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Amnesty Calls for Tribunal on East Timor Killings

HeadlineAug 27, 2009

Amnesty International is renewing calls for an international tribunal to prosecute Indonesian military officials on the tenth anniversary of East Timorese independence. Amnesty says Indonesian generals continue to enjoy impunity for crimes committed around East Timor’s 1999 independence referendum and the preceding twenty-four years of occupation. An estimated 1,500 people were killed and 300,000 forced to flee their homes during the 1999 violence alone.

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