| ARCHIVE
2003 : January |
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| BERITA
DALAM BAHASA INDONESIA |
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| Noted
religious leaders call for cessation of current E. Timor rights trials |
Noted
religious leaders grouped in the National Moral Movement (GMN) called
on the government to halt the East Timor human rights trials, claiming that
they were politically motivated.(Jak.Post 20 Feb.) Read
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| Inauguration
of CRTR Building, Testimonies of Former Prisoners |
| During
the official opening of the office of the Commission of Reception Truth
and Reconciliation (CRTR) in Dili on Monday, President Gusmão stated
"I hope that this building, so long steeped in tragedy, can be a living
centre to document the history of East Timor... so that young people can
learn about the past and? make a commitment to protect human rights forever".
The CRTR will operate in the renovated Balide prison, built by the Portuguese
and used as a prison to torture thousand during the 24 years Indonesian
occupation.(The Age 18 Feb) Read
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| Torture
jail now a peace centre |
| President
Xanana Gusmao, East Timor's most famous former prisoner, yesterday inaugurated
a former torture chamber as a reconciliation centre, with a wish that torture
would never again occur in East Timor. (The Age 18 Feb.)
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| Indonesian
officer says he tried to prevent East Timor massacres |
| A
former Indonesian military chief for East Timor said Monday he tried to
prevent massacres in East Timor in September 1999 and that none of his own
men were involved. (AFP 17 Feb.) Read
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| SRSG
attends inauguration of CAVR National Office |
| The
Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Timor-Leste, Ambassador
Kamalesh Sharma, said today that the work of peace-building is ongoing and
often difficult, and can only be conducted by the people of Timor Leste.
(UNMISET 17 Feb. 2003) Read
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| Bobonaro
Residents Worried About Group Activities |
| Residents
of Bobonaro District are concerned with the alleged resumption of activities
of Kolimau 2000 in that area reported STL on Monday. (STL 17 Feb. 2003)
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| Rights
groups to ask for UN intervention in E. Timor trial |
| A
coalition of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will use the occasion
of the annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR)
in Geneva next month to press for international intervention in the ongoing
East Timor human rights trials. (Jak. Post 15 Feb.) Read
More |
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| Former
Indonesian military chief testifies over Timor atrocities |
| Former
Indonesian military chief General Wiranto on Thursday defended his record
over East Timor's bloody 1999 breakaway from Jakarta, saying he had helped
prevent a civil war there.(AFP 13 Feb.) Read
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| DENMARK
DONATES U$ 50,000 FOR BECORA REPAIRS |
| The
Danish Ambassador to Timor-Leste, Geert Aagaard Andersen, today announced
that Denmark will donate U$ 50,000 to help with the reconstruction of Becora
Prison in Dili. Becora's main administrative building was totally destroyed
by a fire which broke out in the prison last month [19th January]. (UNMISET
12 Feb.) Read More
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| Judicial
Support System in Timor-Leste Is Very Weak |
| Referring
to criticism according to which UNTAET did not pay attention to the judicial
area, mainly on what capacity building is concerned, Cirilo Cristovão,
a judge of Dili Court told
STL that one of the priorities of UNTAET was the establishment of the judicial
system, that the mission tried hard but did not succeed. (STL 12 Feb.)
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| Foreigners
charged with smuggling |
A
judge yesterday [10th February] sentenced three foreigners to 30 days'
imprisonment and ordered that they pay tax on items that they were
smuggling into Timor-Leste before they can be released.(UNMISET
11 Feb.) Read More |
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| Indonesian
prosecutor seeks 10 years' jail for former Timor commander |
| A
prosecutor asked Indonesia's human rights court to jail the former military
commander of East Timor for 10 years for failing to prevent massacres in
the territory in 1999.(AFP 5 Feb 2003) Read
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| Militia
leader charged with murder, torture |
| United
Nations investigators have indicted ageing militia chieftain Joao Tavares
and two senior Indonesian officers for crimes against humanity committed
in the Maliana district of East Timor in 1999. (SMH 5 Feb. 2003) Read
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| UN
Indicts 15 Indonesia Soldiers For E Timor War Crimes |
| The
United Nations on Tuesday indicted 32 people - including 15 Indonesian soldiers
- for murdering and torturing East Timorese during the country's bloody
break with Indonesia in 1999. (Associated Press 4 Feb. 2003) Read
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| Superior
Council of Judicial Magistrate Established: Vice-Minister Sarmento |
| Vice-Minister
of Justice, Domingos Sarmento announced on Tuesday the establishing of the
Superior Council of Judicial Magistrate.(STL 4 Feb 2003.)
