Reports

Security: A series of security incidents occurring over the past two weeks along the border with West Timor have prompted the Peacekeeping Force (PKF) to upgrade their security alert from medium to high. The last incident occurred on 5…

As of 1 March, some 149,055 people had returned to East Timor from West Timor, other parts of Indonesia and Australia in organised air, land and sea movements, according to the International Organisation of Migration (IOM). Hundreds of thousands…

LEGAZPI, Philippines, March 6 (Reuters) Thousands of Philippine villagers ignored the danger of eruptions and made their way back to their homes under the deadly Mayon volcano on Monday, the fifth straight day of calm from the mountain crater. But…

The Disaster Mayon Volcano, in Lagaspi province, at the south eastern tip of the main island of Luzon, has been spewing ash and lava since mid February. It erupted violently on 24 February, throwing out tons of ash and hot…

News Release Issued by the International Secretariat of Amnesty International News Service 043/00 AI INDEX: ASA 21/16/00 6 March 2000 Indonesia Human rights defenders are being forced into hiding and prevented from carrying out their work as the Indonesian security forces step up…

Dili, 6 March One Timorese killed in incursion One East Timorese was allegedly killed yesterday in Azufuru, 15 kilometres East of Maliana, during an attack to the village reportedly by five militia men. A second man was wounded, and another was…

As of the 5th of March, as reported to SVE by PHILVOLCS, that since its latest major explosions on 1 March, Mayon volcano in the Philippines has gradually calmed down, and on 4 March only minor volumes of lava…

LEGAZPI, Philippines, March 4 (Reuters) U.S. soldiers began joining in relief efforts on Saturday to bring shelters and clean water to nearly 70,000 people who fled the powerful eruptions of a volcano in central Philippines. "Some U.S. military personnel who have…

After another series of very strong explosions on 1 March, Mayon volcano apparently calmed somewhat, although a sizeable lava flow continued to pour through the Bonga valley on its southeastern flank. One of the explosions on 1 March was…

There is a continuing need to return displaced people in West Timor to their communities of origin in East Timor, in order for rehabilitation, reconstruction and development to begin. The safe and orderly return transportation of displaced people is…