ETAN News and Statements

On October 28, ETAN, Occupy Phoenix and others picketed Freeport-McMoran headquarters in Phoenix, AZ: ETAN's Elizabeth Venable talk about Arizona protest on FSRN (October 28) Video report is here

2008

Joint Letter on Recent Papua Human Rights Cases - Buktar Tabuni (arrested) and Mr. Yosias Syet (murdered) (December 15)

ETAN Urges President-elect Obama Not to Appoint Adm. Blair Director of National Intelligence; ETAN Menolak Adm. Blair sebagai Kepala Intelijen Nasional (December 5)

Foreign Policy in Focus - Obama: Stand Up to the Indonesian Military (December 4)

Standing Up for Human Rights by Restricting Military Assistance to Indonesia - ETAN Response to the Wall Street Journal editorial, "Obama's Indonesia Test" (November 25)

Question the Candidates in Election 2008 (October)

Statement on the operations of the Freeport McMoran Mine in West Papua, to the U.S. Senate hearing on Extracting Natural Resources: Corporate Responsibility and the Rule of Law (September 24)

Election 2008: Where the Presidential Candidates Stand on Indonesia and East Timor (September 7)

Indicted Officer, Col. Siagian, Removed from West Papua, ETAN Urges His Prosecution (August 21)
Joint statement of Amnesty International USA, ETAN, and West Papua Advocacy Team Concerning Congressional Letter to President Yudhoyono (August 18)


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New Study Links Indonesian Politician to 2002 Murder of U.S. Schoolteachers (August 17)
Congress Demands Action on West Papua Political Prisoners as Human Rights Violations Persist, also in Bahasa Indonesia (August 7)

Response to State Department Informational Report on Indonesia, FY 2008 (July)
ETAN Urges New Rights Commissioner to Advocate for Justice for East Timorese Victims (July 24)

ETAN on the Report of Joint Commission on Truth and Friendship, Calls for Meaningful Justice for Victims of Indonesian Occupation (July 14)
Joint NGO Statement on the Handover of the Report of the Commission of Truth and Friendship (July 15)

ETAN Urges Respect for Right to Protest in Timor-Leste (July 10)
International Coalition Urges UN to Take Active Role Promoting Justice for East Timorese (June 1)

Congressmembers Urge Greater U.S. Commitment to Promote Justice for Timorese Call for U.S. Response to CAVR Report (April 25)
United States Should Support Justice, not Endorse Impunity, says ETAN; Administration Should Respond to CAVR Report, Not Endorse CTF (April 4)

Background on Kopassus and Brimob (April)
ETAN: Guide to U.S. Security Assistance to Indonesia and East Timor (revised April 2008)

ETAN/WPAT: Comments on the on the U.S. Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2007 (March 30)

ETAN/WPAT: Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Recent Arrests in W Papua (March 25)
Joint T-L Civil Society Petition: Dissolve the CTF, Try the Perpetrators of Crimes and Provide Reparations to the Victims! (March 18)
Groups write to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates on Indonesia (March 17)

Read the ETAN leaflet that former U.S. Amb. to Indonesia Edward Masters called "scurrilous": Remembering A Shared History: Suharto and the United States (March 7)

FPIF: Indonesia’s Arms Appetite by Frida Berrigan (February 27)
Letter from 20 national organizations requesting hearings on militarization of U.S. foreign assistance (February 27)

ETAN statement on attacks on the President and Prime Minister of Timor-Leste (Feb. 11)
LH: UN sets justice bar low, then declines to jump, UNMIT fails to carry out its mandate to investigate 1999 crimes; also La'o Hamutuk letter to UN Security Council and TAPOL/Progressio letter to Foreign Office (6 February)

ETAN/WPAT: Letter to U.S. Ambassador Hume on His Condolences on Death of Suharto (January 29)
Accountability for Suharto’s Crimes Must Not Die With Him Also Bahasa Indonesia; Tetum
ETAN: Backgrounder on Life and Career Suharto Also Bahasa Indonesia: Tentang Soeharto (January 27)

2007

Timor Votes in 2007

Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET)
reports and more

Bush Administration Trains Members of Indonesian Terrorist Groups; Abandons Human Rights for Indonesia to Train Kopassus, Brimob; Bahasa Indonesia: Pemerintahan President Bush Melatih Para Anggota Kelompok Teroris Indonesia (December 19)
ETAN Statement on military assistance to Indonesia in the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations bill (HR 2764) (December 18)
As UN Secretary-General Visits Timor, Rights Groups Urge Leadership for Justice and Accountability (December 13)