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| RDTL
Government and UNMISET agree continued deployment of F-FDTL in Ermera |
| The
RDTL government and UNMISET have agreed to extend the temporary hand-over
of defence responsibilities in the Ermera sub-districts of Atsabe and Hatolia
to the F-FDTL for a further period of 2 weeks. (UNMISET 1 Feb. 2003) Read
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| Threatened
Timorese town seeks troops |
| The
United Nations is in a quandary after insecure border villagers demanded
that it extend a controversial military operation that has resulted in mass
arrests. (SMH 1 Feb. 2003) Read
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| DSRSG:
'Success of F-FDTL in Ermera shows how F-FDTL and PKF can work together
to protect people' |
| The
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Timor-Leste, Mr
Sukehiro Hasegawa, said today that “the successful outcome of F-FDTL’s
engagement in the Ermera District demonstrates the confidence and trust
it has earned within a short period of time among people and how F-FDTL
can work together with PKF in protecting people in remote areas against
possible external threats.” (UNMISET 1 Feb. 2003) Read
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| DSRSG
visits ATSABE: 'If you and your government wish F-FDTL to stay on, the UN
will consider such request' |
| The
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Timor-Leste, Mr
Sukehiro Hasegawa, today told community leaders and residents of Atsabe
(a sub-district of Ermera) that Timor-Leste is now an independent and sovereign
country and it is up to its people and government to decide how best the
UN can assist them. (UNMISET 31 Jan. 2003) Read
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| Government
Will Not Dialogue With "Bandits": PM |
| After
meeting with President Gusmão, Prime Minister Alkatiri told the media
that the government would not be dialogue with "bandits who are members
of Kolimau 2000".Alkatiri said that to abolish the group would not
necessarily mean to kill them, but to sentence those involved in crimes,
reported Timor Post. (Timor Post, Suara Timor Lorosae 31 Jan. 2003) Read
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| DSRSG
meets with Hatolia residents |
| The
Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Timor-Leste, Mr
Sukehiro Hasegawa, told community leaders and residents in Hatolia (a sub-district
of Ermera) today that the role of UNMISET is different from that of its
predecessor, UNTAET. (UNMISET 30 Jan.) Read
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| UN
police chief defies local anger |
| The
United Nations' police chief in East Timor is refusing to resign despite
criticism from Fretilin government officials over his handling of riots
in December. (The Age 30 Jan.) Read
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| PKF
support police operation in Lakalese |
| PKF
soldiers assisted local police in the arrest of 13 people in the village
of Lakalese (approximately 10km north west of Suai) yesterday morning. (UNMISET
30 Jan.) Read
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| Attorney
General of RDTL, Longhinos Monteiro's Interview |
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There are three elements in the causes of the Incidents of 4 December. (Talitakum
- 29 Jan 03.) Read
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| Insecurity
Complex |
| Australian
peacekeepers have finally broken their silence about recent militia raids
into East Timor. Deputy Force Commander of the East Timor Peacekeepers (PKF),
Brigadier General Justin Kelly, has admitted the raiders, who killed five
people in the Atsabe region, entered the country through the Australian
sector. (The Bulletin 29 Jan.) Read
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PKF support
to police at Fohorem
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| PKF
soldiers assisted local police in the detention of seven people in the village
of Laktos (approximately 15km from Suai) yesterday afternoon. (UNMISET 28
Jan.) Read More
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| East
Timor clergyman says soldiers among 1999 church attackers |
| Father
Raphael dos Santos, an East Timorese priest, said on Thursday Indonesian
Military soldiers and policemen were among the attackers of his refugee-packed
church in the town of Liquica in April 1999.
