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) Suharto-System gefestigt?

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German version

Posted on 12:36 PM in democracy, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: dictator Suharto, GOLKAR, Indonesia, church, New Order, East Timor, political parties, elections

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