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Indonesia apologising in own way
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI March 21, 2010 — INDONESIA will apologise to the people of East Timor in its own way for past human rights violations, East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta said on Sunday.
Indonesia’s former president Abdurrahman Wahid apologised when he visited East Timor in 2000 but successive leaders including current President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have stopped [...]
E.Timor president insists does not want warcrimes tribunal
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI March 9, 2010 — East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday denied claims by Amnesty International that he would support a tribunal for abuses committed during Indonesia’s occupation.
Amnesty had claimed he was in favour of the establishment of an international tribunal for crimes committed during the 1975-1999 occupation, should the UN Security Council [...]
ETimor lawmakers attack govt on militia leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI October 11, 2009 — Lawmakers in East Timor shouted jibes at each other Monday in a fiery censure debate over a government decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Members of the opposition Fretilin party pushed the motion against the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao, accusing it of [...]
UN criticises ETimor over militia leader’s release
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 14, 2009 — The United Nations’ human rights representative in East Timor criticised Tuesday government “interference” in the release of an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
The government of former rebel leader Xanana Gusmao went outside the law in freeing militia leader Martenus Bere last month, Louis Gentile, the local representative [...]
Gusmao under fire over militia leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 14, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition has moved to censure the government of Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao over its decision to free an Indonesian militia leader accused of crimes against humanity.
Fretilin party lawmakers submitted the censure motion to parliament on Monday over the decision last month to release Martenus Bere, who stands accused [...]
ETimor opposition calls for early election in militia leader row
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 10, 2009 — East Timor’s opposition called on President Jose Ramos-Horta on Thursday to dissolve parliament in a row over the release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of involvement in a 1999 massacre.
Opposition Fretilin party secretary general Mari Alkatiri challenged Ramos-Horta to call early elections over government “interference” in securing the [...]
East Timorese Minister Defends Release of Indonesian Militia Leader
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP Dili, East Timor, September 9, 2009 — The release of a former Indonesian militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor in 1999 was a “political decision,” Justice Minister Lucia Lobato said on Tuesday.
“It is a political decision that must be taken by the government to resolve this [...]
UN condemns ETimor militia leader’s ‘release’
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 1, 2009 — The United Nations condemned Tuesday the reported release of an Indonesian former militia leader accused of taking part in a massacre of civilians in East Timor in 1999.
“If the reports are true, his release is contrary to the Security Council resolutions which set up the UN Mission in (East Timor) [...]
Ramos-Horta ‘out of touch’ over amnesties: Timor opposition
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP September 2, 2009 — East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta is out of touch with the people over his refusal to accept an international tribunal to try perpetrators of past atrocities, the opposition said Monday.
The Nobel laureate came under fire for his trenchant criticism of international justice during a speech Sunday to mark the 10th [...]
ETimor president opposes rights abuse tribunal call
Friday, April 2nd, 2010AFP DILI, Aug 28, 2009 — East Timorese President Jose Ramos-Horta rubbished Friday a call by rights group Amnesty International to establish a tribunal to prosecute those responsible for rights abuses in the tiny country.
A report by the group this week said East Timor and neighbouring Indonesia were promoting “impunity” by refusing to prosecute those [...]