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These collections
of recent items relating to particular themes
have been added
in the past week:
BD: War Crimes & Crimes Against Humanity
BD: East Timorese Women's Issues
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Mar
31 Reut: Ramos-Horta replaces Gusmao as Timor leader News
added Apr 1
"Nobel peace laureate Jose Ramos-Horta,
foreign minister of U.N.-run East Timor, will take over as head of the
territory’s de facto parliament, the United Nations said on Saturday. He
replaces independence leader Xanana Gusmao, who quit last week over internal
squabbling which he said was hampering the tiny territory’s push for independence."
Reuters
Mar
30 STL: CPD-RDTL’s Antonio Aitahan Matak Wants Proof News
from ETimor added Mar 31
“We are not accepting the accusations
made against us by Ramos Horta, Mari Alkatari and Lu-Olo that we are linked
with the TNI. Prove it! If they can’t prove the allegations then we will
take them to court both nationally and internationally,” Antonio
Aitahan Matak, General Co-ordinator of CPD-RDTL
Mar
29 RDP: Timorese leader Gusmao criticizes use of aid funds
News added Mar 30
"An ironic Xanana Gusmao told the donors’
representatives that if ministers in Sergio Vieira de Mello’s [head of
UNTAET, UN Transitional Administration in East Timor] government left the
country less often and visited the districts in the interior of East Timor
instead, listening to the people’s complaints and aspirations, then the
level of trust would be different. Xanana said that the people would
feel the funds were being used properly." Antonio Veladas
Mar
29 RA: Allies back Gusmao's decision to quit East Timor assembly
News added Mar 30
"The civil society needs more his time
and work rather than the national council. So he wants to continue to bring
the people together to really reflect on the constitution so that it can
be a legitimate one, reflects the peoples’ wishes, spirit and soul as he
puts it, so his time is better used elsewhere rather than in the national
council." Agio Pereira
Mar
28 BBC: Gusmao resigns as East Timor leader News added
Mar 30
"I feel, as president of the National
Council, that any attempt to overcome the deadlock is in vain due to the
lack of willingness [of Council] members, ... As I refuse to be part of
a politically irresponsible process, I hereby tender my resignation,” East
Timor independence leader Jose “Xanana” Gusmao
Mar
28 GLW: Indonesian troops out of Aceh! Article added Mar
30
"We must force the Australian government
to end all military ties with Indonesia. While the training of Indonesian
special forces by the Australian military was put on hold following the
rampage by the TNI and its militia groups in East Timor after the 1999
independence referendum, Canberra continues to train members of Indonesia’s
regular army in Australia. It is likely that the Australian government
will offer increased military cooperation as a “goodwill” gesture when
Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid visits Australia in April." Pip
Hinman, national secretary, Action in Solidarity
with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET)
Mar
28 GLW: Timor war criminals remain free Article added
Mar 30
"The establishment of an international
war crimes tribunal for East Timor faces opposition from Indonesia’s main
Western allies also, who have repeatedly stressed their preference for
Indonesia to conduct its own trials. ... if such a tribunal was established,
why should it not investigate the actions of those states who condoned,
aided and abetted Indonesia’s illegal occupation of East Timor, and who
have consistently lied about the extent of their involvement?" Jon Land
Mar
28 LUSA: Francisco Xavier do Amaral Announces New 'Third Way' Party
News added Mar 30
"He [Francisco Xavier do Amaral] has repeatedly
been linked to the radical party CPD-RDTL
(Popular Defense Committee-Democratic Republic of East Timor), which
indicated he was the group’s top official for education and culture in
its founding document." JBC, Lusa
Mar
28 LH: Sexton: Update on ET NGO Forum: Rushed Constitutional Process
Letter & News added Mar 29
"As you have likely already seen, things
are moving very quickly on this issue, and not in the direction we had
hoped. ... With the news of the defeat in yesterday’s NC vote, the working
group is trying to think strategically about where we can go from here.
Unfortunately, there seems to be little room to argue alternatives." Pamela
Sexton, La'o Hamutuk:
The East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis
Mar 27 STL Bishop Belo: Planned and Democratic Economic Development Needed News from ETimor added Mar 28
Mar 27 STL: April 6, Peace Campaign To Be Launched In Dili News from ETimor added Mar 28
Mar 27 STL: The Fate Of The People In A Political Arena Editorial from ETimor added Mar 28
Mar
26 About HR: US Court Goes After Architect of ETimor Terror
News with background added Mar 28
"The East Timorese have been seeking to
hold accountable those responsible for the great suffering inflicted upon
them by Indonesia’s invasion and occupation of their country. They are
especially concerned that, barring the creation of an international tribunal,
the Indonesian military leaders who gave the orders will escape justice.
