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

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