Finding Truth and Reconciliation

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 from 18:30-21:00
at Werkstatt Der Kulturen Berlin
Wissmannstraße 32, 12049 Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Finding Truth and Reconciliation – Establishing a Culture of Remembrance and Critical Reappraisal of Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

Dialogue with advocacy groups from Indonesia and Timor-Leste

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In Indonesien und Timor-Leste (Osttimor) begangene Menschenrechtsverletzungen erfahren kaum Anerkennung durch den indonesischen Staat, geschweige denn eine angemessene Aufarbeitung. So bleibt das Massaker von 1965/66, bei dem mindestens eine halbe Million Menschen ermordet ... read more

Posted on 02:45 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Human Rights, East Timor, Society & Religion, Society & Religion

Finding Truth and Reconciliation

Wednesday, 16 October 2019 from 18:30-21:00
at Werkstatt Der Kulturen Berlin
Wissmannstraße 32, 12049 Neukölln, Berlin, Germany

Finding Truth and Reconciliation – Establishing a Culture of Remembrance and Critical Reappraisal of Human Rights Abuses in Indonesia and Timor-Leste.

Dialogue with advocacy groups from Indonesia and Timor-Leste

*** english description below ***

In Indonesien und Timor-Leste (Osttimor) begangene Menschenrechtsverletzungen erfahren kaum Anerkennung durch den indonesischen Staat, geschweige denn eine angemessene Aufarbeitung. So bleibt das Massaker von 1965/66, bei dem mindestens eine halbe Million Menschen ermordet ... read more

Posted on 02:45 PM in Activities, Human Rights, Human Rights, East Timor, Society & Religion, Society & Religion

(Deutsch) Osttimor: US-Außenministerin besucht junge Demokratie

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German version

Posted on 03:20 AM in Elections & Political Parties, History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, East Timor, Society & Religion, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice
Tags: Bishop Belo, National Congress for Timorese Reconstruction (CNRT), dictator Suharto, Fretilin, Indonesia, José Ramos-Horta, crisis 2006, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, referendum 1999, religion, state & nation building, impunity, Taur Matan Ruak, independence, United Nations, USA, crimes against humanity, reconciliation, elections, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) „Die Freiheit, für die wir kämpfen…“

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Posted on 03:18 AM in Human Development, Human Rights, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Society & Religion, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice
Tags: democracy, Indonesia, East Timor, state & nation building, transitional justice, independence, crimes against humanity, dealing with the past

(Deutsch) Zehn Jahre in Freiheit – Christliches Bollwerk in Asien

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Posted on 01:44 AM in Human Rights, East Timor, Society & Religion, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice
Tags: Bishop Belo, violence, José Ramos-Horta, human rights, military, militias, East Timor, religion, state & nation building, impunity, Taur Matan Ruak, independence, United Nations

(Deutsch) Buchbesprechung:
«Die Freiheit, für die wir kämpfen…» Osttimor in der Unabhängigkeit

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Posted on 03:26 AM in History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, East Timor, Publications, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: gender, violence, East Timor, independence, dealing with the past, civil society

Reconciliation in Timor-Leste and the Role of the Media:

The Casa de Produção Audiovisual

East-Timor: How to Build a New Nation in Southeast Asia in the 21st Century?
Edited by Christine Cabasset-Semedo and Frédéric Durand
Carnet de l’Irasec / Occasional Paper n°9 – 2009, May 2009

Henriette Sachse 41

Post-independence Timor-Leste struggles to come to terms with its past, to improve the recent situation and to build up its future at the same time. These are enormous tasks which require a lot of attention from all actors involved: the national government, national ... read more

Posted on 03:43 AM in East Timor, Publications, Society & Religion, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: peace process, history and overview, East Timor, transitional justice, reconciliation

(Deutsch) Osttimor am Scheideweg
Chaos oder Neuanfang?

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Posted on 12:31 AM in Economy, Labor & Corruption, Elections & Political Parties, joint studies and reports, History & Overview, Human Development, Human Rights, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Society & Religion, State- & Nation-Building, Transitional Justice, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Government of Germany, development, European Union (EU), history and overview, violence, José Ramos-Horta, crisis 2006, East Timor, political parties, transitional justice, elections, Xanana Gusmão

(Deutsch) In Memoriam Pater Ruedi Hofmann

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Posted on 09:20 AM in History & Overview, East Timor, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch's Press Releases & Statements
Tags: peace process, history and overview, conflict resolution, culture, East Timor, religion

Dili Update – Notes from my visit to Dili February/March 2007

06 March 2007

By Henri Myrttinen

Overall Situation

The situation in Dili continues to be defined by the on-going violence, which tends to fluctuate in terms of its intensity and the stated reasons for it seem to change with time. What a year ago was a conflict within the security forces became a sectarian loro monu/loro sa’e conflict, this then morphed into fights between various gangs, most notably PSHT vs. 7-7. During the course of the approximately 3 weeks which I ... read more

Posted on 10:47 AM in Information and Analysis, East Timor, Politics & Democracy, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Australia, refugees, Fretilin, violence, José Ramos-Horta, justice, church, crisis 2006, East Timor, political parties, security sector, United Nations, Xanana Gusmão