ETAN: Guide to U.S. Security Assistance to Indonesia and East Timor (November)
ETAN: An Overview Justice Processes and Commissions for Timor-Leste (revised, November)

As Security Council Visits Timor-Leste, Rights Groups Call For Justice and Accountability (November)
Australian Inquest into Balibo Journalists Killings in East Timor Shows Ongoing Need to Pursue Justice and Accountability (November 16)

Briefing on Special Autonomy Issue in West Papua
Letter to Secretary of State Rice on Iwanggin Sabar Olif (October 31)

IFET: Statement to the Alternative Public Hearing against the Indonesia-Timor-Leste Truth and Friendship Commission Text: English, Tetum (September 29)

Report of the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET) On the Timor-Leste 2007 Parliament Election (English and Tetum) (August 25)
SOMET Calls for End to Violence and Instability in Timor-Leste (August 9)

The UN Right Not to Cooperate with Joint Indonesia-Timor "Truth" Commission Farce (July 28)
Indonesian Military “Counterterrorism” Equals More Repression (July 24)
SOMET Congratulates the People of Timor-Leste on Parliamentary Election (July 4)

Indonesia: Remove Timor-indicted colonel from West Papua; Crimes against humanity suspect a threat to Papuans (June 28)
Election Observation Teams to monitor in all 13 Districts for East Timorese election (June 26)
U.S. House of Representatives Calls for Human Rights Accountability and Military Reform in Indonesia (June 22)
Statement by Shirley Shackleton to Coroner Dorelle Pinch at the Inquest re Brian Peters, June 1, 2007

Building Global Partnerships Act of 2007: NGO Letter of Opposition (May 30)

Rights Groups Call For End To Farcical Joint Timor-Indonesia Commission; Write Presidents of Indonesia and Timor-Leste (May 24)

SOMET: Amendments to the Law on the Election of the National Parliament (May 23)
Report of the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET) on the Timor-Leste 2007 Presidential Elections (also in Tetum) (May 22)

ETAN: Indicted Indonesian General Leads Joint Military Exercise with U.S. (April 26)

Report of the Solidarity Observer Mission for East Timor (SOMET) on the first round of the Timor-Leste 2007 Presidential Elections (also in Tetum) (April 18)

SOMET Congratulates the People of Timor-Leste on First National Election (April 10)

ETAN: Statement to House of Representatives, Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on the fiscal year 2008 budget (March 29)
ETAN: Submission to Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into Maritime Arrangements Treaty with East Timor (March 15)

ETAN: An Overview Justice Processes and Commissions for Timor-Leste (February)

ETAN: Joint Commission Unlikely to Further Truth or Friendship Between Timor and Indonesia (February 22)

2006

Democracy Now!: President Gerald Ford Dies at 93; Supported Indonesian Invasion of East Timor that Killed 1/3 of Population
Joe Nevins: A Single Standard for Gerald Ford and Saddam Hussein
Ford, Kissinger & 1975 page

ETAN: Groups Urge Bush Not to Offer Military Assistance to Indonesian President on Visit (November 18)
Bush's Big Indonesian Photo-Op by Ben Terrall and John M. Miller (November 27)

ETAN: On 15th Anniversary of Timor Massacre Rights Network Calls for Justice; ETAN Urges Administration, New Congress to Support International Tribunal (November 12)

Joyo/Pantau: Murder At Mile 63: Part One of a Report on the Timika Killings (November 10)

U.S. Reps urge fully-integrated Timor mission (October 24)

Commission of Inquiry Report Can Help Timor-Leste Overcome Divisions, But Context of Recent Violence Needs Attention (October 17)

ETAN Reaffirms and Strengthens Work to Support Timor-Leste (September)

Int'l Federation for East Timor Urges Fully Integrated UN Mission Calls for Australian troops to forego separate command (August 25)Statement of Civil Society Supporting a UN-led security presence in Timor-Leste (August 22)


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TAPOL, ETAN Call UN Proposals on Justice for Timor-Leste “Inadequate” (August 7)

Joint Letter to UN Secretary-General on Justice (July 21)
U.S. Representatives Call on Secretary of State Rice to Support Robust UN Mission to East Timor (July 18)

Listen to ETAN's Forum on the crisis in East Timor (June 29)
LH Suggestions for the Next United Nations Mission in Timor-Leste (June 22)

Secretary of Defense Must Not Undermine Reform, Rights on Visit to Jakarta (June 6)

Statement by the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) on the Current Violence in Timor-Leste (May 27)
Listen to ETAN's Charles Scheiner, recently returned from East Timor, on WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show; Democracy Now!; WBEZ's Worldview ; WNUR's This Is Hell

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 (May18)

