Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and connected computer networks 3, Nov. 20-25, 1991
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EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF KAMAL BAMADHAJ..................................................................................................................... 3
Dili, East Timor, 29 October 1991................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Maubisse, 2 November 1991 ........................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Dili, 3 November 1991.................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
AUSTRALIAN RELIGIOUS LEADERS SPEAK OUT FOR EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................ 5
SENATOR PELL CONDEMNS MASSACRE.................................................................................................................................................................. 5
"WE CAN'T DENY THE FOREIGN PRESS REPORTS," SAYS GOV. CARRASCALAO (SURYA)......................................................................................... 5
SUHARTO SETS UP INVESTIGATION TEAM (JAWA POS)........................................................................................................................................... 5
NEW MASSACRE BY INDONESIAN TROOPS(IPS) ................................................................................................................................... 6
BRITISH MPS CALL FOR ARMS EMBARGO .............................................................................................................................................................. 6
MOTION 187: ARMS EMBARGO TO INDONESIA............................................................................................................................. 6
JOINT EC STATEMENT AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY............................................................................................................................................. 7
EAST TIMOR STUDENTS' PLEA TO UN IN JAKARTA ............................................................................................................................................... 7
DECLARATION OF THE NATIONAL MOVEMENT OF THE EAST TIMORESE STUDENTS IN INDONESIA ......................... 7
BRITISH WITNESS, COX, DESCRIBES MASSACRE..................................................................................................................................................... 7
DEAD IN EAST TIMOR (WASH. POST EDITORIAL) ........................................................................................................................................ 8
PORTUGAL'S DAY OF MOURNING MARKS KILLINGS IN EAST TIMOR (WP)................................................................................. 9
ASIA WATCH LETTER TO ALATAS.......................................................................................................................................................................... 9
PORTUGUESE GOVERNMENT: JAKARTA'S INQUIRY COMMISSION 'A SAD FARCE' ..................................................................................................... 9
JAPANESE DIET MEMBERS STATEMENT................................................................................................................................................................ 9
STATEMENT ON MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR ................................................................................................................................. 9
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST, NOV. 20........................................................................................................................................................................... 9
JAPAN (Call for government action)............................................................................................................................................................ 9
NETHERLANDS (Kooijmans mission)..................................................................................................................................................... 10
NETHERLANDS (Stop aid to Indon?)...................................................................................................................................................... 10
PORTUGAL (PM urges action)................................................................................................................................................................. 10
PORTUGAL (Publico criticizes Vatican)................................................................................................................................................... 10
PORTUGAL (UDT lists victims).............................................................................................................................................................. 10
PORTUGAL (Fretilin gains) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10
PORTUGAL, SWEDEN (Gov'ts criticize Indonesia)................................................................................................................................ 10
NEW ZEALAND (Govt waffles)............................................................................................................................................................... 10
AUSTRALIA (Hawke visit off?) ............................................................................................................................................................... 10
AUSTRALIA (review ties with Indon.)..................................................................................................................................................... 11
AUSTRALIA (Jakarta diplomat comments)............................................................................................................................................. 11
UN (Fretilin urges action)........................................................................................................................................................................... 11
U.S. (Senate Committee wants investigation)............................................................................................................................................. 11
U.S. (State Department briefing excerpt).................................................................................................................................................... 11
EAST TIMOR (Belo body count).............................................................................................................................................................. 11
EAST TIMOR (Warouw, Red Cross)........................................................................................................................................................ 11
TIMORESE ARRESTED IN JAKARTA (TAPOL)...................................................................................................................................................... 12
HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP STOPPED FROM GOING TO DILI (TAPOL)....................................................................................................................... 12
U.S. SENATE DRAFT TIMOR RESOLUTION............................................................................................................................................................ 12
H.Con.Res.340............................................................................................................................................................................................ 12
THE BLOOD OF EAST TIMOR CAN'T DRAW MUCH U.S. INK (NY DAILY NEWS) ............................................................................ 13
EAST TIMOR RAISED IN U.K. HOUSE OF COMMONS......................................................................................................................... 13
- EAST TIMOR...................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
- INDONESIA......................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
LETTER: INDONESIAN LEGAL AID TO ABRI COMMANDER................................................................................................................................. 14
ORIGINAL (in Indonesian)........................................................................................................................................................................ 14
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CONCERN IS NOT ENOUGH (GUARDIAN).................................................................................................................................................. 15
