Indonesia Regrets Human Rights Violations in East Timor

DW-World.de, 15 July 2008

Indonesia has acknowledged that its state institutions carried out gross human rights violations during East Timor’s 1999 vote for independence. The admission came after a bilateral commission submitted its findings, blaming Jakarta for crimes against humanity. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, receiving the commission’s report, expressed his regret over the 1999 events. But he, along with his East Timorese counterpart José Ramos Horta also insisted on moving forward.

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Tags: Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, justice, human rights, military, East Timor, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, truth commission, Xanana Gusmão