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Feb 1
Taur Matan Ruak: Speech at Falintil transition ceremony
[Speech: Transition]
"Our final words are reserved to express our deepest and most respectful
tribute to the People of East Timor: for their determination and their
steadfastness which motivated us; for the love that you always gave in
feeding us, nursing us and encouraging us; for the heroism in resisting
which inspired us; and for teaching us to be humble and to fulfil our duty
to defend our Homeland." Commander Taur Matan Ruak, Falintil
Feb 1 Xanana: Address at Transition
Ceremony Of Falintil [Speech: Transition]
"As your [Falintil's] former companion who shared the same difficulties
in the mountains, who failed in leading you while we were reduced to less
than one hundred men where as under the clear leadership of your Commander,
Taur Matan Ruak, who enabled you to become an army of over one thousand
five hundred soldiers I can only but express here, today, my admiration
for the spirit of self-sacrifice that you showed by bearing yet another
year of hardship in Aileu." Xanana Gusmao, President, CNRT/CN
Feb 1 ETAN/U.S.: East Timor Still
Awaits Justice A Year After UN Call for International Tribunal
[Release: Crimes]
"We are deeply disturbed that a year has passed since both [crimes
tribunal] inquiries and no steps have been taken to address these severe
human rights abuses with an international tribunal and no one has been
prosecuted in Indonesia," John M. Miller, ETAN/US
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Jan 31 UN: Security Council Extends Untaet Mandate To 31 January 2002 [Minutes: Transition]
Jan 31 NGO Forum Statement to NC
And UNTAET [Statement: Transition]
"The National NGO Forum of East Timor is seriously concerned with the
decision-making processes in the National Council (NC) of East Timor. The
decision regarding the East Timor Defence Force (ETDF), in which the National
Council did not have enough time to study the regulation and consult with
the communities and groups that they represent, is disturbing." National
NGO Forum of East Timor
Jan 31 TAPOL: East Timor - Crimes
against humanity must not go unpunished [Release: Crimes]
"Speedy justice and the ending of impunity are essential for peace
and reconciliation in East Timor and for democracy and stability in Indonesia,"
Paul
Barber, TAPOL
Jan 30 SMH: Community radio fights
campaign of fear [News: Refugees]
"A community radio station is being used to counter propaganda from
pro-Indonesia militia groups and convince thousands of refugees who fled
East Timor or were deported after the 1999 independence vote to return
home." Mark Dodd
Jan 30 CSM: Conviction in East
Timor Falls Short of Calls for Justice [Article: Crimes]
"But no one in East Timor, thirsty for justice after a 24-year occupation,
is satisfied with the result. "We reject this verdict," said Catalina Pereira,
the victim's daughter, outside the courthouse. "So many men were slaughtered,
and this is it?" The dissatisfaction of Ms. Pereira and thousands of other
East Timorese illustrates how the effort to build a credible international
justice system is faltering across the globe. A combination of weak political
will, high costs, and poor coordination are hampering justice efforts from
East Timor to the former Yugoslavia." Dan Murphy
Jan 27 ST: "Nope: No special funds to handle E. Timor refugees" [News: Refugees]
Jan 27 ETAN/IHRN: Rights groups
urge continued suspension of military ties with Indonesia
[Release: Military]
"The U.S. must not support TNI before Indonesia fully meets its repeated
pledges to the international community, including the safe return of East
Timorese refugees and disarming and disbanding of militia groups in West
Timor. Indonesian authorities must arrest and extradite militia leaders
and must cooperate with the creation of an international human rights tribunal
for crimes committed in East Timor. Most critically, there must be civilian
control of the Indonesian military. If the Bush administration genuinely
supports democracy in Indonesia, it must make its commitment clear to the
Indonesian military," John Miller, ETAN.
Jan 24 Reut: Top E.Timorese wants
U.S. to help Indonesian army [News: Military]
"One of East Timor's most prominent leaders, who denounced abuses by
Indonesian troops in his homeland for decades, made a turnabout on Wednesday
and urged the United States to resume military aid to Jakarta. It was a
bizarre change of tack for Nobel peace prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta
who was at the vanguard of the fight against the often brutal 23-year rule
of East Timor by Indonesia." Joanne Collins
French:
Jan 12 OTO: Le pétrole de
la Mer de Timor et les relations Timor Oriental-Australie
[Report: Timor Gap]
"L’histoire récente de l’attitude des gouvernements australiens
révèle que le pétrole de la Mer de Timor a été
placé au-dessus de toute autre considération dans les relations
avec les pays voisins. L’Australie pourrait bénéficier davantage
d’un développement plus harmonieux dans la région, et essayer
d’attirer des investissements pour lesquels elle est mieux préparée
que ses voisins." OTO
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Urgent Actions: Donations of Money
Until Feb 28 2001 OPMT/AFAP: Funds
needed to ship container of Sewing Materials from Sydney to Dili
There has been a splendid response from Canberra women of all ages
to the OPMT call for sewing materials
and equipment, to be forwarded to the women of East Timor. AFAP is now
appealing for donations towards the container shipping costs.
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'The Great Turning: choosing a life sustaining future'
Marie Jamieson and Gerry Jacobson
ANU - Centre for Continuing Education - Summer 2001 Program
10 am - 6 pm Saturday 24 February more
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Tetum: La’o Hamutuk,
Instituto Timor Lorosa’e ba Analiza no Monitoring Reconstrucao
The Indonesia Human Rights
Network
East Timor National NGO
Forum
TAPOL, the Indonesia Human
Rights Campaign
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human rights accountability, return of refugees,
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