TIMOR NEWS AVAILABLE ON DISKETTE............................................................................................................................................................. 15
TEARS FOR EAST TIMOR (NY TIMES EDITORIAL) ............................................................................................................................................... 15
A NARROW ESCAPE FROM EAST TIMOR (ALLAN NAIRN)..................................................................................................................................... 15
Two U.S. journalists survive massacre by Indonesian soldiers. ................................................................................................................. 15
U.S.-BASED SOLIDARITY FOREAST TIMOR.......................................................................................................................................................... 16
RRK@HOQAA.ATT.COM ................................................................................................................................................................................ 16
From Charlie Scheiner................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST, NOV. 21......................................................................................................................................................................... 16
JAPAN (Embassy report inconclusive)...................................................................................................................................................... 16
JAPAN (Embassy mission duped?) ........................................................................................................................................................... 16
AUSTRALIA (Hawke criticizes Sutrisno)................................................................................................................................................. 16
NETHERLANDS (Aid postponed) ........................................................................................................................................................... 17
FRANCE (Euro. Parliament reolution)....................................................................................................................................................... 17
PORTUGAL (New Indon. offensive in Dili) ............................................................................................................................................. 17
U.S. (Congressional meeting planned)......................................................................................................................................................... 17
INDONESIA (Foreign press criticized)...................................................................................................................................................... 17
INDONESIA (Pro-govt, anti-Australia demo)........................................................................................................................................... 17
INDONESIA (Anti-Australia Demo)......................................................................................................................................................... 17
INDONESIA (Human Rights leader questioned)....................................................................................................................................... 17
INDONESIA (Diplomats question military).............................................................................................................................................. 17
INDONESIA (LRD wants inquests).......................................................................................................................................................... 17
EAST TIMOR (Red Cross restricted)........................................................................................................................................................ 18
EAST TIMOR (Warounw: back to normal)............................................................................................................................................... 18
EAST TIMOR (Army to interrogate wounded)......................................................................................................................................... 18
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ADOPTS RESOLUTION WITH HUGE MAJORITY ............................................................................................................... 18
JOINT MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION ON THE MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR.......................................................................... 18
The European Parliament:........................................................................................................................................................................... 18
JAKARTA SHOULD COME CLEAN (BANGKOK POST EDITORIAL)............................................................................................................. 18
INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS NGOS THREATENED (TAPOL) ............................................................................................................................. 19
HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS UNDER DAILY INTERROGATION LEADING HUMAN RIGHTS NGOs UNDER THREAT. 19
BANDUNG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS PROTEST (TAPOL)........................................................................................................................................ 19
XANANA FAMILY HOME RAIDED IN DILI (TAPOL)............................................................................................................................................. 19
HOME OF XANANA GUSMAO'S FAMILY IN DILI RAIDED .......................................................................................................... 19
NDP DEMANDS ACTION FROM OTTAWA ON RIGHTS (TORONTO STAR)......................................................................................... 19
CABINET DISCUSSES STRONGER STANCE ON TIMOR (CANBERRA TIMES) ............................................................................................................. 19
CBS TV NEWS IN U.S. BROADCASTS VIDEO OF MASSACRE............................................................................................................................... 20
Comment from Charles Scheiner................................................................................................................................................................. 20
VOLKSKRANT EDITORIAL ON EAST TIMOR.......................................................................................................................................................... 20
HAWKE BLASTS JAKARTA OVER SICK REMARKS (AUSTRALIAN)...................................................................................................... 21
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION...................................................................................................................................................... 21
ISLAND OF OPPRESSION (LONDON TIMES EDITORIAL)............................................................................................................................... 22
LETTER TO THE GUARDIAN (C. BUDIARDJO) ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
INDONESIA SCORING BIG WITH U.S. $$$ (NEWSDAY) ........................................................................................................................................ 22
THE ARMY'S ONLY CASUALTY: WHO IS HE? (TAPOL)........................................................................................................................................ 23
A hardened Timor veteran........................................................................................................................................................................... 23
A special mission ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 23
AUSTRALIAN WORKERS, CARTOONISTS, CHALLENGE INDONESIA........................................................................................................................ 23
TIMOR: HARDLY A MISTAKE (PEACE NEWS) ....................................................................................................................................................... 24
PETER JONES adds from Canberra:.......................................................................................................................................................... 24
UNION BANS INDONESIAN SHIPS (A.W.U.)............................................................................................................................................ 24
