(Deutsch) EU-Waffenembargo für Indonesien gefordert

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Posted on 11:55 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: European Union (EU), refugees, Indonesia, human rights, military, East Timor, United Nations, arms trade, West Timor

Situation in West Timor:
Call for Arms Embargo on Indonesia to be Re-Imposed

18 September 2000

Joint NGO Statement to European Union Council of Ministers

This statement was delivered to the French Foreign Mininster, representing the French Presidency of the EU, on 18 September 2000: The grave developments in West Timor, triggered by the murder on 6 September of at least five people, including three UNHCR workers, has created an extreme emergency in the territory. We welcome the European Union Declaration on 7 September condemning these murders and deploring the current state of ... read more

Posted on 07:15 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, European Union (EU), refugees, violence, Indonesia, human rights, military, East Timor, impunity, United Nations, arms trade, West Timor

(Deutsch) Neuer Milizenterror

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Posted on 09:25 AM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: refugees, violence, Indonesia, human rights, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, security sector, United Nations, West Timor

(Deutsch) Wie ein großer Fluss, der droht, in seinen eigenen Strudeln zu versinken

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Posted on 09:01 AM in East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), refugees, intervention and peace keeping, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, military, militias, East Timor, political parties, state & nation building, independence, United Nations, West Timor, Xanana Gusmão

East Timor Federation Urges International Tribunal on Timor Vote Anniversary Calls Case for Tribunal “Irrefutable”

30 August 2000

Contact: John M. Miller, ETAN, +1-718-596-7668; +1-917-690-4391 (US) Paul Barber, TAPOL, +44-1420-80153 (UK)

Calling “the case for an international tribunal for East Timor … now irrefutable,” the International Federation for East Timor (IFET) today urged UN Secretary General Kofi Annan immediately take steps to establish one. In a letter delivered to the Secretary-General on the anniversary of East Timor’s vote for independence, IFET wrote that the recent passage of a constitutional amendment introducing a non-retroactivity principle “confirms our prior ... read more

Posted on 06:54 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, judicial system, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, impunity, transitional justice, United Nations, crimes against humanity

(Deutsch) Osttimor ein Jahr nach dem Referendum

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Posted on 11:36 AM in East Timor, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, refugees, international tribunal, justice, human rights, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, state & nation building, criminal prosecution, transitional justice, independence, United Nations, dealing with the past, forced eviction

(Deutsch) Von Bomben und Zeitbomben

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Posted on 09:31 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Indonesia, regional conflicts, state & nation building, terrorism

Indonesia: una nueva víctima en relación con Indorayon

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WRM, 04 August 2000

La fábrica de celulosa y rayón de Indorayon (PT IIU) en Porsea, Norte de Sumatra, ha provocado un prolongado conflicto ambiental en la región, donde los campesinos y las ONGs locales han venido exigiendo su clausura debido a la contaminación que afectó al Lago Toba por causa de los efluentes emitidos por la industria, la destrucción de los bosques de la zona y la plantación de monocultivos ... read more

Posted on 03:17 PM in Indonesia, Publications, Pulp & Paper, Rainforest, Environment & Climate, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, pulp and paper, rain forest destruction, Sumatra

Statement to CNRT Congress

Dili, August 28th, 2000

Click here for Portuguese version Dear friends of the CNRT Congress, We are members of international solidarity groups in support of Timor Loro Sae who have come here to attend your Congress as observers. Our organizations, over long years, have tried to raise awareness on the issue of East Timor and to advocate the right of its people to self-determination. It is a very strong and emotional feeling to watch you meeting here, ... read more

Posted on 03:03 PM in Joint Open Letters, East Timor, Publications, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice
Tags: Indonesia, international tribunal, justice, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, NGO, East Timor, solidarity, transitional justice, independence, crimes against humanity, reconciliation

(Deutsch) Wahid unter Druck

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Posted on 10:37 AM in Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, military, Moluccas, regional conflicts, religion, security sector, United Nations