[PDF] Top 20 Timor link, no. 38, January 1997

... By December 1996 more than 70 MPs had signed an early day motion calling on the UK government to 'seek the unconditional release of East Timorese people detained by th[r] ... See full document

... For the sake of democracy in Indonesia, and the memory of the victims who died at the hands of the Indonesian military, the international community must push for the [r] ... See full document

... statements it has adopted in the past three years, the 53rd session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHRJ this year passed a strong resolution criticising the In[r] ... See full document

... Among other things, the Portuguese Parliament has apparently made clear that its delegation would affirm the right to self-determination of East Timor's people, an[r] ... See full document

... Indonesian government claims that East Timor has been integrated into the Republic of Indonesia at the request of its people - a claim refuted by the people of [r] ... See full document

... (Over half the territory nevertheless remains subject to special restrictions.] February 6 Bp Belo writes to the UN Secretary General, calling for a referendum, and in the s[r] ... See full document

... with President Suharto human rights abuses in Indonesia and East Timor, press freedom, trade union rights and the continued incarceration of. Xanana Gusmao[r] ... See full document

... A recent State Department briefing restated the administration's intention to use IMET (International Military Education and Train- ing, cut off to Indonesia for 1993) 'to train civi[r] ... See full document

... The European Commission should monitor and evaluate the aid package to ensure it improves the material situation of East Timorese people and strengthens respect for human rights. The [r] ... See full document

... Opponents of an East Timor advisory opinion might counter that delivering an opinion on a question framed as addressing the rights held by the East Timorese people , while not 'sub[r] ... See full document

... The document of A Paz e Possivel em Tiioc>r Leste, published in July, 15 pages, refutes the arguments presented by the Indonesian government point by point: [r] ... See full document

... Since then, talks between the Portuguese and Indonesian governments have 'centred on the questions of the repatriation of former Portuguese civil servants, the rep[r] ... See full document

... the Indonesian government to silence the voice of the international community on human rights violations in East Timor, the issue remains high. on the agenda of inter-go[r] ... See full document

... Recent months have seen further human rights violations in East Timor and the deposition in Indonesia of opposition leader Megawati Sukamoputri. The European Union finally made[r] ... See full document

... Al's February 1996 report notes that: 'Despite signs of increased sensitivity on the part of the Indonesian government to national and inter- national pressure for an improvement in[r] ... See full document

... As leader of the Catholic community- more than 90 per cent of the East Timorese population - Bishop Belo commands far more respect than any military or civilian figure , and plays a [r] ... See full document

... The Timorese feel that they are annexed (conquered) and not integrated with a civilisa- tion which is respectful of and in harmony with international law. The Church appeals for [r] ... See full document

... The communique pressed Indonesia again to improve the human rights situation in East Timor, 'in particular with regard to access to East Tim or, the early release of the Eas[r] ... See full document

... Over-reaction on the part of the Indonesian government and mishandling by the Philippines government, transformed the Asia Pacific Conference on East Timor (APCETJ in Manila from a r[r] ... See full document

... East Timor became world news in November when Indonesian troops fired on a funeral procession at the Santa Cruz cemetery, Dill, the territory's capital, killing [r] ... See full document