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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 , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] 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 ...
t. e. The Indonesian occupation of East Timor began in December 1975 and lasted until October 1999. After centuries of Portuguese colonial rule in East Timor, the 1974 Carnation Revolution in Portugal led to the decolonisation of its former colonies, creating instability in East Timor and leaving its future uncertain.
t. e. 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.
Contents. History of East Timor. East Timor, officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. The country comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor and the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco. The first inhabitants are thought to be descendant of Australoid and Melanesian peoples.
The 1999 East Timorese crisis began with attacks by pro-Indonesia militia groups on civilians, and expanded to general violence throughout the country, centred in the capital Dili. The violence intensified after a majority of eligible East Timorese voters voted for independence from Indonesia. Some 1,400 civilians are believed to have died.
East Timor is a multiparty parliamentary republic with a population of approximately 1.1 million, [1] sharing the island of Timor with Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province. . During the 24 years of Indonesian occupation (from 1975,) and after the 1999 independence referendum, pro Indonesian militias committed many human rights violations.
East Timor genocide. 1975–1999. 100,000–300,000. Balibo massacre. 16 October 1975. Balibo. 5. 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 Zealander cameraman Gary Cunningham and two Brits cameraman Brian Peters and reporter Malcolm ...