Groups Urge Australia to Adopt Humane Refugee Policies Toward Papuans; Oppose Proposed Changes to Migration Law (May 11)

ETAN Statement on Recent Events in Timor-Leste; Country Fragile, International Assistance, Justice Still Needed (May 9)

Key Senators Criticize Waiver Allowing U.S. Weapons Exports to Indonesia; Cite Administration's Lack of Strategy to Encourage Accountability and Reform (May 3)

Jubilee USA and ETAN Challenge Wolfowitz to Address Roots of Corruption by Canceling Indonesia's Suharto-Era Debt (April 11)
U.S. Should Not Cozy Up to Kopassus; Notorious Military Unit Commander Participates in Hawaii Pentagon Conference (April 6)

ETAN Denounces Plans to Sell Lethal Equipment to Indonesian Military Expresses Alarm at Expanding Engagement (March 29)
Rights Groups Write UN Secretary-General on Justice for East Timor (March 24)
Solidarity message on KONTRAS 8th anniversary (March)

March 16 Protest at Indonesian Embassy in Washington (March 16)
As Secretary of State Visits Jakarta, Rights Group Urges U.S. Policy on Indonesia Promoting Justice and Rights, Not Military Might (March 13)

ETAN, Other Groups Write State Department on Indonesia Military Aid (March 8)
ETAN activist Luis Kemnitzer, Dead at 77 (March 2)

ETAN Rejects Added Aid for Indonesian Military; Responds to Bush Administration’s Waiver Justification (February 27)

Indonesia Must Confront Its Past, Accept Responsibility and Deliver Justice for Timor Atrocities; ETAN Posts Entire Timor Truth Commission Report on Website (February 16)
ETAN Urges Veto of Timor- Leste Defamation Law (February 6)

ETAN Calls for Broad International Discussion of Timor Truth Commission Report; CAVR Report's Recommendations (January 20)
Letter to Australia on Papuan Asylum Seekers (January 20)
Timor-Leste National Alliance for an International Tribunal Letter to UN Secretary-General (January 19)
ETAN Statement on Timor-Leste/Australia Maritime Arrangement (also in Bahasa Indonesia) (January 15)
ETAN Urges Secretary of State to Promote Justice and Rights, Not Military Might, During Upcoming Trip to Indonesia [Please note Secretary Rice has postponed her trip.] (January 6)

2005

On 30th Anniversary of Indonesian Invasion of East Timor, ETAN Calls for Justice, Understanding of U.S. Role (December 7)

ETAN Calls for Release of East Timor Truth Commission Report Urges Full Discussion of Its Findings & Recommendations (December 1)
East Timor Bishop Ricardo to UN Secretary-General on Justice (December 5)

ETAN Condemns Administration Waiver Permitting Weapons Sales to Indonesia (November 22)

Human Rights First: U.S. Congress Calls for Justice for Slain Indonesian Human Rights Hero; Human rights group says investigation and prosecution falls short (9 November)
U.S. Congress Upholds Pressure for Human Rights for Indonesia, Timor; Law Will Restrict Military Assistance for Indonesia (3 November)
Ed McWilliams: Response to Efforts to Deny Crimes Against Humanity in West Papua (November)

Dissident Voice: The Mass Killings in Indonesia After 40 Years by John Roosa and Joseph Nevins (October 30)
La'o Hamutuk Protests AUSAID Denial of Funds to Timorese NGO (6 October)

U.S. Groups Call on Congress to Maintain Restrictions on Military Aid to Indonesia; Urge Conference Committee to Adopt Senate Provisions of Foreign Aid Bill (September 22)
U.S. Catholic Bishops on Military Aid to Indonesia (September 20)
Members of Congress Urge President Yudhoyono of Indonesia to Open up Access to West Papua; Ongoing Human Rights Abuses Condemned (September 16)

ETAN, other NGOs Write Security Council and Secretary-General on Commission of Experts & Timor Justice (August 22)
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)
Protest Urges Fair Deal for East Timor: Colorful Demonstration Planned at Invite-Only Dinner for Australia's Prime Minister Howard (July 19)
U.S. Congress Calls for International Commitment to Justice for East Timor; Urges Indonesia, Timor to Endorse Recommendations of UN Experts’ Commission (July 18)
Int'l NGOs write SG on Commission of Experts report (July 11)
ET NGO Declaration: "Justice Must be Given to the Victims of Serious Crimes" (July)
E Timor National Alliance for an International Tribunal: Happy Independence Day to USA (July 4)

