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Documents on East Timor from PeaceNet and Connected Computer Networks Volume 33: - November 9 - December 1, 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] These documents are produced approximately every two months and mailed to subscribers. For additional or back copies, send US$25 per volume; add $3 for international air mail. Discount rates: $10 for educational and non-profit institutions; $6 for U.S. activists; $8 international. Subscription rates: $150 ($60 educational, $36 activist) for the next six issues. Add $18 ($12 activist) for international air mail. Further subsidies are available for groups in Third World countries working on East Timor. Checks should be made out to “ETAN.” The material is grouped by subject, with articles under each category in approximately chronological order. It is also available on IBM-compatible diskette, in either Word for Wi ndows or ASCII format. Reprinting and distribution without permission is welcomed. Much of this information is translated and supplied by TAPOL (London), Task Force Indonesia (USA), CDPM (Lisbon), CNRM, Free East Timor Japan Coalition, Mate-Bian News (Sydney), East Timor Ireland Solidarity Campaign, and other activists and solidarity groups, but they are not responsible for edi - torial comment or selection. Please note that the categorization of articles in this issue of East Timor Documents is less rigid than usual, because many items deal with more than one topic. In particular, actions and statements from solidarity groups in support of protesters in Jakarta and East Timor are included in the section on the country where the solidarity group is located. TABLE OF CONTENTS PRE-APEC BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................ 7 HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE APEC REGION: 1994 ...............................................................................................7 AMNESTY SHINES SPOTLIGHT ON JAKARTA................................................................................................12 ON EVE OF ASIAN SUMMIT, HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS ASSAIL ABUSES IN INDONESIA...............................12 CLINTON SET TO DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ................................................................................................13 SUMMIT LIGHT SPILLS OVER ON TO EAST TIMOR .......................................................................................13 INDONESIA RIGHTS RECORD WATCH........................................................................................................14 INDONESIA RIGHTS ABUSE CITED .............................................................................................................15 CLINTON URGED TO PUT PRESSURE ON JAKARTA......................................................................................15 DISSENT JUST A RUMBLE AS SUHARTO BANGS APEC GONG.......................................................................16 JAKARTA UNEASY UNDER MEDIA GLARE.....................................................................................................16 COST OF CONFLICT: REPORT SAYS FUTURE GRIM FOR EAST TIMOR..........................................................17 AI: HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS CONTINUE THREE YEARS AFTER SANTA CRUZ MASSACRE......................17 SIT-IN AT U.S. EMBASSY IN JAKARTA ....................................................................................................... 18 EAST TIMORESE INVADE U.S. EMBASSY .....................................................................................................18 EAST TIMORESE WORKERS’ AND STUDENTS’ PETITION TO PRESIDENT CLINTON ......................................18 Page 2 East Timor Documents, Volume 33. 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TAPOL SUPPORTS EMBASSY OCCUPIERS....................................................................................................19 TIMORESE PROTESTERS SAY THEY WONT QUIT U.S. EMBASSY ..................................................................19 AUSTRALIAN TV COVERAGE OF EMBASSY SIT-IN.........................................................................................20 VOA: TIMORESE DEMONSTRATE AT US EMBASSY ........................................................................................20 TIMORESE BED DOWN AT EMBASSY............................................................................................................20 STUDENTS SETTLE DOWN FOR FIRST NIGHT ..............................................................................................20 DEMONSTRATORS STILL AT EMBASSY ........................................................................................................21 EAST TIMORESE ACTIVISTS ASK TO MEET PRESIDENT CLINTON.................................................................21 CLINTON FACES RIGHTS SIDESHOW AT ASIAN PACIFIC SUMMIT ...............................................................21 EMBASSY FAILS TO CLEAR COMPOUND......................................................................................................22 ‘WE LIVE LIKE IN HELL HERE – THE WHOLE OF EAST TIMOR IS JUST A JAIL’ ..............................................22 TWENTY-NINE TAKE REFUGE IN EMBASSY LOT..........................................................................................23 EAST TIMOR PROTESTS EMBARRASS INDONESIA........................................................................................23 TIMORESE IN U.S. EMBASSY “WANT ASYLUM IN LISBON” ...........................................................................23 RIGHTS PROTESTS UNDERCUT INDONESIA’S STANDING AT ASIA-PACIFI C FORUM....................................23 ASIA SUMMIT CLOUDED BY TENSIONS IN EAST TIMOR...............................................................................24 TWENTY NINE EAST TIMOR YOUTHS REQUEST ASYLUM IN THE U.S...........................................................25 EMBASSY SIT-IN FORCES ISSUE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ..................................................................................25 U.S. JAKARTA EMBASSY PROTESTERS PONDER OPTIONS...........................................................................26 EAST TIMOR STANDOFF IN DILI AND JAKARTA ...........................................................................................26 TIMORESE PROTESTERS STILL HOLED UP ...................................................................................................26 INDONESIA SAYS TIMORESE FREE TO LEAVE COUNTRY .............................................................................26 EAST TIMOR PROTEST CONTINUES AT US EMBASSY....................................................................................27 US EMBASSY DISCUSSES ASYLUM WITH EAST TIMORESE..........................................................................27 UNWELCOME GUEST AT SUHARTO’S PARTY.................................................................................................27 TIMORESE REJECT ASYLUM.........................................................................................................................28 STATEMENT BY THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF INDONESIA.........................................................28 TIMOR’S OPPORTUNITY ...............................................................................................................................29 ‘TO THE LAST DROP OF BLOOD’..................................................................................................................29 PROTESTER HOSPITALIZED .........................................................................................................................30 EAST TIMORESE EMBASSY PROTEST TO CLIMAX ON TUESDAY....................................................................30 EMBASSY TIMORESE OPT FOR PORTUGAL...................................................................................................30 EAST TIMOR GOVERNOR APOLOGIZED .......................................................................................................31 EAST TIMORESE PROTESTERS LEAVE EMBASSY FOR EXILE.........................................................................31 ETAN/US PROTESTS U.S. GOVERNMENT HYPOCRISY..................................................................................32 TWENTY-NINE IN EXILE AFTER PROTEST ENDS ..........................................................................................32 INDONESIAN “SPIES” ..................................................................................................................................32 AI: UPDATE ON 12 NOVEMBER PROTESTS ...................................................................................................33 LET EAST TIMORESE PROTESTORS EXPERIENCE EXILE: ALATAS.................................................................39 BBC INTERVIEW WITH EMBASSY PROTESTORS ...........................................................................................39 MANY ARRESTED IN JAKARTA................................................................................................................. 39 AI: FEAR OF TORTURE FOR DETAINED PROTESTORS...................................................................................39 CONCERN FOR FATE OF FORTY EAST TIMORESE.........................................................................................40 INFID LETTERS ON EAST TIMORESE STUDENTS DETENTION ......................................................................40