(Jan.24.Jak.Post)
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| Unleash
diggers on militia: E Timor |
| EAST
Timorese Foreign Minister Jose Ramos Horta wants Australia's UN peacekeepers
to be involved in joint operations with the East Timor Defence Force to
combat Indonesian military-backed militia raids on the fledgling country.
(Australian 23 Jan. 2003) Read
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| More
Australian soldiers not needed: Gusmao |
| President
Xanana Gusmao has denied a report that East Timor is seeking increased Australian
military involvement in the territory to curb militia infiltrations from
West Timor. (The Age 23 Jan.) Read
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| Taur:
Victims are not Protected |
| As
expected, the accusations by the Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP)
and the UNPOL Commissioner Piter Miller, regarding the violation of human
rights committed by Falintil-FDTL, received a strong reaction from the FDTL
Military Commander, Brigadier General Taur Matan Ruak. (Suara Timor Lorosae
22 Jan) Read
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| Border
Raiders |
| On
the night of January 4 in Atsabe, a small East Timorese village 30km from
the Indonesian border, gunmen surrounded the house of the village head.
One of them entered and shot dead the only occupant, the chief's nephew.
(The Bulletin 22 Jan. 2003) Read
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| Former
police chief sentenced to jail over East Timor violence |
| The
ad hoc human rights tribunal sentenced former chief of Dili Police to three
years in jail involving the 1999 East Timor's bloody break. (Jan.20 Jak.Post)
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East
Timor: Fire destroys Dili prison administration, blaze appears
accidental |
| A
big fire destroyed the administrative building of suburban Dili's Becora
prison, the country's largest, Monday and officials said initial investigations
indicated the blaze had started accidentally.( Jan.20.Lusa) Read
More. |
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| JSMP
concerned about illegal detentions in East Timor |
| JSMP:
Thirty one men have been illegally detained in Becora prison in Dili since
10 January, according to investigations by East Timorese rights organisation
Judicial System Monitoring Programme. (Jan.16 JSMP). Read
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| PM
Alkatiri mulls revamped executive - gov't sources |
| Prime
Minister Mari Alkatiri is studying a possible restructuring of East Timor's
government ministries to improve their functioning and the performance of
ministers, official sources said Thursday. (Jan.16 Lusa) Read
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| Gusmao
Suggests Extending U.N. Peacekeeping Mandate |
East
Timorese President Xanana Gusmao said yesterday that it may be
necessary to extend the mandate of the 5,000-soldier U.N. peacekeeping
force in East Timor beyond June 2004, its scheduled end, in light of
continued instability on the island. (Jan. 16 UNWIRE) Read
More |
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| Refugees
find a home on another island |
Some
of the 28,000 East Timorese who remain in West Timor after fleeing the
carnage that followed East Timor's 1999 vote for independence will soon
be
leaving the island altogether. (Jan. 16 The Age/SMH) Read
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| Captured
ex-militia says seven armed groups infiltrated in December |
A
captured former anti-independence militiaman has told interrogators in Dili
that at least seven armed groups
infiltrated East Timor from Indonesia in December, according to two reports
obtained by Lusa Tuesday. (Jan. 14 Lusa) Read
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| Indonesia's
rights court postpones verdict on ex-Dili police chief |
| An
Indonesian human rights court Monday postponed handing down its verdict
on the former police chief in the East Timor capital Dili because of failure
to reach agreement. Read
More. |
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| A
law unto themselves |
| The
trials of Indonesian army officers accused of involvement in East Timor
massacres have descended into farce. Once again, the military is seen as
getting away with murder. (Jan 11. SMH) Read
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| Crimes
in East Timor unpunished |
IT
IS hard to feel sanguine about the latest acquittal of the Indonesian
Human Rights Tribunal, which has been hearing charges against TNI (Indonesian
armed forces) officers and militia leaders in relation to events in East
Timor
in 1999. Read More.