In Memoriam: Nathan Osborn 1957-2005

ETAN Accuses House of Representatives of Selling Out Rights, Reform; Bill Would Lift Restrictions on Military Assistance to Indonesia (June 29)
ETAN Supports UN Commission’s Call for International Involvement in Justice for East Timor; Executive Summary of COE Report (June 28)
Seattle High Schoolers Help E Timor School (June)
The Question of U.S. Military Assistance for Indonesia (June)

More Than 50 Groups Urge Bush Not to Offer Military Assistance to Indonesian President (May 24)
Reported Australia/Timor-Leste Oil Deal "Cheats" East Timorese, Says ETAN (May 17)
Announcing the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network: ETAN Changes Name and Mission Statement; Group’s Current Work and Goals More in Focus (May)

Greetings on the Formation of Asia Pacific Solidarity Coalition (APSOC) (April 28)
Greetings to Fifth International Solidarity Meeting on West Papua (April 28)
On Anniversary of East Timor Church Massacre UN Must Take Responsibility for Justice (April 6)
Groups Urge Indonesian Cooperation with UN Commission of Experts (April 5)

Background on Paul Wolfowitz, Indonesia and East Timor (March)
Truth Known, East Timorese Need Justice; Accountability for Rights Crimes Remains an International Responsibility (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)

ETAN Condemns Restoration of IMET for Indonesia; Calls State Department's Certification Fraudulent and a Setback for Justice, Human Rights and Reform (February 27)
New Facts Link Indonesian Military to "Terror Attack" on U.S. Citizens; Rice May Release IMET to Indonesia Before Investigation Concludes (February 17)

ETAN: Tsunami Must Not Sweep Away Restrictions on Indonesian Military (January 13)
Dozens of Faith-Based, Development, Advocacy Groups Call on United States to Tackle Debt Crisis for Tsunami-Affected Nations (January 10)
NGO Letter to Secretary of State Powell on Aceh Crisis (January 4)

2004

ETAN/NI/ILRF: U.S. Groups Urge Indonesia to Put People over Politics; Humanitarian Catastrophe Adds to Human-Created Destruction in Aceh (December 30)

Indonesian NGOs on Joint Truth Commission (December 27)
ET NGOs Response to the Indonesian and East Timor governments to establish a Truth and Friendship Commission (December 21)
IFET Writes UN Secretary General on Justice, Truth and Commission of Experts (December 21)
U.S. NGOs Write Indonesian President on Murder of Rights Activist Munir (December 3)

U.S. Congress Maintains Restrictions on Military Assistance for Indonesia (November 21)
East Timor NGOs Urge U.S. Congress to End Assistance to Indonesian Military & to Work for Justice & International Tribunal (November 11)

ETAN Urges New Indonesian President to Pursue Justice for Victims of East Timor’s Occupation (October 19)
Members of Congress Oppose U.S. Assistance to Unreformed, "Corrupt" Indonesian Military (October 12)
Senator Feingold on justice for East Timor (October 7)

ET NGO statement on ET-Australia boundary talks (September 29)
Submission to the TSO and TSDA regarding the Proposed Petroleum Regime (September)

U.S. Senate Continues Restrictions on Military and IMET Assistance for Indonesia (September 24)
“Military Has Already Won” Indonesian Election, Says ETAN, Neither Candidate Likely to Limit Military (Sept. 18)
TL Nat'l Alliance for Int'l Tribunal Letter to Secretary General (September 17)
U.S. Groups Oppose U.S. Military Assistance to Indonesia, Tell Secretary of State that Military Remains “Unreformed” Rights Violator (Sept. 15)

ETAN Statement on Fifth Anniversary of East Timor’s Independence Vote (August 28)
UN and U.S. Must Commit to Justice for Timor after Indonesian Court Acquits Officer (August 6)
Congress Disappointed with Secretary Rumsfeld’s Plans for U.S.-Indonesia Military Ties (August 5)

West Papua Rights Organizations Condemn Statement by U.S. Attorney General on Killing of Americans at Freeport Mine; Urge U.S. Congress To Push for a Full & Impartial Investigation (August 4)
Members of Congress Stress Concern Over East Timor-Australia Boundary Dispute During Australia Free Trade Debate (July 21)
JSMP: East Timorese civil society demand the creation of a Commission of Experts by UN (July 19)
Congress Urges UN to Actively Pursue Justice for East Timor; 78 Representatives Write UN Secretary-General (July 6)

Senators call for UN Special Rep. on Aceh/Papua (June 28)

House Subcommittee Continues Ban on Military Assistance for Indonesia; Calls for IMET, Military Sales to Remain Restricted (June 24)
RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights Questions Dept. of Justice Announcement on West Papua Ambush (June 26)
Rights Groups Urge Secretary-General to Appoint Commission on Justice for East Timor (June 24)
ETAN Urges Visiting Australian Prime Minister to Follow Rule of Law in Talks with East Timor (June 3)

