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...EAST TIMOR'S IMPORTANT...
Thanks for the article in the Oct. 15th Crimson ("Local Activists Praise Nobel Winners"). Matthew Stoller relayed pretty acurately the scope of the work done by the East Timor Action Network in the greater Boston area. There are, however, three points that I would like to contribute for your readers' benefit. First, the people of East Timor are called East Timorese, not East Timorians. Second, our group works not only to support respect for human rights in East Timor, but also to secure self-determination for the people there as called for in 10 United Nations' resolutions. Third, for those...
...savagery is neither forgotten nor forgiven. While he still advocates a referendum, the bishop is not as confident as Ramos-Horta seems to be about its outcome. Many East Timorese, he says, may even choose union with Indonesia. He offers an alternative to a potentially violent referendum: East Timor as an Indonesian province with special autonomy...
...prize is divided--and so are its winners. Meanwhile, a shamed Indonesia remains East Timor's overlord. An agitated Belo asked TIME last week, "Who will be able to expel the Indonesian forces from here...
PRESIDENT SUHARTO OF INDONESIA Nobel is given to key dissidents of East Timor, which he annexed...