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Historic and Geographic information
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The territory of East Timor, a Portuguese colony for over 400 years, is located on the fringe of the
Indonesian archipelago, between Southeast Asia and Australia in the vicinity of the South Pacific.<BR>
It is at least equal, if not larger, in size and population than some 30 independent member states of the
<A HREF="http://www.un.org">United Nations</A>.
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The Indonesian invasion
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East Timor has been the scene of a major and tragic conflict since Indonesia invaded it in 1975,
maintaining to this day it's illegal presence in the territory, arrogantly desrespecting
United Nations Security Council Resolutions deploring the invasion
and ordering the immediate retreat of the Indonesian military forces.<BR>
Also the International Court of Justice pertinent recommendations were ignored by Indonesia.
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Human rights violations
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The armed forces of the large Indonesian Republic maintain a war of genocidal proportions
in a futile attempt to crush the resistance of most sectors of the approximately 700 000 East Timorese.<BR>
Massive human rights violations have caused the death of over one third of the population.<BR>
With a severe birth control program and by forcing the transmigration of people provenient from other
islands in the Indonesian archipelago, the genocide, both physical and cultural, is outrageous.<BR>
In 1975 Indonesia planned to invade East Timor in 24 hours, 22 years have passed since then.
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Dili Massacre
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November 12th 1991 will be remembered forever by the East Timorese as one of the bloodiest days in their History. Two hundred seventy one unarmed East
Timorese civilians (mostly young people) where brutally killed by the Indonesian Army while staging a peaceful demonstration in Dili's cemetery of Santa Cruz
Three hundred eighty two wounded were counted. Two hundred and fifty more people just "disappeared". In the following days the massacre continued in
many places of East Timor, as the demonstrators were persecuted all over the territory. Inside the Army Hospital, in Dili, for example, many survivors were also
reported to have been brutally killed with heavy stones and lethal injections.
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New president, same politic.
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The autocratic Suharto, who ruled Indonesia for 32 years, was replaced recently
by his friend and vice president, Habibie.
As president, Habibie has promised to introduce political reforms
and boost the economy, but nothing has changed!
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SO WE FIGHT.
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REFERENDUM, NOW!!
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