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| US
in the dock over international justice |
Last
year was an historic one for international justice -it brought
the long-awaited establishment of a permanent International Criminal
Court (ICC) in The Hague. Read
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| Indonesia
Military Officer Gets 5 Yrs For E Timor Crimes |
A
court Friday sentenced a senior military commander
to five years imprisonment for human rights violations during East Timor's
break from Jakarta in 1999, the first time an Indonesian security official
has been convicted over the violence. Read
More. |
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| Human
rights court hears first televised testimony from East Timor |
| A
human rights court trying an Indonesian army general heard the first live
televised testimony Monday from witnesses in East Timor.In a broadcast funded
by the World Bank, a former Indonesian soldier and a former police detective
gave separate accounts of deadly attacks on a church in Suai town and the
Dili Catholic church diocese offices in September, 1999. Read
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| Timor
Leste Celebrates Human Rights day and Signs international Rights Treaties
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| International
Human Rights Day was celebrated today in Timor Leste with an early morning
mass in Dili, a festive parade with marching band and a formal signing ceremony
by the Timor Leste Government of all seven core international human rights
treaties. Read More. |
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| JSMP:
Nineteen conditionally released, nine remanded following police station
hearings in Dili
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| Following
the violent demonstrations in Dili last week police arrested 77 people on
suspicion of looting and rioting. Detainees were held in a makeshift cell
in Tasi Tolu and at Dili Police Station. Subsequently, 67 detainees were
released on Thursday and Friday last week.
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| JSMP:
First Minor sentenced by the Special Panels for Serious Crimes in East Timor |
| On
Monday, the Special Panel of the Dili District Court in East Timor sentenced
the first minor to be tried by that court.The minor, whose name is not permitted
to be published, was found guilty of three counts of murder in violation
of article 338 of the Indonesian Penal Code, and sentenced to a period of
imprisonment of 12 months.Read
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| Former
Timor bishop Belo to testify |
| Nobel
peace prizewinner and former East Timor bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo is due
to testify this month to Indonesia's human rights court via a televised
link, a court spokesman said."I have received information that Bishop
Belo's testimony will be conducted through tele-conference," said Judge
Andi Samsan Nganro. Read More
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| Police
and Rights Officials Address Baucau Violence |
| In
a press conference at UNMISET headquarters today, Timor-Leste Police Service
(TLPS) Commissioner Paulo Martins, UN Police (UNPOL) Commissioner Peter
Miller and the Chief of UNMISET's Human Rights Unit, Patrick Burgess answered
questions about the on-going investigation into the 25 November violence
in the Baucau area that left one Timorese dead. Read
More. |
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| Indonesian
Human Rights Court Acquits 4 in East Timor Killings |
An
Indonesian human rights court has acquitted four former security officials,
including two army officers, on charges of crimes against humanity during
the bloodshed that engulfed East Timor three
years ago. Read More. |
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| Investigation
Launched Into a Death Arising From Last Monday's Violence In Baucau |
| UNMISET
announced today that it has launched a formal investigation into the death
earlier today of a 27-year-old Baucau resident, Calisto Belo Soares, who
was critically injured by gunfire on Monday during a violent demonstration
outside the headquarters of the Timor-Leste Police Service in Baucau, Timor-Leste's
second largest town. Read More. |
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| East
Timor Militia Leader Gets 10 Years |
| An
Indonesian court on Wednesday sentenced a notorious militia leader to 10
years in prison for crimes committed during East Timor's bloody break from
Indonesia. Read
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| Former
militia leader ready to carry the can for military |
Former
pro-Jakarta militia leader Eurico Guterres put his life on the line
for Indonesian Military (TNI) officers accused of past atrocities in East
Timor, saying the military had never ordered the establishment of, or
helped paramilitary groups. Read
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| New
Indictment Issued by Serious Crimes Unit |
| The
Serious Crimes Unit filed an indictment at Dili District Court on 19 November,
charging 12 people for the murder of Verissimo Dias Quintas, the traditional
king (Liurai) of Lospalos. The murder took place on 27 August 1999 in Lospalos
town. Read More |
