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TimorNet
Free East Timor central. Get the historical context for East Timor, and updates on the fight for freedom. You can also download the Free East Timor logo.
East Timor Action Network
Up-to-the-minute and highly informed, this site is maintained by a worldwide activist network.
Timor Today
Perhaps the most complete and up-to the-minute site I've seen on the history and politics on East Timor. Provided by the East Timor International Support Center. A great starting point.
Free East Timor
"... with the recent resignation of military dictator Suharto, there was hope that East Timor would soon be freed under a more liberal system. However, Habibie has just declared that there will be no referendum on the issue of East Timor as it is 'Indonesian'."
ZNet Crisis Coverage: East Timor
ZNet (the critical Web forum for progressive politics) are currently running "Crisis Coverage" on East Timor and the UN peacekeepin mission. Check here for frequently updated commentary from Noam Chomsky and many others.
Fretelin
News and background from a Timorese independence group. It's mostly in Portuguese at the moment, but an English language version is due to go up soon.
East Timor - 20 Years Later
An essay on Bishop Belo, recipient of a Nobel Peace Prize.
Blood Money
The San Francisco Bay Guardian reveals how concern about multinationals overrode the Clinton Administration's feelings for the people of East Timor.
East Timor Human Rights Page
East Timor jumping-off point. This site has the most links to important articles on the genocide. It even has a map for those who don't know where East Timor is.
Mother Jones
Excellent coverage from Mojo Wire.
Essay on East Timor
An East Timorese on the situation in East Timor. Difficult to read, but good because it's from a first-hand eyewitness.
Sing a Song to Free East Timor
'Mate Ka Moris' ('Death or Life') is a cry of resistance of the oppressed but courageous East Timorese. During the Dili-Santa Cruz Cemetery Massacre of 12 November, 1991, wherein hundreds of peaceful mourners were murdered by Indonesian machine-gun fire, these words were some of the last uttered by the dying.
Gender-Selective Atrocities in East Timor
Recent clippings from various news sources.
Hacked East Timor Sites
2600.com provides us with some great hacked web pages...
Our Silence on Massacre 'Encouraged Timor Killing'
This Sun-Herald article (June 3, 2001), by Andrew West, examines claims that Australian intelligence buried details about human rights atrocities to kowtow to Indonesia's Soeharto regime.
Spiral Dynamics Hotspots: Indonesia and East Timor
East Timor index from the Spiral Dynamics site , featuring commentary from our own Alex Burns and others.
East Timor Funnies
For those of you who prefer serious subjects presented in cartoon form.
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