(Deutsch) Alternativer Nobelpreis für den indonesischen Menschenrechtsanwalt Munir: Ein Zeichen gegen Willkür und Gewalt

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Posted on 03:49 PM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: Aceh, dictator Suharto, Indonesia, human rights, military, Moluccas, New Order, East Timor, regional conflicts, impunity, criminal prosecution, transitional justice

(Deutsch) Fragwürdig: Morde in Timor – was tun?

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Posted on 09:49 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: democracy, refugees, Indonesia, military, militias, East Timor, United Nations, West Timor

(Deutsch) Milizen, Militär und das Elend der jungen Demokratie

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Posted on 07:32 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, democracy, refugees, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, conflict resolution, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, Police, Prabowo, referendum 1999, regional conflicts, security sector, transitional justice, United Nations, forced eviction, West Timor, Wiranto

East Timor Federation Urges Delay of Indonesia Aid Meet

For Immediate Release, IFET, September 22, 2000

Says CGI Should Await Efforts on East Timorese Refugees

The International Federation for East Timor (IFET) today urged the World Bank to postpone the upcoming meeting of the Consultative Group on Indonesia (CGI). In a letter to James D. Wolfensohn, President of the bank, IFET said the meeting should be postponed until Indonesia has “restored peace and order to West Timor, and established the conditions necessary for the East Timorese refugees who have ... read more

Posted on 11:33 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications
Tags: refugees, violence, Indonesia, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, United Nations, West Timor, World Bank

(Deutsch) EU-Waffenembargo für Indonesien gefordert

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Posted on 11:55 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: European Union (EU), refugees, Indonesia, human rights, military, East Timor, United Nations, arms trade, West Timor

Situation in West Timor:
Call for Arms Embargo on Indonesia to be Re-Imposed

18 September 2000

Joint NGO Statement to European Union Council of Ministers

This statement was delivered to the French Foreign Mininster, representing the French Presidency of the EU, on 18 September 2000: The grave developments in West Timor, triggered by the murder on 6 September of at least five people, including three UNHCR workers, has created an extreme emergency in the territory. We welcome the European Union Declaration on 7 September condemning these murders and deploring the current state of ... read more

Posted on 07:15 AM in Joint Press Releases & Statements, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Abdurrahman Wahid, European Union (EU), refugees, violence, Indonesia, human rights, military, East Timor, impunity, United Nations, arms trade, West Timor

(Deutsch) Neuer Milizenterror

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Posted on 09:25 AM in Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: refugees, violence, Indonesia, human rights, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, security sector, United Nations, West Timor

(Deutsch) Watch Indonesia! fordert Verlängerung des EU-Embargos für Waffenexporte und militärische Zusammenarbeit mit Indonesien

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Posted on 10:15 AM in democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, security sector, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Government of Germany, democracy, European Union (EU), refugees, Indonesia, human rights, militias, East Timor, security sector, arms trade, West Timor

Churches in solidarity with East Timor’s population

Evangelical Church in Germany, EKD-Bulletin 04/1999
Observing the referendum and statements

The Evangelical Church in Germany, together with the Roman Catholic Church, had agreed to and supported the dispatch of 9 people to observe the referendum in East Timor on 30. August 1999. The applicant and sponsor of this measure was the non-governmental organisation (NRO) “Watch Indonesia”, resident in Germany, which prepared the participants for this important peace-keeping mission with a 6-day intensive course, and had taken on the responsibility ... read more

Posted on 12:33 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, East Timor, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Government of Germany, violence, Indonesia, intervention and peace keeping, church, conflict resolution, human rights, East Timor, referendum 1999, solidarity, United Nations

East Timor: A predictable disaster

20. September 1999

By Jörg Meier in Dili / Darwin / Jakarta *

The “worst case scenario” has become reality. After an overwhelmingly majority of the East Timorese people voted against the solution of wide range autonomy under Indonesia, the situation in the eastern half of Timor, which was annexed by Indonesia in 1975, went totally out of control. At least that’s the say. Even president Habibie confessed that Indonesia alone isn’t able to control the ... read more

Posted on 03:26 PM in History & Overview, Human Rights, Human Rights, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, East Timor, Publications
Tags: Bishop Belo, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), Eurico Guterres, refugees, violence, Habibie, Indonesia, international tribunal, intervention and peace keeping, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, Prabowo, referendum 1999, security sector, independence, United Nations, West Timor, Wiranto, Xanana Gusmão