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Timor-Leste: No justice ten years after independence vote

27 Aug

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

The UN Security Council should establish an International Criminal tribunal with jurisdiction over all grave human rights violations surrounding Timor-Leste’s 1999 independence referendum and in the previous 24 years of Indonesian occupation, said Amnesty International in a report published today to mark the 10th anniversary of independence vote.
A decade after Timor-Leste voted for independence, a [...]

Tags: Indonesia, Timor-Leste, UN

Indonesia and Timor-Leste: An historic opportunity missed to provide justice

15 Jul

Posted by Otto as Human Rights

The governments of Indonesia and Timor-Leste have missed an historic opportunity to provide justice for more than 1,000 people killed during Timor-Leste’s vote for independence in 1999, Amnesty International said today.
The Indonesian and Timorese governments have accepted a report released today by the Commission for Truth and Friendship (CTF) in Bali, which accuses the Indonesian [...]

Tags: Indonesia, Timor-Leste