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Oregon Rep. Earl Blumenauer shakes hands with jailed Timorese
leader Xanana Gusmao as Congressmembers Doug Bereuter and James Greenwood look on at
Cipinang Prison in Jakarta, Indonesia. Jakarta Post (January, 1999)
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Congressional Statements and Actions
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Additional Congressional Letters, Statements, Hearings,
etc. (and archive)
110th Congress (2007-2008)
Senator Feingold on Remembering Munir Said Thalib
(September 15)
Congress Demands Action on
West Papua Political Prisoners as Human Rights Violations Persist
(August 7)
Congressmembers Urge Greater U.S.
Commitment to Promote Justice for Timorese Call for U.S. Response to
CAVR Report (April 25)
Senators Write U.S.
State Dept. on Training Kopassus and Brimob (April 3)
Letter to UN on West
Papua by two senior members of the House Committee of Foreign Affairs
(Feb 14, 2008)
ETAN Statement
on military assistance to Indonesia in the FY2008 Consolidated
Appropriations bill (HR 2764) (December 18, 2007)
Faleomavaega Disappointed With His Visit To Biak And Manokwari Papua,
Indonesia (December 17)
U.S. House of
Representatives Calls for Human Rights Accountability and Military Reform
in Indonesia (June 22)
New head of Asia
panel in U.S. Congress champions self-determination for Papua
(January 23, 2007)
Some Pebbles in Jakarta's Shoes
(Straits Times commentary, December 15)
109th Congress (2005-2006)
Letter to President Yudhoyono calling for action
on the Munir case (November
3)
U.S.
Reps urge fully-integrated Timor mission (October 24)
U.S. Representatives
Call on Secretary of State Rice to Support Robust UN Mission to East Timor
(July 18)
Response to Department of State’s Papua
and Aceh Report of April 2006 (Summer)
ETAN Calls for Restrictions on Military
Assistance to Indonesia to Promote Reform and Accountability; House
Committee Would Turn a Blind Eye to Rights Violations, Impunity
(May 25)
Groups Urge Congress to
Restrict Assistance to Indonesian Military in Legislative Mark-up (May
18)
Letter - Rep. P. Kennedy articulate defender of E. Timor
(May 12)
Key Senators
Criticize Waiver Allowing U.S. Weapons Exports to Indonesia;
Cite Administration's Lack of Strategy to Encourage Accountability
and Reform (May 3)
Senator Feingold to Sec. Rice re. Papua
(March 21)
Senator Feingold to SBY re. Papua
(March 21)
Rumsfeld and Leahy on
military aid to Indonesia (March 9)
Sen. Feingold Report from Indonesia
(February 28)
Rep.
Barney Frank on Timor's defamation provisions
(February 22)
Congressional Research Service:
Papua, Indonesia: Issues
for Congress (January 19)
2005
ETAN Condemns Administration
Waiver Permitting Weapons Sales to Indonesia (November
22)
U.S. Congress Upholds Pressure for Human Rights
for Indonesia, Timor; Law Will Restrict Military Assistance for Indonesia
(November 3);
Senator Leahy
on Military Aid to Indonesia and East Timor (November
10);
Indonesia Should Take U.S. Congressional Restrictions on Military Aid Seriously
(November 18)
Human Rights First: U.S.
Congress Calls for Justice for Slain Indonesian Human Rights Hero;
Human rights group says investigation and prosecution falls short
(November 9)
Congress appropriates $750,000 for East Timor scholarship
(November 7)
U.S. Congress Upholds Pressure for Human Rights
for Indonesia, Timor; Law Will Restrict Military Assistance for Indonesia
(November 3)
Members of Congress Urge President Bush Not to Normalize Military Ties
with Indonesia;
Rewarding “Half-Steps” to Reform Undeserved (August
18)
ETAN Praises U.S.
Senate for Upholding Commitment to Human Rights for Indonesia, Timor;
Bill Would Maintain Restrictions on Indonesian Military Assistance
(July 20)
U.S. Congress Calls for
International Commitment to Justice for East Timor;
Urges Indonesia, Timor to Endorse Recommendations of UN Experts’
Commission (July 18)
Rep. Faleomavaega:
International Relations Committee Passes State
Dept. Authorization Bill With Mr. Faleomavaega and Mr. Payne’s Language
About West Papua (July 1)
ETAN Accuses House of
Representatives of Selling Out Rights, Reform;
Bill Would Lift Restrictions on Military Assistance to Indonesia
(June 29)
Congressional Research Service:
East
Timor: Potential Issues for Congress (May 4, 2005)*
Estafeta:
IMET Certified;
Congress Speaks Out on TNI, Aceh, Papua, Timor Sea
(Spring 2005)
Congressional Black Caucus and Rep. Faleomavaega
Urge U.S. Secretary of State and UN Secretary General
to Support West Papua (March 17)
Rep. Chris Smith on E.
Timor and Indonesia at House Human Rights Hearing
(March 17)
Rep. Kucinich on IMET
(March 9)
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee -
Amendments to
Foreign
Affairs Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007 on
Timika killings and Aceh (March 10)
Rep. Kennedy
(D-RI) on mediator in Timor Sea talks, IMET (March
9)
Congress Urges Expeditious Talks on
Permanent Maritime Boundary for East Timor;
Calls on Australia to Create Trust Fund for Disputed Revenue
(March 4)
Sen. Leahy on
Resumption of Full IMET for Indonesia (Feb 28)
Senators Leahy
(D-VT)and Bond (R-MO) on Military.
Restrictions (Feb 1)
Rep. Evans
writes Adm. Fargo on military ties (Jan 18)
Rep. Patrick J.
Kennedy's Dear Colleague Letter on Aceh (Jan 13)
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full membership,
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