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| | East Timor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | East Timor has the lowest per capita income in the world (USD 400 per annum) according to the CIA World Factbook, 2005. | | | Indonesia alleged that the popular East Timorese FRETILIN party, which received some vocal support from the People's Republic of China, was communist. | | | The Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste or East Timor is the newest independent country in the world, located in Southeastern Asia. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Timor
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| | East Timor |
| | Indonesian law still in effect in East Timor prohibits forced labor; however, during the year, local leaders informally required a number of returnees accused of involvement in the post-consultation destruction of September 1999 to engage in compulsory labor as a means of punishing them for their alleged offenses (see Section 1.c.). | | | On October 15, 1999, the UNHCR appointed the International Commission of Inquiry on East Timor (ICIET), which issued a report in January 2000 that made several recommendations, including that an international tribunal be established to prosecute those responsible for the mass abuses. | | | In addition dozens of East Timorese prisoners, including political prisoners, previously held in Becora prison in Dili, reportedly were taken to West Timor in September 1999. |
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http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2001/eap/8300.htm
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| | Amnesty International - East Timor Crisis |
| | Following the adoption of a resolution on East Timor by the Commission on Human Rights at its special session in Geneva, Amnesty International said that it was now the UN Secretary-Generals responsibility to ensure that any Commission of Inquiry into suspected crimes against humanity and war crimes is independent, credible and effective. | | | The human rights organization welcomed the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry on East Timor, which were officially released today.The COI has asked the UN to set up two bodies, an independent international investigatory body, and an international tribunal to deal with cases of those accused by the investigators. | | | East Timorese pro-independence supporters who have been forced into relocation camps are reportedly being arrested or forcibly recruited into militia units, Amnesty International said today. |
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http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/east-timor
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| | Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Asia: East Timor |
| | East Timor's human rights defenders operated freely and played an active role in lobbying UNTAET and transitional government institutions. | | | Under the auspices of the U.N. Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET), it held a peaceful election in August for a constituent assembly whose delegates then proceeded to discuss and debate the nature of the new state: how it would be structured, how power would be shared, what fundamental rights would be guaranteed. | | | Although reports continued of militia leaders in the West Timor camps intimidating refugees and spreading disinformation to discourage them from returning, their hold over the camps seemed to be steadily declining. |
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http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/asia5.html
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| | Crisis in East Timor - Global Issues |
| | Many of the militias were not East Timorese people themselves, but also Indonesian troops in a bid to discredit and disrupt the referendums and independence movements. | | | This had been known for a long time, months before the voting began, when killings were already occurring and the global media were not covering it. | | | The NATO nations still insisted on Kosovo being autonomous rather than independent, whereas East Timor had been an occupied country since 1975. |
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http://www.globalissues.org/Geopolitics/EastTimor.asp
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| | Human Rights Watch: Asia : East Timor |
| | This 60-page report is based on dozens of interviews with witnesses and victims of police abuse in East Timor. | | | The first verdict and sentence in the East Timor trials being held in Jakarta fall far short of accountability for past rights violations, Human Rights Watch said today. | | | In conjunction with a coalition of nongovernmental organizations, Human Rights Watch successfully convinced the United Nations to create a commission to investigate the prosecution of Indonesian officials accused of committing crimes against the people of East Timor in 1999. |
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http://www.hrw.org/asia/easttimor.php
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| | East Timor Revisited |
| | See James Dunn, “The Timor Affair in International Perspective,” in Carey and Bentley, eds., East Timor at the Crossroads, 66; The 100,000 figure is cited in McDonald, 215, and also in Taylor’s chronology, “East Timor: Contemporary History,” in Carey and Bentley, East Timor at the Crossroads, 239. | | | Kissinger, however, noted carefully that whatever Suharto did he should “not create a climate that discourages investment.” The possibility that the East Timor affair could prove to be a disaster for Indonesia and someday impair the “climate for investment” never seems to have occurred to either Kissinger or Ford. | | | Although these new documents shed important light on U.S. policy toward the East Timor question in 1975, much more needs to be learned about U.S. policymaking during 1975 and 1976. |
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http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB62
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| | East Timor Internet Resources |
| | The issue of East Timor is frequently debated in the following Usenet newsgroups. | | | You can view the UN Security Council's Resolutions on East Timor condemning the ilegitimate occupation of the territory, issued after the Indonesian invasion. | | | Much background information about East Timor is available in the Internet, but you can also find regularly updated material. |
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http://www.uc.pt/timor/netret.htm
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| | East Timor |
