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Supporters of East Timor Celebrate Independence

Monday, 20 May 2002, 10:15 am | East Timor Action Network

May 19 - Local chapters of East Timor Action Network (ETAN) are celebrating hard won freedom of East Timor, the first new nation of the 21st century. At midnight on May 20, East Timor's flag will be raised over Dili, East Timor's capital, to mark ... More >>

Call Justice For The Women Of East Timor

Tuesday, 14 May 2002, 10:54 am | East Timor Action Network

Women Worldwide Call For an International Tribunal For East Timor Officials, Scholars And Activists Say Justice For Crimes Against Timorese Women Needed Now More >>

World's Newest Country Must Remain Debt-Free

Thursday, 18 April 2002, 11:41 am | East Timor Action Network

The World's Newest Country Must Remain Debt-Free! East Timor's May 20 Independence Threatened by Donors' Economic Chains More >>

East Timor Needs Own Tribunal

Friday, 12 April 2002, 9:21 am | East Timor Action Network

Human Rights Activists Welcome Ratification Of International Criminal Court, But Say East Timor Needs Own Tribunal More >>

Rights Must Factor Into Assistance To Indonesia

Wednesday, 7 November 2001, 9:35 am | East Timor Action Network

Rights Must Factor Into Economic Assistance To Indonesia Groups Call For Concrete Improvements In Justice And Human Rights Conditions More >>

IFET: Letter to UN Sec-General on Tribunal

Friday, 26 October 2001, 12:34 am | East Timor Action Network

We are writing to urge you to support the establishment by the United Nations of an international tribunal to try the war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide committed in East Timor from 1975 onward. As we wrote to you on 5 July and 30 August ... More >>

NGOs: Urgent Steps Needed to Establish Justice

Friday, 26 October 2001, 12:32 am | East Timor Action Network

Dear Members of the Security Council, We are writing to you in relation to the serious plight of the entire justice process surrounding the prosecution of those responsible for the gross and systematic violation of international humanitarian law in East ... More >>

Internationals in East Timor write UNSC on Justice

Friday, 26 October 2001, 12:31 am | East Timor Action Network

We are writing as citizens of many countries who currently reside in East Timor (Timor Lorosa'e), working with a variety of organizations. Through our work and our friendships, we have developed close contacts with many people and organizations in this soon-to-be ... More >>

ETAN/IHRN Oppose Blanket Waiver for Human Rights

Friday, 28 September 2001, 12:44 am | East Timor Action Network

September 27, 2001 — The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) and the Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN) strongly urge members of Congress to reject any request by the Bush administration for authority "to waive all existing restrictions on ... More >>

Jose Ramos-Horta On Pacifica And Amy Goodman

Tuesday, 4 September 2001, 2:53 pm | East Timor Action Network

I was distressed to learn that Amy Goodman's reporting on East Timor has been questioned and that some have alleged that the November 12, 1991 Santa Cruz massacre may not have taken place. More >>

Military Relations With Indonesia Hurt Groups Say

Monday, 13 August 2001, 3:15 pm | East Timor Action Network

Rights Groups Say Military Relations With Indonesia Hurt, Not Help Oppose Any Restoration of U.S. Military Ties More >>

U.S. Reaffirms Support For Reform In Indonesia

Wednesday, 25 July 2001, 3:09 pm | East Timor Action Network

U.S. House of Representatives Reaffirms Support for Indonesian Military Reform and for East Timor More >>

Curtail Military & Police Abuses, President Urged

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 2:21 pm | East Timor Action Network

July 23, 2001-- The Indonesia Human Rights Network (IHRN) today called on Megawati Sukarnoputri to halt a crackdown by Indonesian security forces on human rights activists and other civilians in Aceh, West Papua and elsewhere in the archipelago. Megawati ... More >>

Show Support For East Timor, New President Urged

Tuesday, 24 July 2001, 2:19 pm | East Timor Action Network

The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) warned today that past actions of new Indonesian president Megawati Sukarnoputri suggested that her rule could adversely affect East Timor. ETAN urged her to begin her presidency by addressing the worsening refugee ... More >>

Sham Refugee Registration in West Timor

Friday, 8 June 2001, 1:49 pm | East Timor Action Network

On June 6 and 7, the Indonesian government conducted a procedure throughout the refugee camps in West Timor. One stated objective was to allow each family to choose whether to be resettled in Indonesia or to return to East Timor, their homeland from which ... More >>

ETAN Calls For Action On Refugee Crisis

Friday, 4 May 2001, 11:42 am | East Timor Action Network

East Timor Action Network Calls For Action On Refugee Crisis And International Tribunal On Anniversary Of East Timor Vote Agreement More >>

Expression of Concern at Xanana's Statement

Friday, 27 April 2001, 10:35 am | East Timor Action Network

The NGO Forum is very concerned by National Council of Timorese Resistance (CNRT) President Xanana Gusmao's recent comment, as quoted in Suara Timor Lorosa'e on 23 April 2001, that an International Tribunal is not a priority for East Timor. If he ... More >>

Crimes Against Humanity Planned Operation

Thursday, 26 April 2001, 11:59 am | East Timor Action Network

The East Timor Action Network/U.S. (ETAN) today published the full text of a United Nations-commissioned report on Indonesian military (TNI) crimes against humanity in East Timor. The report is now available on the internet at http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/dunn1.htm ... More >>

Crimes Against Humanity Planned Operation

Thursday, 26 April 2001, 12:41 am | East Timor Action Network

The East Timor Action Network/U.S. (ETAN) today published the full text of a United Nations-commissioned report on Indonesian military (TNI) crimes against humanity in East Timor. The report is now available on the internet at http://www.etan.org/news/2001a/dunn1.htm ... More >>

E Timor NGOs Protest Rushed Electoral Process

Friday, 23 March 2001, 2:28 pm | East Timor Action Network

The East Timorese NGO Forum sent the following letter to members of the United Nations Security Council on 17 March. The letter expresses serious concern over the rushed electoral and constitutional process being pushed by UNTAET's Political Affairs Office. ... More >>

   

 
 
 
 
 

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