Rights Group Calls on East Timor Leadership to Respect Judicial Independence; Demands UN and U.S. Create International Tribunal to Try Wiranto and Others (May 28)
East Timor Action Network Urges International Support for Justice and Control of Resources on Newest Nation’s Birthday (May 20)
Australia Fails Fairness Test for East Timor; Complex Trade Agreement with U.S. Undermines Australia's Claim on Timor Boundary Talks (May 17)
UN Must Not Shortchange Justice for East Timor (May 14)

Rights Group Says Wiranto Must Stand Trial, Not Stand for Office (April 21)
East Timor Environmentalist Wins Top Global Award (April 19)
Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea: Timor Sea Movement Press Release on Talks (April 19)
MKOTT: Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea Launched (April 14)

Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen Misleads 9-11 Commission; U.S. Assistance to the Indonesian Military Aided Terrorism (March 25)
Memo to U.S. Delegation to UN Commission on Human Rights, 60th Session (March 03)
Congress Tells Australia to Treat East Timor Fairly; Urges Expeditious Talks on Permanent Maritime Boundary (March 9)

East Timor National Alliance for an International Tribunal: East Timorese Political Leaders Must Not Interfere with Justice (Feb 15)

Global Wake-Up Call for Australia: Stop Stealing East Timor’s Resources & Trampling on Its New Independence (Jan. 26)
E Timor Coalition (CIITT): Statement for Australia Day (Jan. 26)

Congress Reinstates Ban on Military Training for Indonesia, Defies Administration (Jan. 22)
World Bank Called Upon to Observe Labor Rights Standards in Treatment of Subcontractors Employees in East Timor (Jan. 21)

Indonesia Flexes Military Muscle in Border Dispute with East Timor; Where Is International Reaction? (Jan. 21)
ETAN Praises Placement of Indonesian War Criminals on State Department Watch List, Calls for Additional Steps to Achieve Justice (Jan. 20)
E Timor Alliance for International Tribunal: Statement to the Technical Assessment Mission from UN Headquarters, New York (Jan. 15)

2003

ETAN: Where Is the Justice? UN, U.S. Must Break the Silence on Crimes in East Timor Since Invasion; Impunity Encourages Violations in Indonesia, Uncertainty in East Timor; E Timor Alliance for International Tribunal recalls Invasion Day (December 7)
Lao Hamutuk statement to Development Partners Conference; Statement to TL DPM from Rede Feto Timor-Leste- East Timor Women's Network (December 3-5)

NGOs Urge Howard to Play Fair in Boundary Talks with East Timor with Australia's response (Nov 7)
ETAN: U.S. Senate Bans Military Training for Indonesia, Concerned about Lack of Progress in Prosecuting Killers of U.S. Citizens (Oct 29)
ETAN: Bush Must Set Record Straight: No Military Assistance for Indonesia (Oct 21)

ETAN Regrets Death of Sergio de Mello (August 19)
ETAN: Indonesian Court's Final East Timor Sentence "A Joke" (August 5)

Lao Hamutuk: Letter to UN on UNMISET's present and the UN's future in E Timor (July 25)
U.S. House of Representatives Reiterates "No IMET for Indonesia" (July 24)
IHRN/ETAN: Bush Administration Plans to Resume Training Indonesian Military for this Year (July 18)
IHRN/ETAN: House of Representatives Reinstates Restrictions on Military Training for Indonesia (July 15)

IHRN/ETAN Condemn Bush Administration Move to Restore Military Training for Indonesia, Urge Congress to Strongly Protest; American Survivor of Ambush and Former Foreign Service Officer Call for Continued Ban (July 14)
Nat'l Alliance: July 4 Protest in E Timor (July 4)

U.S. Congress Demonstrates Strong Support for Justice for East Timor (June 27)
IHRN/ETAN: Congress Expresses Deep Concern about Military Offensive and Human Rights Violations in Aceh Representatives Criticize Indonesia’s Use of U.S. Military Equipment (June 27)
90 groups worldwide demand military embargo on Indonesia Media release, statement (both are in Bahasa and English) (June 23)
Powell Urged to Raise Aceh War at ASEAN Meeting (June 16)
June 9 DC demo at Washington D.C. Indonesian embassy opposes Aceh war supports Justice for ET (June 10)

