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Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and Connected Computer Networks Volume 26: December 13, 1993 - February 15, 1994 Published by: East Timor Action Network / U.S. P.O. Box 1182, White Plains, NY 10602 USA Tel: 914-428-7299 Fax: 914-428-7383 E-mail PeaceNet:CSCHEINER or [email protected] For additional copies, please enclose US$10. per volume to cover costs; add an extra $3. for interna- tional air mail. Activist rate: $6. domestic, $8. international. These documents are usually produced approximately every two months, and mailed to subscribers. If you would like to subscribe, send $60 for the next six issues (US), or $78 for international air mail. Reduced rate for activists: $36 in the US, $48 international. Subsidized rate are available for groups in Third World countries working on East Timor. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS XANANA GUSMÃO COMMUNICATES FROM PRISON.................................................................................... 6 XANANA: THE EAST TIMORESE MYTH ............................................................................................................6 INDONESIA ALLOWS FAMILY VISIT TO TIMOR’S XANANA..............................................................................7 COMMENT FROM TAPOL: ..........................................................................................................................7 “SEND A MESSAGE TO XANANA” CAMPAIGN .................................................................................................7 XANANA FOR TIME’S MAN OF THE YEAR ........................................................................................................8 XANANA LEAK PROBED .................................................................................................................................8 XANANA LETTER TO THOSE WHO SENT HIM POSTCARDS .............................................................................8 TWO LETTERS FROM XANANA GUSMÃO WRITTEN TO SUPPORTERS IN THE UK........................................9 INDONESIA BARS RELATIVES AND RIGHTS GROUP FROM VISITING DISSIDENT LEADER ............................9 LETTER FROM XANANA GUSMÃO TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION OF JURISTS ...............................10 JAILED TIMORESE REBEL LEADER OFFERS TO SERVE LONGER SENTENCE ................................................12 LETTER FROM XANANA TO PRESIDENT SUHARTO ......................................................................................12 INDONESIAN ACTIVIST HITS RESTRICTIONS ON JAILED REBEL .................................................................12 TIMOR LEADER MAKES JAIL PLEA ...............................................................................................................12 EAST TIMOR REBEL SAYS MISTREATED IN INDONESIAN JAIL.....................................................................13 XANANA GUSMÃO SAYS HE WAS TORTURED; TIMORESE REFUGEE SEEKS SANCTUARY (RTP)................13 XANANA: “I WAS TORTURED” (PUBLICO).................................................................................................13 EAST TIMOR LEADER PUNISHED .................................................................................................................14 XANANA’S LETTER IN THE MEDIA................................................................................................................14 LBH TO REPRESENT XANANA GUSMÃO ......................................................................................................14 XANANA DENIES PRESIDENTIAL CLEMENCY REQUEST, REPORT SAYS ..................................................15 Page 2 East Timor Documents, Volume 26. December 13, 1993 - February 15, 1994. UN OFFICIALS TO VISIT GUSMÃO IN JAKARTA PRISON ...............................................................................15 XANANA GUSMÃO SENDS TAPED MESSAGE TO EAST TIMORESE RESISTANCE............................................16 XANANA GUSMÃO PRISON LETTER: COMPLAINS OF LIFE IN CAPTIVITY AND ABOUT HIS LAWYER .............18 XANANA LETTER STIRS CONTROVERSY IN JAKARTA ...................................................................................18 BAN ON VISITS TO XANANA TO BE LIFTED ..................................................................................................19 JAKARTA SUSPENDS VISITATION RIGHTS FOR REBEL LEADER ...................................................................19 HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS SEEK VISIT WITH JAILED REBEL LEADER.........................................................19 JAKARTA WILL NOT FREE GUSMÃO .............................................................................................................19 JAKARTA TO FREE REBEL FOR A PRICE .......................................................................................................20 XANANA’S RELEASE SHOULD NOT LET INDONESIA OFF THE HOOK.......................................................20 IPJET APPEALS FOR XANANA AND OTHER POLITICAL PRISONERS .............................................................20 EAST TIMOR LEADER XANANA NOT TO BE MOVED TO ISLAND JAIL............................................................21 REBEL LEADER FACES EXILE .......................................................................................................................22 EUROPEAN UNION SHOULD DEMAND XANANA GUSMÃO’S UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE.............................22 THE REAL STORY BEHIND GUINEA’S PROPOSAL .........................................................................................23 INDONESIAN MP’S ALLOWED TO MEET XANANA.........................................................................................23 HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS NOT ALLOWED TO SEE XANANA........................................................................23 OTHER TIMORESE POLITICAL PRISONERS............................................................................................... 23 TIMORESE FLAG RIPPER SENTENCED TO 22 MONTHS ...............................................................................23 RELEASE OF EAST TIMORESE STUDENTS NOT A “CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE”................................23 LISBON ON ASYLUM-SEEKERS RELEASE.................................................................................................24 TIMES OF ANGER: THE SEVEN STUDENTS TELL FOREIGN MINISTER OF THEIR ORDEAL IN TIMOR .......24 INDONESIA DEFENDS MASSACRE SENTENCES ...........................................................................................24 M. SOARES TO APPEAL TO UN SECRETARY-GENERAL..................................................................................25 RODNEY LEWIS (ICJ AUSTRALIA) ON SENTENCING DISPARITIES ..............................................................25 SIX PRISONERS WANT TRIALS DECLARED INVALID....................................................................................26 TIMORESE POLITICAL PRISONERS’ LETTER TO THE INT’L COMMISSION OF JURISTS ............................26 EVENTS INSIDE EAST TIMOR.................................................................................................................... 28 VOICES FROM THE MOUNTAINS..................................................................................................................28 HEALTH IN EAST TIMOR ..............................................................................................................................29 VISITOR’S IMPRESSIONS OF EAST TIMOR ..................................................................................................32 ALLEGED EAST TIMOR REBEL SURRENDERS IN INDONESIA.......................................................................35 OFFICER JAILED FOR PROTECTING XANANA ..............................................................................................35 HORTA: TIMORESE USED AS HUMAN SHIELDS BY INDONESIAN MILITARY.................................................35 JAKARTA DENIES REPORTS OF EAST TIMOR EXECUTIONS.....................................................................36 ARMY SAYS TWO GUERRILLAS KILLED ........................................................................................................36 EVENTS IN INDONESIA.............................................................................................................................. 36 SDSB HUMAN RIGHTS PROTESTERS RELEASED ..........................................................................................36 DEMONSTRATORS BEATEN UP BY ARMY OUTSIDE PARLIAMENT BUILDING................................................37 ANOTHER GROUP OF STUDENTS PROTEST AT THE HOUSE, JAKARTA.....................................................37 HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS RAMPANT IN IRIAN JAYA, SAYS ACTIVIST.....................................................38 MASSIVE SURABAYA STUDENT PROTEST .....................................................................................................38