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| East
Timor indicts 12 for murder in 1999 vote runup. |
East
Timor investigators have charged 12 people
with committing murder just ahead of the territory's vote for independence
at
the end of August 1999, the United Nations Mission of Support in East Timor
(UNMISET) said. Read
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| East
Timor may not seek UN tribunal if Indonesia's trials fail: FM |
East
Timor may not seek a United Nations tribunal to try cases
of militia atrocities three years ago even if Indonesia's human rights court
fails to deliver justice. Read
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| 10-year
jail terms sought for former Dili police and military chiefs |
Prosecutors
at Indonesia's human rights court on Wednesday demanded 10-year jail sentences
for the former police and military chiefs in the East Timor capital of Dili
for failing to prevent atrocities three years ago. Read
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| JSMP:
Former East Timorese village chief sentenced to three years for crimes against
humanity |
On 20 November 2002, the Special Panel of the Dili District Court in East
Timor sentenced a former Chief of Guda Village, Lolotoe Sub-District to
3 years imprisonment for three counts of crimes against humanity, including
two counts of imprisonment /severe deprivation of physical liberty and one
count of inhumane acts intentionally causing great suffering or serious
injury to body or to mental or physical health. Read
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| East
Timor government retracts amnesty offer |
Armindo
Soares Mariano, caretaker of UNTAS an East Timorese refugee organization
-- disclosed here on Friday that East Timorese President Xanana Gusmao would
not be granting amnesty to pro-Indonesia militiamen who fled to East Nusa
Tenggara following the popularballot in 1999. Read
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| 10-Years
Sentence Sought For 3 Indonesians In E Timor Trial |
Prosecutors
on Thursday sought 10-year jail terms for
three former Indonesian officials charged with crimes against humanity in
East Timor in 1999. The suggested sentences are the minimum for the charges
under Indonesian lawand will likely further anger rights activists who have
complained that trials for massacres in East Timor have been a sham.
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Timor: Justice demanded for ex-Jakarta senior officials behind massacre
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East
Timorese students and human rights groups called Tuesday for an international
court to judge those responsible for human rights abuses during the Indonesian
occupation of Timor, on the
anniversary of a massacre in which over 100 people died. Read
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| East
Timor Trial Prosecutors seek minimum 10-year jail for former Dili military
chief |
JAKARTA,
Indonesia (AP) _ Prosecutors on Monday sought the minimum 10-year jail sentence
for a former Indonesian army chief officer charged with crimes against humanity
in East Timor in 1999. Raed
More.
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Justice for Timor Includes Trials for The Masterminds |
The
Asia-Pacific Coalition for East Timor marks this day, November 12--as always--
with memories for the more than 300 East Timorese who lost their lives on
this day in a brutal massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery by
Indonesian troops. We remember even as we continue to call for justice to
be given to the victims and their families. Read
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| Guterres
Suffers Memory Loss |
Former
pro-Indonesia militia leader Eurico Guterres, who three years ago ordered
his followers to murder pro-independence East Timorese, now denies any wrongdoing
and claims he is a victim of the government's desire to
deflect international criticism. Read
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| Serious
Crimes Unit Issues Two New Indictments |
| The
Serious Crimes Unit today issued two new indictments to the Special Panel
for Serious Crimes of the Dili District Court. One of the indictments involves
crimes allegedly committed by five members of the Mahadomi militia in Manatuto
District during 1999. One of the five is the former Bupati (district chief)
of Manatuto and the founder and commander of the militia group. The other
four men were section commanders in the Mahadomi militia.
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| Prosecutors
Demand 10 Yrs Jail For E Timor Militia Leader |
JAKARTA,
Oct. 31 (AP)Prosecutors demanded on Thursday a 10-year prison
sentence for Eurico Guterres, a pro-Indonesian militia leader accused of
crimes against humanity during East Timor's break with Indonesia.
Read More. |
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| JSMP:
Comments on Jhoni Franca Case |
| On
29 October 2002, the Special Panel of the Dili District Court in East Timor
sentenced an ex-commander of the pro-integration Kaer Metin Merah Putih
(KMMP) to 5 years imprisonment on four counts of crimes against humanity,
including one count of torture and four counts of imprisonment /severe deprivation
of physical liberty. Read More.
