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The East Timor genocide refers to the "pacification campaigns" of state terrorism which were waged by the Indonesian New Order government during the Indonesian invasion and occupation of East Timor. The majority of sources consider the Indonesian killings in East Timor to constitute genocide , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] while other scholars disagree on ...
War, Genocide, and Resistance in East Timor, 1975–99: Comparative Reflections on Cambodia by Ben Kiernan; Historical Dictionary of East Timor by Geoffrey C. Gunn; Fibiger, Mattias (11 June 2020). "A Diplomatic Counter-revolution: Indonesian diplomacy and the invasion of East Timor". Modern Asian Studies. 55 (2): 587– 628. doi:10.1017 ...
A few months before the invasion of East Timor five journalist, reporter Greg Shackleton and sound recordist Tony Stewart who were both Australian, a New Zealand cameraman Gary Cunningham and two Brits cameraman Brian Peters and reporter Malcolm Rennie were summarily executed by the Indonesian Army. Matadouro massacre: 7 December 1975 Matadouro ...
Oxford University held an academic consensus calling the occupation of East Timor a genocide and Yale University teaches it as part of its Genocide Studies program. [14] [15] The invasion of East Timor and the suppression of its independence movement caused great harm to Indonesia's reputation and international credibility. [16] [17]
Independence for East Timor, or even limited regional autonomy, was not allowable under Suharto's New Order. Notwithstanding Indonesian public opinion in the 1990s occasionally showing begrudging appreciation of the Timorese position, it was widely feared that an independent East Timor would destabilise Indonesian unity. [23]
The Santa Cruz massacre (also known as the Dili massacre) was the murder of at least 250 East Timorese pro-independence demonstrators in the Santa Cruz cemetery in the capital, Dili, on 12 November 1991, during the Indonesian occupation of East Timor and is part of the East Timor genocide.
Almost half the population of East Timor, the most Catholic nation outside Vatican City, attended a Mass presided over by Pope Francis on Tuesday on the third leg of his Asia trip.. An estimated ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 9 January 2025. Country in Southeast Asia For the former Indonesian province, see East Timor (province). A request that this article title be changed to Timor-Leste is under discussion. Please do not move this article until the discussion is closed. Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste República ...