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An international East Timor solidarity movement arose in response to the 1975 invasion of East Timor by Indonesia and the occupation that followed. The movement was supported by churches, human rights groups, and peace campaigners, but developed its own organisations and infrastructure in many countries.
This is a timeline of East Timorese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in East Timor and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of East Timor .
Internationally, ETISC, with its influence in Ireland and the European Union, was one of the most effective support groups for East Timor's independence. [7] In East Timor, Hyland was given the honorary name Malae Maubere. "Malae" means "foreigner", "Maubere" is a term for East Timorese, so the name roughly means "East Timorese from abroad". [12]
Timor-Leste, [a] also known as East Timor, [b] officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor , the coastal exclave of Oecusse in the island's northwest, and the minor islands of Atauro and Jaco .
When Pope Francis makes his trip to Asia’s newest country, East Timor, it will make him the second pope to visit after John Paul in 1989, and the first since the country gained independence from ...
History of East Timor; L. Liurai; P. Pre-colonial Timor This page was last edited on 26 December 2024, at 11:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
East Timor was invaded and occupied by Indonesia in 1975, which annexed the territory as its "27th Province" in 1976, but in a referendum held in 1999, the people of East Timor voted to end Indonesian occupation and become an independent state. This caused widespread anger among many Indonesian nationalists, particularly in the military.
The first European expedition to reach the islands of the Moluccas, Banda, and Timor was led by Portuguese navigator António de Abreu in 1512, although he did not land on Timor. [4] [5] Later, Portuguese Dominican friars settled in Timor on 18 August 1515 and founded the town of Lifau in 1556 to protect the Timorese region and the trade of ...