Subject: AN: Xanana Appeals To Jimmy Carter On Human
Rights
Date: Sat, 12 Jun 1999 10:29:17 -0400
From: "John M. Miller" <fbp@igc.apc.org>Antara East Timor's Gusmao
Appeals To Jimmy Carter On Human Rights
JAKARTA, June 9 Asia Pulse - Jailed East Timorese independence leader Jose Alexander
"Xanana" Gusmao has asked former US President Jimmy Carter to pay attention to
matters relating to human rights in East Timor.
Xanana told reporters after Carter paid him a visit at his special detention house in
Central Jakarta that he made the request because Carter was widely known as an
international defender of human rights.
"I also asked him to monitor human rights abuses in East Timor," he said.
He added that Carter also expressed satisfaction on the general election process in
Indonesia and he hoped the ballot in East Timor would be fair and democratic.
On the same occasion, Xanana's lawyer Hendardi said Carter also asked about the number
of Indonesian troops and UN officers deployed in the former Portuguese territory.
Hendardi said it was an ordinary meeting during Carter's stay in Indonesia.
Meanwhile, after the 50 minute meeting with Xanana, Carter refused to comment to dozens
foreign and local reporters who had arrived there 20 minutes earlier.
(Antara)
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