People of Faith Call for International Tribunal for East Timor, Regardless of Indonesian Court Verdicts (May 26)
IHRN/ETAN: Rights Groups Praise Senators for Restricting Military Training for Indonesia (May 22)
IFET: Urges UN Security Council to Create International Tribunal for East Timor (May 20)
IHRN/ETAN: Human Rights Groups Protest Indonesia's War in Aceh Demand an End to Human Rights Abuses (May 20)
ETAN Urges Gifts of Justice and Fairness on Country’s First Birthday (May 17)

IHRN: U.S.-made weapons to be used in Indonesian military war on Aceh (May 13)
IHRN/ETAN: House International Relations Committee Expresses Strong Support for Human Rights and Conflict Resolution in Indonesia and East Timor; Criticizes Indonesian Justice Efforts; Calls for Alternatives (May 8)

UN Human Rights Commission Abandons Justice for East Timor; Pretends Sham Indonesian Trials Are Redeemable (April 25)
ETAN Praises New Indictment of Indonesian Officials for Crimes in E Timor (April 9)
IFET Urges President Xanana Gusmao to Fully Support Accountability for Past Abuses (April 1)

ETAN: Recommendations for U.S. Delegation to UN Commission on Human Rights, 59th Session (March 12)
Nat'l Alliance for International Tribunal: Letter UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
ETAN: UN Must Back Prosecution of Indonesian Officers; International Action Needed After Indonesia Snubs Extradition of Suspects to East Timor (March 4)

Response to Inquiries on NY Times Op-ed "War for Peace?" (February 28) see also East Timor Responds to Iraq War
Organizations Worldwide Urge Indonesian Action to Reunite East Timorese Children with Their Families (February 20)
IHRN: Arrests of nonviolent activists in Aceh show Indonesian military continues to be unworthy partner in "War on Terror" (Feb. 17)
East Timorese Demonstrate Against Impending War in Iraq (February 15)
New East Timor Leaflet for U.S. Feb 15-16 Antiwar Demos (PDF) (February 15)
UK Woman Released from Indonesian Jail after Five Months (February 10)

U.S. Rights Group Demands that Australian Government Stop Bullying East Timor (January 26)
Senate Votes Down Restrictions on Military Training for Indonesia (January 23)
ETAN's Winter-Spring 2003 Speaking Tour Economic Justice & Human Rights For East Timor: The Debt that Must Be Paid. Human rights worker, Jose Luis Oliveira, to speak

2002

ETAN's 2002 Annual Report

ETAN: East Timorese in Indonesia to Lose Refugee Status at New Year, International Community Must Continue Efforts on Behalf of Vulnerable Children & Adults (December 30)
The Question of U.S. Military Assistance for Indonesia (December)
LH, et al: Report from one-day seminar on East Timor Joining the International Financial Institutions PDF
Estafeta: Indonesian Verdicts Strengthen Calls for International Tribunal (Winter 2002-2003)
Timor Commemorates Invasion Anniversary as Indonesian Court Acquits Officials (December 7)
Joint Statement of Civil Society Organizations in Timor Lorosae: Never sacrifice people for certain political ambition (December 7)
LH: Disorder in East Timor: The International Community Must Accept Responsibility (December 6)

Support U.S. Nurse and UK Academic Detained in Aceh (November 2002)
How to Help East Timor's NGOs (November)
ETAN Calls for UN Review of Papua Act of "Free Choice" (November 13)
Remembering Senator Paul Wellstone (November)
East Timor Puts U.S. Soldiers Above the Law (November)

Questions for candidates and others on E Timor and Indonesia (October)
Indonesian Rights Activists Urge U.S. Congress To Block Military Training (October 7)

ETAN Congratulates Country on UN Membership, Calls on UN to Work for Justice for New Nation (9/26)
Fate of East Timorese Refugees in Indonesia Uncertain as Deadline Nears; Rights Group Warns International Community Not to Forget Refugees & Children (9/01)
Rights Group “Deeply Disturbed” by East Timor’s Grant of Immunity to U.S. Troops (8/27)
Imminent Indonesian Verdicts Cannot Deliver Justice for East Timor; International Tribunal Covering Entire Occupation Only Option (8/14)

Submission to Australian Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the Timor Sea Treaty (May 2002) and the Exchange of Notes between East Timor and Australia (Timor Sea) (May 2002) (7/29)
Groups Urge Congress to Continue Restrictions on U.S. Military Assistance to Indonesia (7/26)
Leahy Conditions on Restrictions of Military Assistance for Indonesia Have Not Been Met (7/26)
ETAN to Powell on his visit to Indonesia (7/25)
Statement by the East Timor Action Network on Restoration of IMET Military Training by Senate Appropriations Committee (7/19)
East Timor Action Network Criticizes U.S. Stance on International Court; Urges Bush Administration Not to Hold International Peacekeeping Hostage to Efforts to Undermine Criminal Court (7/12)

