(Deutsch) Osttimor: USA gaben grünes Licht für Invasion

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Posted on 04:42 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: dictator Suharto, Fretilin, Indonesia, military, East Timor, USA

(Deutsch) Ost-Timor – Der bittere Sieg

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Posted on 03:05 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, international tribunal, intervention and peace keeping, conflict 1975 - 1999, conflict resolution, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity

Churches in solidarity with East Timor’s population

Evangelical Church in Germany, EKD-Bulletin 04/1999
Observing the referendum and statements

The Evangelical Church in Germany, together with the Roman Catholic Church, had agreed to and supported the dispatch of 9 people to observe the referendum in East Timor on 30. August 1999. The applicant and sponsor of this measure was the non-governmental organisation (NRO) “Watch Indonesia”, resident in Germany, which prepared the participants for this important peace-keeping mission with a 6-day intensive course, and had taken on the responsibility ... read more

Posted on 12:33 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Government of Germany, violence, Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, church, conflict resolution, human rights, East Timor, referendum 1999, solidarity, United Nations

East Timor: A predictable disaster

20. September 1999

By Jörg Meier in Dili / Darwin / Jakarta *

The “worst case scenario” has become reality. After an overwhelmingly majority of the East Timorese people voted against the solution of wide range autonomy under Indonesia, the situation in the eastern half of Timor, which was annexed by Indonesia in 1975, went totally out of control. At least that’s the say. Even president Habibie confessed that Indonesia alone isn’t able to control the ... read more

Posted on 03:26 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Bishop Belo, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), Eurico Guterres, refugees, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, international tribunal, intervention and peace keeping, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, Prabowo, referendum 1999, security sector, independence, United Nations, West Timor, Wiranto, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) Grün für die Uno!

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Posted on 06:06 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), violence, Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, José Ramos-Horta, military, East Timor, referendum 1999, security sector, United Nations, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) “Strukturen wie bei der Mafia”

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Posted on 06:36 PM in democracy, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: violence, Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, United Nations, forced eviction

(Deutsch) „Operation Wipe-out“: Ein gewolltes und geplantes Desaster

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Posted on 02:44 AM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), Eurico Guterres, Habibie, Indonesia, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, United Nations, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Simulierter Bürgerkrieg

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Posted on 06:10 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, refugees, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, conflict resolution, Megawati Sukarnoputri, military, militias, East Timor, Police, referendum 1999, security sector, independence, United Nations, crimes against humanity, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) Jakarta kündigt Truppenabzug an

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Posted on 01:56 AM in History & Overview, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Regional Conflicts, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: European Union (EU), Habibie, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, military, East Timor, Xanana Gusmão

Raise Your Voice on Behalf of East Timor
Open Letter to Chancellor Helmut Kohl

7th December 1997 – 22 years of occupation of East Timor by Indonesia, and one year after the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Bishop Ximenes Belo and José Ramos Horta.
The Indonesia Working Group in Germany, missio and the Franciscan Mission Centre invited the Christian communities to send Christmas cards to Bishop Belo, on behalf of the people in East Timor and to protest strongly against the German arms sales to Indonesia.
On the 7th of December ecumenical prayers ... read more

Posted on 03:35 PM in Joint Open Letters, History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, East Timor, protest action, solidarity, arms trade