Pastor Arlindo Marcal from East Timor visited the EKD

Evangelical Church in Germany, EKD-Bulletin 04/1997

On 22. August 1997, Pastor Arlindo Marçal, the Moderator of the Protestant Church of East Timor (GKTT) visited the EKD Church Office. Earlier he had taken part as the delegate of his Church at the General Assembly of the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (RWB) in Debrecen / Hungary. At the invitation of the Churches in Germany, he visited “Bread for the World” in Stuttgart and the Churches of Lippe and Westphalia, met representatives ... read more

Posted on 01:04 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: church, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, East Timor

(Deutsch) Ein Nobelpreis macht noch keinen Frieden. Eine Kurskorrektur der indonesischen Politik in Osttimor ist nicht erkennbar

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Posted on 08:42 AM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, democracy, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, conflict resolution, human rights, military, Nobel Price, East Timor, United Nations, arms trade

(Deutsch) Aufruf zum Aktionstag für Osttimor

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Posted on 01:28 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, Nobel Price, East Timor, solidarity, arms trade

(Deutsch) Indonesien/Deutschland: Kritik an Rüstungsgeschäft

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Posted on 07:17 AM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, military, New Order, arms trade

Nobel Prize winner against further deliveries of German weapons

Evangelical Church in Germany, EKD-Bulletin 01/1997
José Ramos-Horta at the EKD Social Service Agency

The speaker of the National Council of Maubere-Resistance in East Timor, José Ramos-Horta, was the guest of the EKD Social Service Agency on 17./18. December 1996. A few days earlier in Oslo, Ramos-Horta, together with Bishop Belo from East Timor, had received the Nobel Peace Prize. The Social Service Agency has worked together with Ramos-Horta within the framework of several international human rights organisations for many ... read more

Posted on 12:54 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Government of Germany, José Ramos-Horta, church, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, Nobel Price, East Timor, arms trade

(Deutsch) Suharto steht mit leeren Händen da

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Posted on 02:50 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, New Order, Nobel Price, East Timor

(Deutsch) Ein Völkermord, der nur selten Beachtung findet

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Posted on 02:57 PM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, New Order, Nobel Price, East Timor, political prisoners, Freedom of Expression, Sri-Bintang Pamungkas

(Deutsch) Suharto lädt Bischof Belo ein

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Posted on 10:23 AM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, Nobel Price, East Timor, political prisoners, protest action, arms trade

(Deutsch) Das Ende eines Tabus

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Posted on 12:15 AM in democracy, History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, New Order, East Timor, Xanana Gusmão

Protest against the expelling of nine East Timorese asylum seekers from the German Embassy ground in Jakarta

17. April 1996

Joint Press Release of Watch Indonesia! and IMBAS
Moral bankrupt of the German Federal Government’s so-called human rights policy.

The German Embassy in Jakarta allowed its own Indonesian staffed security personal to expell a group of nine East Timorese from the embassy ground. The nine East Timorese had entered the embassy ground at 2.00 AM on tuesday night and asked for asylum. According to eyewitnesses’ reports the refugees were directly handed over to the ... read more

Posted on 02:22 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Government of Germany, refugees, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, New Order, East Timor