IFET demands UN Secretary General to support an International Tribunal for East Timor

IFET, July 5, 2000

The following is the full text of a letter sent to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today by the International Federation for East Timor and more than 80 other organizations in support of an international tribunal for East Timor.

International Federation for East Timor, July 5, 2000 His Excellency Kofi Annan Secretary General of the United Nations By fax to 1-212-963-2155 Dear Excellency: We are writing to urge you to recommend to the Security ... read more

Posted on 01:44 PM in Joint Open Letters, Justice, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, justice, judicial system, East Timor, security sector, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity, reconciliation

International Federation Warns of West Papua-East Timor Parallels in Letter to Indonesia’s President

June 13, 2000

Warning of ominous parallels between the situation in West Papua and events last year in East Timor, Charles Scheiner, United Nations Representative of the International Federation for East Timor (IFET), urged Indonesia’s President Abdurrahman Wahid to “stop militia terror while it can still be controlled” in West Papua. The militias, Scheiner said in a letter sent to President Wahid on his visit today to the United Nations, “operate with the logistical and political support of the Indonesian ... read more

Posted on 07:19 AM in democracy, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Papua, Publications, Regional Conflicts, security sector
Tags: Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, militias, Papua, regional conflicts, security sector

(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! fordert Verlängerung des EU-Embargos für Waffenexporte und militärische Zusammenarbeit mit Indonesien

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German version

Posted on 10:15 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Government of Germany, democracy, European Union (EU), refugees, Indonesia, human rights, militias, East Timor, security sector, arms trade, West Timor

IFET letter to UN Secretary General on the appointment of Eurico Guterres

International Federation for East Timor (IFET) U.N. Representative: Charles Scheiner PO Box 1182, White Plains NY 10602 USA Tel: 1-914-428-7299 fax: 1-914-428-7383 ifet@etan.org / http://www.etan.org/ifet

15 June 1999

Hon. Kofi Annan United Nations Secretary-General By fax to 212-963-2155 Dear Excellency, On Monday 7 June, the district head of Dili, Mr. Domingos Soares, announced that Eurico Guterres, one of the most notorious of the pro-integration militia leaders, ... read more

Posted on 11:58 AM in democracy, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector
Tags: Eurico Guterres, violence, Indonesia, militias, East Timor, Portugal, referendum 1999, security sector, United Nations, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Terror in Osttimor macht schnelles Handeln erforderlich

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German version

Posted on 09:59 AM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Germany, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, conflict resolution, militias, East Timor, parliament, referendum 1999, government, security sector, United Nations

(Deutsch) Offener Brief zum Thema doppelte Staatsangehörigkeit

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German version

Posted on 09:50 AM in democracy, Judiciary & Administration, Publications, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: democracy, Germany, law

(Deutsch) Offener Brief: Tote in Indonesien – die Bundesregierung schweigt

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German version

Posted on 11:13 AM in democracy, Joint Open Letters, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: Government of Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, human rights, protest action, reformasi, students

(Deutsch) Verschwindenlassen und Folter in Indonesien

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German version

Posted on 01:58 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Government of Germany, democracy, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, human rights, New Order, protest action, security sector, students

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

Protest letter on Indonesian forest fires

04 Oktober 1997

Since many people asked us what they can do to stop the current disaster in Indonesia, we had to answer them that there is not much what can be done from outside. People can either spend some money to charity organizations that are running programmes to distribute masks and medicines to the suffering people in Kalimantan, Sumatra, Irian Jaya and elsewhere. The other thing you can do is to send protest letters to President Suharto, because ... read more

Posted on 02:10 AM in Disasters, Indonesia, Publications, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, corruption, protest action, rain forest destruction