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

(Deutsch) Regime der Angst

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Posted on 06:38 AM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, European Union (EU), Fretilin, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, Nobel Price, East Timor, United Nations, arms trade

(Deutsch) Ein Nobelpreis macht noch keinen Frieden. Eine Kurskorrektur der indonesischen Politik in Osttimor ist nicht erkennbar

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Posted on 08:42 AM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, democracy, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, conflict 1975 - 1999, conflict resolution, human rights, military, Nobel Price, East Timor, United Nations, arms trade

(Deutsch) „Lage auf Osttimor hat sich drastisch verschlimmert“

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Posted on 07:22 AM in Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, Nobel Price, East Timor, protest action, arms trade

(Deutsch) Erhebt die Stimme für Osttimor

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Posted on 05:11 PM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, military, Nobel Price, East Timor, protest action, solidarity, arms trade

(Deutsch) Osttimor: Nachrichten aus einem besetzten Land

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Posted on 06:49 AM in Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, church, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, Nobel Price, East Timor, protest action, solidarity, arms trade

(Deutsch) Aufruf zum Aktionstag für Osttimor

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Posted on 01:28 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, Indonesia, conflict 1975 - 1999, human rights, Nobel Price, East Timor, solidarity, arms trade

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

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

(Deutsch) Indonesien/Deutschland: Kritik an Rüstungsgeschäft

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Posted on 07:17 AM in History & Overview, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Bishop Belo, Government of Germany, German-Indonesian relations, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, military, New Order, arms trade