M-TH: Budiman Sujatmiko and Avelino da Silva to visit Australia

[k . bullimore]

NATIONAL SOLIDARITY SPEAKING TOUR
April 10-17, 2000
>UNFINISHED STRUGGLES FOR FREEDOM:INDONESIA AND EAST TIMOR
> 
> Budiman Sujatmiko, General Chairperson, Peoples Democratic Party (PRD)
> 
> Released from prison in December, making the ASIET National Speaking Tour 
> his first speaking tour campaign outside Indonesia. He will be visiting 
> Australia immediately after a national campaign tour in Indonesia as the 
> PRD gears up to fight the Wahid's government's decision , in line with IMF 
> prescriptions, to end price subsidies on petrol, oil, kerosene and 
> electricity, a decision which will further increase the misery of tens of 
> millions of Indonesians. During February, March and April the campaign will 
> be on also to make sure that General Wiranto and the other murderous 
> generals will be brought to trial for their atrocities in Aceh, West Papua, 
> Lampung, Nipa, all through Indonesia in 1965-6 and in East Timor.
> 
> Avelino da Silva, General Secretary, Socialist Party of Timor (PST)
> 
> Avelino da Silva played a vital role in preparing the military work of the 
> Timorese underground in Java. When his work was uncovered, he sought 
> sanctuary in the Austrian Embassy in Jakarta with his wife and children and 
> other comrades. He was the only Timorese who sought sanctuary in a Jakarta 
> Embassy whom the Indonesian military would not permit leave the country. He 
> spent 18 months in the Embassy sanctuary, all the time continuing the work 
> of building the Socialist Party of Timor in Java and Timor through a secret 
> mobile phone and courier system. After Suharto fell, he was able to leave 
> the Embassy and work openly again. He traveled back and forth between 
> Jakarta and Dili in the lead up to the August 30 referendum. When other 
> leaders and activists fled Dili when the holocaust began he and the PST 
> leadership joined the refugees in the mountains around Dili to help 
> organise them. Now the PST is at the forefront of organising East Timor's 
> workers and peasants to be able to campaign for their rights. The PST 
> organised the first demonstration under the UNATET administration of 
> workers demanding an official minimum wage. Avelino is also a member of the 
> CNRT initiated Transitional Council and a member of the UNTAET initiated 
> National Consultative Council.
> 
> Organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET)
> 
> April 10 Darwin=20
> 
> 7.30pm Mal Nairn Auditorium, Northern Territory University. Ph 8981 4714; 
> 0413 730065
> 
> April 11 Brisbane
> 
> 7pm Trades and Labor Council Building, 2nd fl, 16 Peel St, South Brisbane. 
> Ph 3254 0565, 0417 747 109
> 
> April 12 Sydney
> 
> 6.30pm Trades Hall Council Auditorium, Goulburn St, Sydney. 9690 1032, 9690 
> 1230
> 
> April 13 Canberra
> 
> 6.30pm Manning Clarke, Lecture Theatre 3, ANU. Ph 6247 2424
> 
> April 14 Melbourne
> 
> 7pm Public Lecture Theatre (PLT), Melbourne University, Parkville. Ph 9639 
> 8622
> 
> April 15 Hobart
> 
> 3pm Resistance Centre, 225 Murray St, Hobart. Ph 6234 6397, 0413 976 638
> 
> April 16 Adelaide
> 
> 3pm Nexus Multicultural Arts Centre, corner North Tce and Morphett St, 
> Adelaide. Ph 8231 6982, 0419 756 561
> 
> April 17 Perth
> 
> 7pm Lotteries House Conference Room, 2 Delhi St, West Perth. Ph 9227 7367
> 
> Suggested entry $15/10 with a discount for ASIET members
> 
> Proceeds cover tour costs, and any profits will be directed to the 
> Socialist Party and Timor and the Indonesian People's Democratic Party
> 
> ****
> 
> AND THE STRUGGLE IS UNFINISHED IN AUSTRALIA TOO!
> 
> National Day of Action
> 
> Justice for the East Timorese People, Justice for all Refugees
> 
> May 15, 2000 in all capital cities, Newcastle, Wollongong and Lismore.
> (Add your city! Contact ASIET now!)
> 
> Demand the Howard government:
> 
>    a.. Repeal all the racist anti-refugee laws!
>    b.. Let the Timorese refugees stay!
>    c.. No visa requirements at all for Timorese who want to enter or work 
> in Australia!
>    d.. A minimum of 1,000 scholarships per year for Timorese to study in 
> Australia!
> Organised by Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET)
> 
> Become a sponsor now, contact your local ASIET committee (see tour contact 
> tel. nos above)! If no committee exists in your town contact the ASIET 
> National Office and ask what you can to do help ASIET make this action a 
> success.
> 
> 
> Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor (ASIET)
> PO Box 458
> Broadway NSW 2007
> Australia
> National Office:
> Tel: 61 (0)2 9690 1032
> Fax: 61 (0)2 9690 1381
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.asiet.org.au/
> 
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