Raise Your Voice on Behalf of East Timor

08 November 1997

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 Jose Ramos Horta.
The Indonesia Working Group in Germany missio, Misereor, Diakonisches Werk der EKD (Protestant Church in Germany) and the Franciscan Mission Centre invite you to send Christmas cards to Bishop Belo, on behalf of the people in East Timor and to include East Timor in the church ... read more

Posted on 03:24 AM in Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, Indonesia, church, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, Nobel Price, East Timor, solidarity, arms trade

(Deutsch) Protest gegen den Verkauf von zwei deutschen U-Booten an Indonesien

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German version

Posted on 07:43 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Germany, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, East Timor, protest action, arms trade

(Deutsch) Eilaktion: Gefangene in Osttimor von Folter bedroht

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German version

Posted on 01:35 AM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, East Timor

Call for an independent fact finding mission

Berlin, June 17, 1997

In common letters to Indonesia’s National Human Rights Commission, KOMNAS HAM, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, and the German Minister of Foreign Affairs seven Indonesian and German organizations urged on the necessity to send another independent fact finding mission to the City of Banjarmasin, the capital of the Indonesian South Kalimantan province. The signatory organizations, namely the South East Asia Information Centre, Germany, the Association of Indonesian Students in Germany (PPI Pusat ... read more

Posted on 06:32 PM in Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Indonesia, Kalimantan / Borneo, human rights, elections

(Deutsch) Internationaler Aufruf zur Solidaritätsaktion gegen die geplante Verschärfung der indonesischen Arbeitsgesetzgebung

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German version

Posted on 11:17 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: labour, Indonesia, human rights, New Order, parliament, protest action, rule of law

(Deutsch) Friedensnobelpreis für Bischof Belo und den Vertreter des Nationalen Widerstandsrates (CNRM) José Ramos Horta

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German version

Posted on 04:35 PM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, Megawati Sukarnoputri, human rights, New Order, Nobel Price, East Timor

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