IFET: Role of International Solidarity after Independence (5/22)
U.S. House of Representatives Congratulates East Timor: Endorses Continued Restrictions on U.S.-Indonesia Military Ties, Expresses Concern about Lack of Justice (5/21)
ETAN Congratulates the People of East Timor on Independence (5/20)
U.S. Supporters of East Timor Celebrate Independence Nationwide: Watershed Victory Marked, Work Ahead Noted (5/20)
Yayasan Hak: Independence Day: Cause for Celebration or Damnation of 24 years of International Complicity in the Illegal Occupation of East Timor (5/18)
Clinton Heads to East Timor for Independence Day ETAN Urges History Not Be Forgotten (5/16)
Senators Write to Rumsfeld, Powell on U.S.-Indonesian Military Ties (5/14)
Women Worldwide Call For an International Tribunal For East Timor: Officials, Scholars And Activists Say Justice For Crimes Against Timorese Women Needed Now (5/13)
NGOs Write to Sec'y of State. Powell and Sec'y of Defense Rumsfeld on Military Ties to Indonesia (5/7)
ETAN Backgrounder for East Timor's May 20 Independence Day, also in PDF (5/6)
Members of Congress Write Powell on Aid to East Timor (5/2)

FY2002 Supplemental Request Sets U.S. on Wrong Path, Say Forty-Eight National Organizations (including ETAN) (4/29)
U.S. NGOs to Powell on Debt-free East Timor (4/22)
UN Human Rights Commission Abandons Justice for East Timor; ETAN Calls Statement a Rotten Present for Millennium's First New Country (4/22)
IFET: 2002 Presidential Election Observer: Project Report and Recommendations (4/16)
Activists Welcome Ratification Of International Criminal Court, But Say East Timor Needs Own Tribunal (04/11)

ETAN to Bush: "Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is", Calls for a Debt-Free East Timor (3/21)
ETAN helps form Kissinger Watch (ongoing from March)
10 Reasons Why Indonesian Courts Will Not Bring Justice to E Timor (3/14)
La'o Hamutuk: Can the Rule of Law Prevail? Will Pressure from UNHQ Force East Timor to Forgo Needed Tax Revenue. Bahasa release (3/12)

ETAN's UN Press Conference with Filomena Barros dos Reis (2/26)
Justice for East Timor Will Not Come from Indonesia Indictments (2/26)
Attorneys and Legal Scholars Call for International Tribunal (2/02)

Final Text of Constitution
PDF files: Official Portuguese; English translation; Bahasa Indonesian; Tetun

Text as passed Feb. 2002: Portuguese (PDF, MSWord, Official English translation: PDF, MSWord. Official Bahasa Indonesian translation: PDF, MSWord. Tetum translation: PDF, MSWord

Original draft: English, Portuguese

Newly Appointed Indonesian Judges Will Not Provide Long-Delayed Justice for East Timor (1/15)
Democracy Now! and Amy Goodman Restored to Pacifica (1/15/)
Congressmembers Write ET Constituent Assembly on Constitution (1/10)

2001

Peace-keepers as Nation-builders: Dilemmas of the UN in East Timor (International Peacekeeping. Vol. 8, no 4, 2001)
ETAN/IHRN: Congress Bolsters Ban on Training for Indonesia With One Bill, While Opening a Loophole with Another (12/21)
ETAN/IHRN: Rights Groups Condemn End Run on Military Training Restrictions for Indonesia (12/20)
Message from Noam Chomsky (12/01)
ETAN's 2001 Annual Report: HTML, PDF (12/01)
Ford & Kissinger Green Light to Indonesia's 1975 Invasion; New Documents Reveal Conversations with Suharto (National Security Archive (see also ETAN Kissinger pages) (12/06/01)

Text of Draft Constitution (large PDF files) English, Portuguese (11/01)
Congressional Letters on Santa Cruz Massacre Anniversary: House; Senate (11/29/01)
Tenth Anniversary of Santa Cruz Massacre Prompts Calls for Justice for East Timor (11/12/01)
Rights Must Be Factor In Economic Assistance to Indonesia (IHRN/ETAN) (11/06/01)

