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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: Bishop Moore: Terror in Timor
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.070403.17527@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- /** reg.easttimor: 346.0 **/
- ** Topic: Bishop Moore: Terror In Timor **
- ** Written 8:07 pm Dec 11, 1992 by cscheiner in cdp:reg.easttimor **
- From: Charles Scheiner <cscheiner>
- Subject: Bishop Moore: Terror In Timor
-
- /* Written 2:22 pm Dec 11, 1992 by apakabar@igc.apc.org in igc:reg.indonesia */
- /* ---------- "Bishop Moore: Terror In Timor" ---------- */
- According to a December 11 Reuter story datelined London, Indonesian
- troops are waging a campaign of terror in East Timor following the capture
- of rebel leader Xanana Gusmao, according to a New York churchman.
- "There have been numerous arrests, Indonesian soldiers and
- paramilitary forces are everywhere and secret killings are said to be
- taking place," Bishop Paul Moore of the Protestant Episcopal Church said
- in a letter to Britain's weekly Economist magazine.
- "The situation is so bad ... that church leaders are telling people to
- be prepared for the worst," he said, citing information he had received
- from "authoritative sources."
- The Indonesian government plans to put Xanana on trial in a civil
- court early next year. Jakarta has not detailed the charges, but it
- claims Xanana was behind protests which the government says led to an
- army massacre in East Timor in November 1991.
- Moore called for international pressure on Indonesia to end human
- rights abuses in East Timor, to allow international observers into the
- region and to negotiate a just settlement over the disputed territory.
- "Given the history of support for Indonesia by many Western nations,
- Japan and others, in a situation that has claimed more than 200,000
- Timorese lives, this is the very least we can do," he wrote.
-
- ** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **
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- ** Written 8:49 pm Dec 11, 1992 by cscheiner in cdp:reg.easttimor **
- The full text of Bishop Moore's letter as published in the Economist for
- December 11, 1992, follows:
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- Terror in East Timor
-
- Sir -- According to information I have received from authoritative sources,
- the situation in East Timor in the wake of the capture of the independence
- movement leader, Xanana Gusmao (November 28th (sic)), is one of widespread
- terror even greater than before. There have been numerous arrests.
- Indonesian soldiers and paramilitary forces are everywhere, and secret
- killings are said to be taking place. The situation is so bad, my sources,
- say, that church leaders are telling people to be prepared for the worst.
- The Indonesians are reportedly invading the premises of at least some
- churches.
-
- People of good will should insist that pressure be brought to bear on
- Indonesia to desist in its violations of human rights, allow full access to
- international observers, and negotiate seriously with the parties directly
- involved to bring about a just settlement in accordance with international
- law. Given the history of support for Indonesia by many western nations,
- Japan and others, in a situation that has claimed perhaps 200,000 Timorese
- lives, this is the very least we can do.
-
- Paul Moore
- Episcopal Bishop of New York, 1972-89
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