Word: timorously
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Perhaps no people have suffered so tragically in as much obscurity as the people of East Timor. For more than 20 years since the tiny former Portugese colony was brutally annexed by its neighbor Indonesia, the genocide and error that the East Timorese have endured has been completely ignored by the West. Only recently has the terrible story of this former nation been acknowledged, most notably when two Timorese activists were awarded the 1996 Nobel Peace Prize...
OSLO, Norway: Two men struggling for peace in Indonesian-occupied East Timor received the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo's City Hall Tuesday. Angry Indonesian representatives boycotted the ceremony. Exiled Timorese activist Jose Ramos Horta shared the honor with Roman Catholic Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo. "I firmly believe that I am here essentially as the voice of the voiceless people of East Timor," said Belo in his acceptance speech. "And what the people want is peace. An end to violence and the respect for their human rights." The Indonesian government, which invaded East Timor...
...issue uniting Bishop Belo and Ramos-Horta is that both want to see the backs of their Indonesian colonizers. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to both is a vindication of their courageous struggle for peace and justice. TOM HYLAND, Director East Timor-Ireland Solidarity Campaign Dublin...
...Jose Ramos-Horta and Bishop Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was probably the most important day in the history of East Timor [WORLD, Oct. 21]. After more than 20 years of Indonesian occupation, the country and the East Timorese deserved this award. Now the world can no longer pretend that conflict in East Timor does not exist. MARGARIDA SERRA Odivelas, Portugal...
...mentioned the struggle that led to East Timor's declaration of independence and emphasized the (flimsy) differences between Ramos-Horta and Bishop Belo concerning the future of their country. However, you failed to report two key pieces of information: that more than 100,000 and possibly as many as 200,000 East Timorese have died of violence, disease or starvation under Indonesian rule since 1975, and that the Portuguese government transferred the legal representation of the Timorese people to the independent Republic of East Timor in 1975. No country but Australia has formally recognized the annexation of East Timor...