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| JSMP:
More Delays Hamper Lolotoe Trial |
| The
Special Panel for Serious Crimes at the Dili District Court once again adjourned
the Lolotoe trial today when the prosecution informed the Court that they
were unable to call any more witnesses until Wednesday at the earliest.Read
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| Gusmão
Wants Reconciliation, not International Tribunal |
| East
Timorese President Xanana Gusmão, defended Wednesday a dynamic of
national reconciliation rather then the sitting up of an international court
to try human rights abuses committed in East Timor.Read
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| PRISON
SYSTEM ASSESSMENT |
A
multi-donor mission assessing the needs of the Timor-Leste prison
system is underway with the cooperation of UNDP, UNMISET, donors and the
Government. Read More |
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| JSMP:
East Timor urgently needs Court of Appeal to guarantee fundamental human
rights |
| Judges
must be appointed as soon as possible to the nation's Court of Appeal in
order to guarantee one of the most fundamental aspects of a fair trial,
the right to appeal, according to East Timorese NGO Judicial System Monitoring
Programme. Read More
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| JSMP:
East Timor Special Panels for Serious Crimes: More Postponements than Hearings |
| In
the previous month and a half, the Special Panels for Serious Crimes in
Dili, East Timor have postponed more scheduled hearings than they have held.
Since the beginning of September until today, the Special Panel has scheduled
twenty nine hearings. Seventeen of these have been postponed.Read
More |
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| Indonesian
soldiers among attackers in 1999 Dili incident: witness |
An
East Timorese man, wounded in an attack on a refugee-packed compound in
Dili in April 1999, told a court here that Indonesian soldiers were among
the
attackers. Read
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| Opposition
angry at US troop agreement |
A
leader of East Timor's parliamentary opposition has described an agreement
regulating conditions for US troops in the territory as "an affront
to East
Timorese sovereignty Read More
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Defence
to probe claims of SAS torture, murder
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| The
Australian Defence Force has promised a vigorous investigation into allegations
that SAS troops carried out torture and murder in East Timor, and will examine
the exhumed bodies of two militia fighters.Read
More |
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| DSRSG
VISITS PRISON |
| Deputy
Special Representative of the Secretary General, Sukehiro Hasegawa today
visited Gleno prison .Read More |
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| US
praise for East Timor |
| East
Timor's President Xanana Gusmao has met with US Secretary of State Colin
Powell, as Washington praised the world's newest nation for promising not
to expose US soldiers to the jurisdiction of the International Criminal
Court. Read
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| JSMP:
Ex-Indonesian soldier convicted of negligence causing death |
| A
Dili court has convicted a Timorese former member of the Indonesian military
of "negligence causing death" over a shooting in East Timor in
September 1999, after finding him not guilty of murder.
Read More |
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| Indonesia's
Attorney General Criticizes Bishop Belo |
| Indonesia's
Attorney General MA Rachman has criticized the Bishop of Dili, Mgr. Xiemenes
Belo, for his unwillingness to come to Indonesia to appear as a witness
with regard to human rights violations in East Timor. Read
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| Human
Rights Trial May Be Held on Indonesia-East Timor Border |
| Indonesian Attorney General MA Rachman and Minister
of Justice and Human Rights Yusril Ihza Mahendra are currently looking at
the possibility of holding an East Timor human rights trial in Kupang, East
Nusa Tenggara.Read
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| JSMP:
Timor serious crimes panel hands down first rape conviction |
| East
Timor's Special Panel for Serious Crimes today sentenced a former militia
commander to four years jail for sexually assaulting a woman during the
violence following the nation's independence ballot in 1999 - the first
rape conviction handed down by the court.