| | Read the Department of State Background Notes on East Timor at www.state.gov for additional information. | | | SAFETY AND SECURITY:After the August 1999 United Nations (UN) - sponsored independence referendum, violence swept East Timor, as did widespread looting and burning and, in some cases, murder. | | | These legitimate checkpoints are intended to enhance security and should be respected. |
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/easttimor.html
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| | East Timor Websites & Links |
| | East Timor : Report on violations of press freedom (Reporters sans frontières) Annual Report: 2003, 2002 | | | National Democratic Institute's Timor Loro Sa'e Is Our Nation: A Report of Focus Group Discussions in East Timor (March 2001), A Secure Future - Attitudes to Defense and Security (February 2003); Government Within Reach: views of East Timorese on local government (Jan. 2003) PDF format | | | East Timor: A Short History of Cynicism and Hope |
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http://www.etan.org/resource/websites.htm
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| | Links to East Timorese Resources on the Internet |
| | Indonesian and East Timor material is available with background material on their 1994-5 campaign in ftp://ftp.io.org/pub/human-rights/Amnesty/indonesia/ | | | "We hope to call attention to the necessity of self-determination and independence of the people of Timor, oppressed and violated for decades by the government of indonesia. | | | These alerts deal with lobbying the US government, severe human rights violations and the like. |
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http://www.freedom.tp/etlinks.htm
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| | East Timor & Indonesia Action Network; East Timor Action Network (ETAN) |
| | NSA: East Timor truth commission finds U.S. "political and military support were fundamental to the Indonesian invasion and occupation" | | | La'o Hamutuk Bulletin: April 2006 - Issue focus: CMATS Treaty with Australia, also CAVR report, petroleum fund and more | | | ETAN educates, organizes, and advocates for justice for for historic and ongoing crimes against humanity, war crimes, and human rights violations in East Timor and Indonesia. |
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http://www.etan.org
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| | FAIR ACTION ALERT: U.S. ROLE MISSING FROM EAST TIMOR COVERAGE |
| | For example, in reports from East Timor's capital, the Associated Press and some other news outlets continue to use the dateline "Dili, Indonesia," implying that Indonesia has a legitimate claim over East Timor. | | | And ask them to include the facts about the consequences of the Indonesian invasion, as well as the role the U.S. has played in supporting the illegal occupation. | | | Finally, according to the State Department, 90 percent of the weapons used in the invasion came from the United States. |
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http://www.fair.org/activism/east-timor-context.html
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| | UNTAET |
| | n 30 August 1999, the people of East Timor voted by means of a direct, secret and universal ballot to begin a process leading towards independence. | | | Not an official document of the United Nations. | | | Also that day, UNTAET was succeeded by the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor (UNMISET) established by Security Council resolution 1410 of 17 May 2002 to provide assistance to core administrative structures critical to the viability and political stability of East Timor. |
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http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/etimor.htm
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| | Timor-Leste - East Timor - Timor Lorosae |
| | Ford and Kissinger gave Green Light to Indonesia's Invasion of East Timor, background information by The National Security Archive. | | | CIA - The World Factbook -- East Timor | | | East Timor celebrates as a nation is born. |
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http://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/east_timor.htm
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| | BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Country profiles Country profile: East Timor |
| | Public radio services are said to reach some 90% of the population; public TV has a smaller coverage. | | | East Timor's handful of community radio stations play a key role in the process of national reconstruction. | | | East Timor's fledgling national public radio and TV services launched in May 2002, replacing the interim broadcasting services operated by the UN. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1508119.stm
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| | East Timor |
| | East Timor - East Timor Profile: Geography and People, History, Government and Political Conditions, Economy, Foreign Relations, U.S.-East Timor Relations | | | East Timor's resistance movement was violently suppressed by Indonesian military forces, and more than 200,000 Timorese were reported to have died from famine, disease, and fighting since the annexation. | | | East Timor is located in the eastern part of Timor, an island in the Indonesian archipelago that lies between the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean. |
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0902237.html
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| | W3C/TimorNet. An Information Service on East Timor |
| | This service is intended to help Internet users who are interested in acquiring further information about East Timor, such as history, geography and culture, books and papers, further links across the Internet, or contacts with International Organisations dealing with East Timor. | | | The History of East Timor: an in depth treatment of the History, Land, and Etnology of the Maubere people, as well as an overview of the present conflict. | | | This day will be remembered forever by the East Timorese as one of the bloodiest days in their History. |
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http://www.uc.pt/timor
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| | AnthroGlobe Bibliography: East Timor |
| | Torn Economy into a New Nation: Economic Reconstruction of East Timor. | | | The United States and Genocide in East Timor. | | | Indonesia's Military and Violence in East Timor in 1999. |
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http://coombs.anu.edu.au/Biblio/biblio_etimor.html
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| | Political Resources on the Net - East Timor |
