Item consists of biographical information regarding Abé Barreto Soares, including press clippings, correspondence, a flyer for a fundraising event in Australia, and two graphic photographs depicting nudity and scenes of violence.
The Bata Shoe Company, in Toronto, had two factories in Indonesia. ETAN had urged them to remove their factories and began planning a boycott of Bata shoes.
Item consists of correspondence, a transcript of an interview, a cover of an issue of the ACTivist featuring Bella Galhos, and two articles discussing her.
Bella Galhos and Bev Bedford of ETAN/Winnipeg, with effigies of Indoneisan president Suharto and Canadian prime minister Jean Chretien, Winnipeg, Canada.
In Canada, solidarity activists rallied to try to make a “citizen’s arrest” of Indonesian president Suharto at the 1997 APEC summit, picking up on the example of Timorese activists who had put their country’s struggle at the centre of the 1994 APEC summit in Jakarta. -Bella Galhos presents media with photos of torture in East Timor outside the APEC summit, Vancouver, 1997 (Photo: Elaine Briere)
The Canadian government and the Indonesian government sign a joint declaration (included) which states that "determined to broaden relations and enhance mutual confidence and understanding." This is alarming for ETAN.
The Canadian government and the Indonesian government sign a joint declaration (included) which states that "determined to broaden relations and enhance mutual confidence and understanding." This is alarming for ETAN
Flyers introducing 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Horta Ramos and the premiere of Elaine Brière's film "Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out of East - Timor" in Toronto, CA.
Flyers introducing 1996 Nobel Peace Prize winner Jose Horta Ramos and the premiere of Elaine Brière's film "Bitter Paradise: The Sell-Out of East - Timor" in Toronto, CA.
Item consists of press clippings, flyers, a press release, a synopsis of the film, and Elaine Brière's resume. It provides information on the release and reception of Ms. Brière's film "Bitter Paradise," including reviews of the film and promotional material as well as supplementary information about the filmmaker herself.
Item consists primarily of correspondence between ETAN Canada members discussing their activities for 1997. It also consists of a statement by the Canadian Delegation for the Consultative Group for Indonesia, minutes from a meeting between PET-Canada and Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy, information regarding Sharon Scharfe's publication "Complicity: Human Rights and Canadian Foreign Policy," and an account of a visit to Indonesia by Sharon Scharfe.
In 1983, Monsignor Martinho da Costa Lopes became the first Timorese voice to speak in Canada since the 1975 invasion. He had recently been removed as apostolic administrator of the diocese of Dili – in de facto terms, head of the Timorese Catholic church – for being too critical of Indonesia’s human rights record. Msgr da Costa Lopes came at the invitation of the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace, meeting Canadian Catholics and also lobbying the government and speaking to the Canadian media.
The same year also saw the release of Peter Monet’s film “Betrayed But Not Beaten,” the first documentary to be produced in North America about East Timor. -Image: screen shot of Martinho da Costa Lopes from the film