Rapports

Amnesty International - Report - ASA 21/163/99 Indonesia and East Timor -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright notice: The copyright for this document rests with Amnesty International. You may download and read it. You may not alter this information, repost or sell it without permission.…

Statement by Mary Robinson, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Geneva, 23 September 1999 Madame Chairperson, Distinguished Delegates Today we meet in special session to address the human rights situation in East Timor. For only the fourth time in its history,…

As peacekeeping forces moved into Dili, a foreign correspondent was shot. Others have been rescued. Cameron W. Barr, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor JAKARTA, INDONESIA - Sander Thoenes, a correspondent for London's Financial Times who wrote regularly for the Monitor,…

The Hon. John Moore, MP, Minister for Defence The Hon. Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs Update for Media Organisations - MIN 287/99 Thursday, 23 September 1999 The situation in East Timor remains very dangerous. We have been tragically reminded of this by…

The situation in East Timor remains very dangerous We have been tragically reminded of this by the death of a Dutch journalist in Dili. We want to take this opportunity to convey to journalists and to editors, the Government's formal view…

General situation The International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) began arriving in East Timor during the early hours of 21 September. Certain areas of Dili are now under INTERFET control and there are reports of some people returning to the…

Community Aid Abroad Oxfam Australia is deeply concerned for the safety of thousands of East Timorese trapped in the East Timorese enclave of Ambeno in West Timor. As the United Nations Commission on Human Rights meets today in Geneva, Community…

Gerald Martone of the International Rescue Committee reports from Dili, East Timor, that the capital city is in the midst of a severe humanitarian crisis. Martone , in a telephone call placed from the Australian embassy to colleagues in New…

There have been tensions with recent gunfire being heard in Dili. However it appears to have been people shooting into the air as there have been no casualties reported in the hospital. The MSF staff in Dili are only…

23 September -- As the situation in East Timor grew tense after shots were fired near a multinational force patrol travelling in UN vehicles, the United Nations mission in the territory said it had found wide devastation in several…