................... 92
BRITISH LEGISLATORS TO VISIT EAST TIMOR .............................................................................................92
BRITISH MPS PROBE HUMAN RIGHTS AND EAST TIMOR.............................................................................92
MORE PRAISE FOR INDONESIA FROM BRITISH MPS ..............................................................................93
BRITISH MP PATRICK NICHOLLS ON TIMOR TRIP .......................................................................................93
BRITISH PARLIAMENTARIAN: ABRI SHOULD RECRUIT EAST TIMORESE..................................................94
NICHOLLS: INDONESIAN RIGHTS ...............................................................................................................94
BCET AND AI RESPOND: .........................................................................................................................94
STOP EXCUSING TYRANNY.....................................................................................................................95
BRITISH TIMOR CAMPAIGNERS TARGET ARMS TRADE................................................................................96
MAGUIRE SLAMS UK GOVERNMENT............................................................................................................96
MAIREAD MAGUIRE SPEAKS UP AGAIN...................................................................................................97
BRITISH CAMPAIGN: FOUR WEEKS FOR EAST TIMOR..................................................................................97
BRITAIN AIMS TO SELL HAWKS, SCORPIONS TO INDONESIA .....................................................................97
TANJUNG CONFIRMS SCORPIONS DEAL ................................................................................................97
PROPOSED UK SCORPIONS SALE TO INDONESIA GIVES GREEN LIGHT TO AN AGGRESSOR STATE ......97
HUMAN WRONGS IN INDONESIA................................................................................................................98
EVENTS IN IRELAND.................................................................................................................................. 98
RIGHTS ACTIVISTS CASTIGATE UNIONISTS OVER TRADE MISSION ............................................................98
CONCERN ON EAST TIMOR EXPRESSED .....................................................................................................99
ARMS SUPPLY TO INDONESIA “INTOLERABLE” ............................................................................................99
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCH IN DUBLIN..........................................................................................99
IRISH FM SPRING URGED TO ACT ON EAST TIMOR................................................................................... 100
IRISH MPS INVITED TO EAST TIMOR TALKS .............................................................................................. 100
SENATOR MEETS PORTUGUESE GROUP DESPITE ILLNESS........................................................................ 100
EVENTS IN FRANCE ................................................................................................................................. 100
FRENCH “FOUR MONTHS FOR EAST TIMOR” CAMPAIGN REPORT.............................................................. 100
FRENCH “FORUM TIMOR” FORMED .......................................................................................................... 101
NEWSBRIEFS IN FRENCH PRESS.............................................................................................................. 101
EVENTS IN CANADA................................................................................................................................. 102
CANADA: SIX MONTHS FOR EAST TIMOR! ................................................................................................. 102
FALL ACTION CALENDAR (ONTARIO / QUEBEC)......................................................................................... 103
NOAM CHOMSKY, JOSÉ RAMOS-HORTA TO SPEAK ON EAST TIMOR ......................................................... 103
OTTAWA EYES LINKING AID TO FOREIGN DEFENCE COSTS.................................................................... 104
CANADIAN HOUSE OF COMMONS DEBATE ON APEC................................................................................. 104
ETAN/CANADA MEDIA ADVISORY ON APEC .............................................................................................. 105
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EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES............................................................................................................. 105
PORTUGUESE GOV’T HIRES LOBBY IN WASHINGTON ............................................................................... 105
DURÃO BARROSO: U.S. ATTENTIVE TO SITUATION IN EAST TIMOR ........................................................... 105
URGE REPRESENTATIVES TO SIGN LETTERS ............................................................................................. 106
SUPPORT WORKERS’ RIGHTS IN INDONESIA....................................................................................... 107
HUFFINGTON AND THE TORTURERS ......................................................................................................... 108
SIDEBAR: FEINSTEIN’S INDONESIA PROBLEM...................................................................................... 110
SUHARTO’S CANDIDATE (HUFFINGTON)............................................................................................... 110
US ‘DISMAYED’ OVER MAGAZINE SUSPENSION ........................................................................................ 110
AMERICANS TO INVEST IN TUNA FISHERY INFRASTRUCTURE IN EAST TIMOR.......................................... 111
CLINTON TO BRING EAST TIMOR TO SUHARTO ......................................................................................... 111
RESTART THE RIGHTS CLOCK IN INDONESIA........................................................................................... 111
P.R. FIRM PUSHES INDONESIA ................................................................................................................. 112
CALL CLINTON ON NOVEMBER 7: EAST TIMOR MUST BE FREE.................................................................. 112
NETWORK NEWS (ETAN/US NEWSLETTER), NOV. 1994.............................................................................. 112
NOVEMBER 14-16: CLINTON HEADS TO INDONESIA............................................................................. 112
ETAN STEERING COMMITTEE MEETS .................................................................................................... 113
CONGRESS LIMITS ARMS SALES AND MILITARY TRAINING FOR INDONESIA....................................... 113
INDONESIAN SCHOLAR EXPOSES OCCUPATION’S IMPACT.................................................................. 113
EAST TIMOR NETWORK URGES PRESIDENT CLINTON TO SPEAK OUT....................................................... 114
CLINTON WILL RAISE HUMAN RIGHTS WITH SUHARTO ............................................................................ 115
EAST TIMOR MAY BE RAISED AS SHAREHOLDER ISSUE ............................................................................ 115
SENATORS WRITE CLINTON ...................................................................................................................... 117
GEN. SINTONG PANJAITAN OWES $14 MILLION .................................................................................... 117
FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON TO HEAR TESTIMONY ON 1991 MASSACRE.................................................. 117
HOLDING THE INDONESIA MILITARY ACCOUNTABLE ............................................................................... 118
MOTHER TO COLLECT DAMAGES FOR EAST TIMOR MASSACRE................................................................ 118
INDONESIAN SUED FOR ROLE IN EAST TIMOR MASSACRE....................................................................... 118
SPOTLIGHT ON 1991 EAST TIMOR MASSACRE ........................................................................................... 119
HELEN TODD’S SUIT HAS BROADER IMPLICATIONS............................................................................. 119
US COURT RULES $14 MILLION AGAINST INDONESIAN GENERAL ............................................................ 120
INDONESIA GENERAL SAYS COURT VERDICT A “JOKE” ............................................................................ 120
RESOURCES............................................................................................................................................. 121
ALL IN THE FAMILY AVAILABLE IN U.S........................................................................................................ 121
TIMOR RAP ................................................................................................................................................ 121
TIMORNET: INTERNET INFORMATION RESOURCE ON EAST TIMOR .......................................................... 121
TIMOR IN MAINSTREAM FILM.................................................................................................................... 122
GEO ON EAST TIMOR................................................................................................................................. 122
NEW BOOKLET: STOP ARMING INDONESIA............................................................................................... 122
INNOVATIVE THEATRE TAKES UP EAST TIMOR .......................................................................................... 122
INT’L FEDERATION FOR EAST TIMOR........................................................................................................ 122

Title: Suara Aksi: Indonesia Solidarity Action

• “ACTU retreats from SPSI project”
• “FISI supports East Timorese stand”
• “Spies used against Indonesian workers” (Cipto R.)
• “Child labour in Indonesia”
• “Arrest of Muslims”
• “III health forces release”
• “Indonesia’s death squads Australia’s role”
• “Military attacks on students”