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| East
Timor Rushed Into Creating Judiciary, Foreign Minister Says |
East
Timor moved too quickly to establish its own judicial and prison system
during the transition to independence, Foreign
Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said today. Read
More |
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| JSMP:
Court sentences Liquica militia member to 20 years jail |
| A
court in Dili on Monday sentenced an East Timorese farmer to 20 years jail
for three murders in 1999 but decided there was not enough evidence to convict
him of crimes against humanity. Read
More |
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| JSMP:
New Judicial Magistrates Law passed but concerns ignored |
| Serious
concern has been expressed by the Judicial System Monitoring Programme (JSMP)
in Dili on the Statute on Judicial Magistrates that was passed by National
Parliament on Tuesday 3 September 2002. Read
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| Religious
leader calls for creation of international court |
| Bishop Carlos Ximenes Belo has called to East
Timor`s political leaders and the international community to begin moves
to establish an international court to try those responsible for the violence
in Timor in 1999.
Read
more |
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| President
Bush names ambassador to East Timor |
| President
Bush on Tuesday named a former congressional lawyer with a background in
human rights as ambassador to East Timor, which became an independent nation
in May and is confronting human rights issues. Read
more |
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| Six
East Timorese witnesses fail to appear at rights trial |
| Six
witnesses from East Timor failed to appear at the Central Jakarta district
court here Monday to testify at a human rights court session to try former
Dili regional military chief Lt Col Endar Priyanto. Read
more |
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East
Timor: Judges will be trained in Portuguese, says PM
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| Prime
Minister Mari Alkatiri said Tuesday that East Timor`s judges and court officials
are to be trained in Portuguese and rejected a reported preference by the
UN for the use of Indonesian by the judiciary. Read
more |
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| Nine
East Timorese fail to testify at Indonesian rights court |
| Nine
victims of violence in East Timor in 1999 have failed so far to testify
to Indonesia's human rights court because of apparent safety fears, a prosecutor
said Tuesday. Read more
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| East
Timor Grants ICC Exemption to U.S. Soldiers |
| The
newly independent state of East Timor has signed an agreement exempting
U.S. military personnel from prosecution in the International Criminal Court,
the State Department said on Monday. Read
more |
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| Prosecutors
to appeal acquittals of Indonesian officers |
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Indonesian
prosecutors said Wednesday they plan to appeal the acquittal of six Indonesian
army and police officers accused of inciting a wave of terror in East
Timor. Read
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| East
Timor: Mass jailbreak in protest at legal system hold-ups |
| About
190 inmates made a mass break out from a Dili prison Friday after rioting
in which several people were injured and at least one prisoner received
gunshot wounds. Read more
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| Ex-East
Timor Governor Convicted |
| In
the first verdict in a series of trials of former Indonesian officials charged
with crimes against humanity, the ex-governor of East Timor was convicted
Wednesday of allowing massacres and sentenced to three years in prison.
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| SUSPECTS
IN SCOT'S DEATH ESCAPE UK WAR CRIMES TRIAL |
THE
suspected killers of a Scottish journalist murdered in East Timor 27
years ago have escaped a war crimes trial in the UK, Scotland on Sunday
can
reveal.Read more |
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| Gusmao
wants Dutch journalist's murder trial held in East Timor |
| East
Timor President Xanana Gusmao said Tuesday any trial for the murder of Dutch
journalist Sander Thoenes should be held in his country. Read
more |
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| Investors
Wary Of E Timor On Weak Judiciary - Foreign Min |
| KUALA
LUMPUR, Aug. 13 (AP)--East Timor took control of its legal system from United
Nations administrators too soon and weakness of the judiciary is hurting
investor confidence, Foreign Minister Jose Ramos-Horta said Tuesday.
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| Parliament
approves and ratifies adhesion to the ICC |
| Díli,
12 Aug (Lusa) - THE National Parliament of Timor approved and ratified today
to adhesion from Timor to the International Criminal Court (TPI), with 70
votes to favor and barely an abstention, of the representative Leandro Isaac.