East Timorese woman addresses UN Security Council; UN: Women & Peacekeeping (10/30)
NGOs Write UN on Int'l Tribunal: IFET, East Timorese NGOs, Internationals in East Timor; Japan Coalition (10/24-25/01)
Letter to UNTAET Deputy SRSG McNamara on justice issues (10/17/01)
Justice and Accountability in East Timor: Int'l Tribunals and Other Options: Report of a one-day seminar in Dili, East Timor (10/16/01)
NGOs Write UNHCR on Refugees (10/15/01)
Indonesia at the Crossroads: U.S. Weapons and Military Training (10/15/01; World Policy Institute report)
Court Issues $66 Million Judgment Against Indonesian General Lumintang for E Timor Violence (10/04/01)

ETAN/IHRN Oppose Blanket Waiver for Human Rights (09/27/01)
On Eve of Megawati Visit, Groups Urge Bush to Maintain Restrictions on Military Ties with Indonesia (9/18/01)
Statements from September 6 Press Conference (09/06/01) Op-eds by ETAN members: U.S. must not forget E Timor massacres; Tragic Anniversary For East Timor; Indonesia has yet to hold anyone accountable
Grassroots & Congressional Action Mark September 6 Anniversary of East Timor Massacres (09/04/01)
IFET: Elections in the Context of Nation-building; other election news (09/03/01)
Statements by Jose Ramos-Horta on Amy Goodman, Santa Cruz Massacre & Democracy Now! (09/03/01)

East Timor Holds First Free Elections August 30 (08/28/01)
Open Letter to WBAI & Pacifica on E. Timor and Amy Goodman (08/17/01)
Rights Groups Say Military Relations With Indonesia Hurt, Not Help (08/09/01)

U.S. House of Representatives Reaffirms Support for Indonesian Military Reform and for East Timor (07/24/01)
East Timor Action Network Urges New Indonesian President to Show Support for East Timor (07/23/01)
ETAN and NGO's Correspond with U.S. Embassy in Indonesia Regarding Refugee Registration (07/19/01)
Small Arms and East Timor: Speech at UN Rally and Impact on Women in Militia-Controlled Camps (07/17/01)
House of Representatives Write Powell on Refugees (07/16/01)

Senators Write Powell on Refugees (06/25/01)
Int'l NGO statement on Justice for East Timor (06/13/01)
ETAN and CIS Urge UN to Reject Sham Refugee Registration in West Timor (06/07/01)
NGOs Write Powell Urging an International Tribunal (06/06/01)
ETAN/NGO's Criticize Indonesia's Registration of E Timor Refugees (06/01/01)

Aid Worker To Give First-Hand Account of East Timor’s Refugee Crisis as Indonesian Problematic Registration Moves Ahead (05/28/01) Also: Background on Refugees.
Aid Worker To Give First-Hand Account of East Timor’s Refugee Crisis as Indonesian Problematic Registration Moves Ahead (05/27/01)
U.S. House of Representatives Supports Human Rights and Reconstruction in East Timor (05/17/01)
IHRN/ETAN: Rights Groups Oppose Joint Training with Indonesian Military (05/16/01)
East Timor Action Network Calls for Action on Refugee Crisis and International Tribunal on Anniversary of East Timor Vote Agreement (05/04/01)

ETAN Publishes Text of Suppressed UN Report on 1999 Destruction (04/25/01)
East Timor NGO Forum on Xanana’s Statement Regarding an International Tribunal (04/23/01)
NGO Forum declines to join UNTAET Constitutional Process (04/18/01)
Indonesian General on Trial in U.S. Court by John M. Miller (Timor Post, 04/03/01)
Objectionable PKF T-shirt by La'o Hamutuk (4/01)

Indonesian General on Trial in Washington, DC. March 27-March 29. General Johny Lumintang is responsible for gross human rights violations committed in East Timor. (03/21/01)
NGO Forum writes Security Council on Rushed Constitutional Process (03/17/01)
ETAN's Memo to UN Commission on Human Rights (3/10/01)
E. Timor NGOs protest UN police predictions of election violence (3/12/01)
NGO Letter to Secretary of State Colin Powell Opposing Resumption of Military Ties (3/7/01)
ETAN's John M. Miller on the violence in Indonesia, U.S. military assistance, and justice issues in Coming Apart: Kosovo And Indonesia, Newsweek on Air, (3/4/01)
ETAN Letter on Women and Upcoming East Timor Elections (3/1/01)

Madison-Ainaro Establish Sister City Tie (2/20/01)
East Timor Still Awaits Justice One Year After UN Inquiry Called for International Tribunal (1/31/01)
ETAN/IHRN - Continue Suspension of Military Ties With Indonesia (1/26/01)

Indonesia's Generals on Trial
in U.S. Courts

Signed by General Johny Lumintang, a telegram ordering Indonesian commanders to plan a crackdown on East Timorese was entered into evidence in the U.S. lawsuit. The court issued a $66 million judgment against the general.

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