The lawsuit and hearing provide a forum for the East Timorese to tell their
stories and to have a court officially acknowledge and rule on one of those
responsible." John Miller, East Timor Action
Network (ETAN)
Mar 26 STL: Bishop Basilio: People Beginning To be Frustrated With UNTAET News from ETimor added Mar 28
Mar 26 TP: Horta: Timor Lorosae Will Be In ASEAN News from ETimor added Mar 28
Mar
20 SP: Bishop Belo's conditions for return of pro-integration refugees
News from WTimor added Mar 31
"UNTAS
[pro-integration group: ‘Uni Timor Aswain’] figures have called on
Bishop Belo to retract the 13-point statement he recently issued regarding
the conditions for return of pro-integration refugees. They want reconciliation
with no preconditions." Sasando Pos
Mar
19 Watch Indonesia: German MP demands stronger committment for Human Rights
Release added Mar 29
"At the 56th UNCHR a one year deadline
has been set for the Indonesian Government to accuse all those human right
violators. Since then nothing has happened and the time limit has been
exceeded. Because of that there is no other alternative but to establish
an international ad-hoc court as soon as possible." Mrs. Leutheuser-Schnarrenberger,
Committee for Human Rights and humanitarian aid of the German Parliament
(Bundestag)
Mar
18 PUB: Extracts from an interview with Abílio
Interview added Mar 31
"Are you refuting, therefore, the accusation
that you are financing the CDP-RDTL
? What I refute is being behind the alleged attempt
on the life of Xanana Gusmão and other acts of violence. I do
not deny that, should someone ask me for money and if I happen to have
some, I would help that person." Abílio Araújo, President,
Timorese
Nationalist Party (PNT)
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Portuguese:
Nov
30 OTL: Emprego e desemprego após um ano de intervenção
internacional Report added Mar 29
"A taxa de desemprego continua a ser preocupante,
sobretudo nas cidades, por ainda se manter nos 80%. A situação
é particularmente sensível em Díli, onde coexistem
duas sociedades com modos e níveis de vida muito distintos. ...
As qualificações dos candidatos aos empregos, em particular
para a função pública, devem ser ajuizadas em função
das realidades locais e não no âmbito de um quadro importado,
estranho a essas realidades. É neste sentido que, desde a
chegada da UNTAET, o conhecimento da língua inglesa se apresenta
como uma qualificação prioritária para a administração
das N.U., mas não para Timor Leste." Observatório
Timor Leste
Nov
30 ETO: Employment & unemployment one year after int'l intervention
Report updated Mar 29
"Unemployment - still at around 80% -
continues to be a major concern, especially in East Timor's cities. The
situation has become highly sensitive in Dili, where society is clearly
two-tier, divided by very different ways and standards of living. ... The
qualifications of job applicants, especially those of applicants to the
civil service, ought to be adjusted to match the local reality, rather
than have to adhere to an imported, out of touch framework. In this respect,
ever since UNTAET'S arrival, English language skills have become a priority
requirement for the UN administration - not for East Timor." East
Timor Observatory
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July
1999 Goodman: East Timor: Australia's accountability Analysis
added Mar 30
"For twenty years the Australian Government
has consistently failed to support the people of Indonesia and East Timor,
choosing instead to support the military and political elites. ... The
UN tribunal which will investigate crimes against humanity in East Timor,
should also consider the accomplices to those crimes, including governments
that assisted the Indonesian military in full knowledge of how that aid
would be used in East Timor." James Goodman, academic, activist, member
Committee of Management of AID/WATCH
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Seminar: Women and Torture
Amnesty International
St Ninians Church, (corner Brigalow and
Mouat Streets, Lyneham, Canberra)
Monday 2 April 2001, 7:30 – 9:00 pm
Special M1 meeting
M1 Alliance
community groups will come along and help
us plan what happens on May 1st
at the Copland building G031, ANU
Monday April 2, 6.30pm
Refugee Action Committee Meeting
Endorsed by Amnesty International
Room G030 of the Copland Building, ANU
Monday April 2, 6.30pm
Public forum: Indonesia in Crisis and
the response of the democratic movement
Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and
East Timor (ASIET)
23 Abercrombie Street, Chippendale, Sydney
April 6, 7.30pm
Peaceful M1 Blockade
M1 Alliance
Mining Industry
House, the home of the Minerals Council of Australia,
216 Northbourne
Avenue, Bradden
The blockade is
to commence from 7am, May 1st.
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