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| Cigarettes
ignite East Timor lawyers' strike |
| EAST
Timor's 40-odd lawyers are on strike. The judges and registry staff have
all gone home. In the words of one Australian lawyer working in Dili, the
courthouse is abandoned "but for two sleepy policemen". Read
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| East
Timor: Proposed amnesty bill proves controversial |
LUSA:
A draft bill on amnesty and pardoning of sentences has been criticized as
being "unconstitutional", "too general" and open to
"dangerous interpretation", by a leading Timorese nongovernmental
organization
concerned with legal matters. Read
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| Bishop
Belo on Amnesty |
Today,
in Timor Lorosae's society, there are different opinions taken regarding
amnesty vis-a-vis the various forms of crimes and violations committed,
particularly during the Indonesian occupation of our
country. This problem is of utter importance because it is linked with high
crimes against humanity done in the past, which, if left unsettled, will
hinder the progress of our civil and public life. Read
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| JSMP:
First Serious crimes sentence served |
| JSMP,
Dili 1 July 2002, Alarico
Fernandes, one of the men who was convicted in the Los Palos Case in December
2001 by the Special Panel for Serious Crimes, has been conditionally released
from Becora Prison in Dili after serving two thirds of his sentence. Read
more |
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| JSMP:
East Timorese Government proposes amnesty law |
JSMP,
Dili 31 May 2002 ---- As the first legislative initiative of the
independent East Timorese government, a new law on amnesty and pardons forpast
crimes was approved by the East Timorese Council of Ministers on 25 May
2002. For reasons that are unclear, the law has been withdrawn temporarily
and is currently being re-drafted. Read
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| Fear
traps thousands in West Timor camps |
| By
John Martinkus in Kupang - On the outskirts of the West Timorese capital,
Kupang, a dusty former bus terminal still serves as the home for some of
the estimated 60,000 East Timorese refugees who have not returned home.
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| Reluctant
to prosecute |
Christian
Science Monitor -" They have a motive, a witness to the killing, and
a
mound of supporting evidence. Yet Indonesian prosecutors remain reluctant
to
bring the alleged murderers of Dutch journalist Sander Thoenes to trial.
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| RECONCILIATION
-The Challenge for All |
| Address
by: His Excellency Mr Xanana Gusmao to the Stockholm International Forum
Conference on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Read
more |
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| UN
Human Rights Commission Abandons Justice for East Timor |
April
22 - The East Timor Action Network (ETAN) described Friday's UN
Commission on Human Rights statement on East Timor as "a rotten birthday
present for the soon-to-be independent nation." Read
more |
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| UNDP
presents rebuilt Suai Courthouse to Justice Ministry |
East
Timor's Ministry of Justice today took formal possession of Suai's
newly rehabilitated Courthouse, which after nine months of UNDP-organised
reconstruction is now ready for use. Read
more |
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| Special
Panel accepts two guilty pleas |
| JSMP,
Dili 5 April, The Special Panels of the Dili District Court this week decided
to accept pleas of guilty in two serious crimes cases, thereby allowing
the court to avoid a full trial. Both Marcurious Jose de Deus and Augusto
dos Santos pleaded guilty to murder charges and are now awaiting sentencing.
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| JSMP:
Lolotoe trial continues/mahidi militia member convicted |
| JSMP,
Dili 27 March The trial against three men accused of committing crimes against
humanity in the sub-district of Lolotoe during 1999, continued today before
the Special Panel of the Dili District Court after a three week adjournment.
In other news, today the Special Panel of the Dili District Court convicted
Anigio de Oliviera, and sentenced him to 4 years’ imprisonment. Read
more |
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| East
Timor: UN disappointed with 'light' sentence for peacekeeper's killer |
7
March - The head of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East
Timor (UNTAET) today expressed his disappointment with a six-year sentence
handed down by an Indonesian court to a militiaman convicted of
murdering a UN peacekeeper. Read
more here
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| Passabe
trial postponed |
| Efforts
to bring a third major Crimes Against Humanity case to trial have slowed
after the defence asked for more time to develop its case, the East Timor
Serious Crimes Unit said today. Read more here
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| Defence
calls for dismissal of Lolotoe trial judges |
A
major Crimes Against Humanity trial was suspended today after a
pro-autonomy militia commander's defence team accused the three-judge Special
Panel of pre-judgement and called for their dismissal. Read
more here |
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