LEGAL AID FOUNDATION EXPOSES INDONESIAN GOV'T LIE ............................................................................................................................... 25
INDONESIAN LEGAL AID FOUNDATION Visit to the Metropolitan Jakarta Police Station in Conjunction with the Detention of East
Timorese Students............................................................................................................................................................................. 25
AUSTRALIAN BISHOPS ASK U.N. ACTION.......................................................................................................................................................... 25
BISHOPS CALL FOR URGENT U.N. ACTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN EAST TIMOR.............................................. 25
OUR BRUTAL FRIENDS (OTTAWA CITIZEN)................................................................................................................................................ 25
Canada lavishes aid on the government that's killed one-third of East Timor............................................................................................. 25
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN MACDOUGALL .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST, NOV. 22......................................................................................................................................................................... 27
AUSTRALIA (Intelligence should have known)........................................................................................................................................ 27
AUSTRALIA (A.W.U. strikes Indon. ships)............................................................................................................................................. 27
AUSTRALIA (ACFOA reports) ............................................................................................................................................................... 27
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UNITED KINGDOM (Press Inst. protests)............................................................................................................................................. 27
PORTUGAL (Bishop urges Vatican)........................................................................................................................................................ 28
U.S. (State Department briefing excerpt).................................................................................................................................................... 28
INDONESIA (Legal Aid refused access).................................................................................................................................................... 28
INDONESIA (Sutrisno & Red Cross)........................................................................................................................................................ 28
INDONESIA (Investigation promised) ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
INDONESIA (Press access) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 28
INDONESIA (No injured journalists) ........................................................................................................................................................ 28
INDONESIA (Dissidents criticize massacre)............................................................................................................................................. 28
INDONESIA (Govt commission meets) .................................................................................................................................................... 28
INDONESIA (Portugal blamed)................................................................................................................................................................. 29
EAST TIMOR (Belo cancels mass)............................................................................................................................................................ 29
KOOIJMANS INTERVIEW (TEMPO) ....................................................................................................................................................................... 29
IT WASN'T TO TAUNT AND CURSE................................................................................................................................................... 29
INDONESIAN COMMISSION BLAMES PORTUGAL FOR MASSACRE ......................................................................................................................... 30
UNYOKING THE TIMORESE (BOSTON GLOBE EDITORIAL)......................................................................................................................... 30
WIRE SERVICE DIGEST NOV. 23-24..................................................................................................................................................................... 31
PORTUGAL (Timor repression continues).............................................................................................................................................. 31
PORTUGAL (Denies Indon. accusations) ................................................................................................................................................. 31
PORTUGAL (Demonstration in Lisbon)................................................................................................................................................... 31
PORTUGAL (Carrascalao on massacre).................................................................................................................................................... 31
PORTUGAL (Pope criticized)................................................................................................................................................................... 31
VATICAN (asks Indonesia for truth)......................................................................................................................................................... 31
VENEZUELA (Question Suharto during visit).......................................................................................................................................... 31
INDONESIA (blaming Portugal)................................................................................................................................................................ 31
INDONESIA (Government investigation).................................................................................................................................................. 32
INDONESIA (not afraid of int'l pressure).................................................................................................................................................. 32
EAST TIMOR (Church service in Dili)...................................................................................................................................................... 32
EAST TIMOR (Belo avoids politics)......................................................................................................................................................... 32
EASTERN ATROCITIES (LONDON OBSERVER EDITORIAL)........................................................................................................................... 32
MORE KILLINGS (TAPOL)................................................................................................................................................................................. 32
TIMORESE STUDENTS ARRESTED IN BALI AND JAVA (TAPOL)............................................................................................................................ 32
NEWS FROM NOWHERE: THE UNHEARD OF MASSACRE IN EAST TIMOR (RYTER) ............................................................................................... 33
MORE MASSACRES CONFIRMED......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
AUSTRALIA (A.I. releases names, further killings).................................................................................................................................. 36
AUSTRALIA (Reports of mass graves, more killings).............................................................................................................................. 36
INDONESIA (denies massacre reports)..................................................................................................................................................... 36
BISHOP BELO ON THE MASSACRE (TEMPO)......................................................................................................................................................... 36
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