| | Death of a nation: The Timor Conspiracy Films and Writings of John Pilger | | | Partido Socialista de Timor (PST) Socialist Party of Timor | | | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members of Foreign Governments: East Timor by Central Intelligence Agency |
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http://www.politicalresources.net/east_timor.htm
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| | east timor map and map of east timor and information page |
| | Indonesia Map with East Timor CIA version here | | | East Timor occupies approximately 50% of the island of Timor. | | | East Timor is a stunning sight (especially from the air) as it's ringed by miles of sandy beaches and a deep bluish-green sea. |
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http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/etimor.htm
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| | East Timor |
| | In 1978, Vexilologie 27 [vex] has presented some details on the East Timorese national flag (i.e. | | | Why did all or nearly all the East Timorese flags in use all these years have been 2:3 or whereabouts? | | | In East Timor only the national flag is prescribed by the Constitution, while all other national symbols must be described by special laws. |
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http://flagspot.net/flags/tl.html
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| | Commission for Reception |
| | Welcome to the website of the Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor. | | | Our objective is to provide information about the Commission and its work to interested observers and stakeholders, including the East Timorese community in and outside East Timor, governments, donors, media, academics, and the human rights community internationally. | | | Commission for Reception, Truth and Reconciliation in East Timor |
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http://www.easttimor-reconciliation.org
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| | BBC News East Timor The trials of East Timor: Special report |
| | "As we left, driving past the evidence of this orgy of violence, the soldiers laughed and grinned" - Matt Frei reports from East Timor's capital. | | | Twenty-four years after Indonesia invaded East Timor, the last Indonesian soldiers have left. | | | After 300 years of Portuguese rule and nearly a quarter of a century under Indonesian military occupation, the East Timorese people braved threats of violence to vote on the territory's future: Simon Ingram reports. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/special_report/1999/05/99/east_timor/340363.stm
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| | East Timor (09/05) |
| | East Timor joined the United Nations on September 27, 2002. | | | Major political parties: Revolutionary Front of Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Democratic Party (PD), Social Democratic Party (PSD), Timorese Social Democratic Association (ASDT). | | | Declaring a provisional government made up of Timorese allies on January 13, 1976, the Indonesian Government said it was acting to forestall civil strife in East Timor and to prevent the consolidation of power by the FRETILIN party. |
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http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/35878.htm
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| | USAID - Asia and the Near East - Countries - East Timor |
| | Despite these challenges, East Timor has made solid progress since 1999 in establishing a democratic state and revitalizing its economy. | | | Since gaining independence, East Timor has developed a new constitution, held free and fair legislative and presidential elections and established working democratic institutions. | | | After 24 years of Indonesian occupation, East Timor became the first independent nation in the millennium in 2002. |
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http://www.usaid.gov/locations/asia_near_east/countries/etimor/etimor.html
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| | UNICEF - East Timor |
| | Though the vote in East Timor was overwhelmingly for independence, extreme opposition from militia groups led to massive destruction and the displacement of some 250,000 people to West Timor and still more hundreds of thousands to the hills around the villages and urban settlements of East Timor. | | | This Database is in high demand by other international/national agencies undertaking education activities in East Timor. | | | Since mid-September, 1999, people have returned from West Timor and from the hills around the capital city of Dili and elsewhere. |
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http://www.unicef.org/easttimor
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| | East Timor |
| | Austrade's Newsletter on Supplying Goods and Services to the United Nations Operation in East Timor. | | | Links to key sites documenting the events in East Timor | | | Australian delegation statement [PDF 19KB] to the Donors Meeting on East Timor, Oslo, December 2001 |
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http://www.ausaid.gov.au/hottopics/topic.cfm?Id=9240_3238_6417_181_3846
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| | Tourism and Travel East Timor .:. Discover East Timor Leste Timor Timur Timor Lorosae |
| | Timor Leste has truly begun its journey towards the future, out of the ashes of its past, and one of the most resonant statements that we hear over and over again from visitors is how lucky they feel to have come and seen for themselves just how amazing it is. | | | The simple fact is that you cannot find what is special in Timor Leste anywhere else in the world anymore. | | | They provide you with stories about their adventures in East Timor. |
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http://www.discoverdili.com
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| | East Timor |
| | Disbanded on 1 Feb 2001 to become the core of the new East Timor National Defense force) | | | 1 Jan 1988 as a multi-party national platform of the Timorese resistance, 27 Apr 1998 it was replaced by the CNRT, which subsequently was disbanded on 9 Jun 2001); FALINTIL = Forças Armadas de Libertação Nacional de Timor Leste (Armed Forces of National Liberation of East Timor, est. | | | 20 May 2002 Independence (Democratic Republic of East Timor) |
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http://www.worldstatesmen.org/East_Timor.html
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| | ZNet East Timor Crisis Page |
| | Goodman/Nairn Democracy Now Report on Timor, Nairn's Arrest, etc. | | | Extensive Questions and Answers Regarding the Timor Crisis |
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http://www.zmag.org/CrisesCurEvts/Timor/timor_index.htm
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