ASIET Coming events and actions
ASIET February dinner - Sydney, Australia
"Democratisation and the struggle for social freedoms in Indonesia: the case
of gay and lesbian rights"
Speaker: Dr Dede Oetomo - Coordinator, Gaya Nusantara (Gay rights
organisation) and outspoken academic on democratic rights, Airlangga
University, Surabaya, Indonesia. Plus a briefing on the latest National
Political Situation Report released by the People's Democratic Party (PRD).
7pm, Friday February 19
Resistance Centre
23 Abercrombie St Chippendale (near Broadway)
$15/$10 concession. Includes delicious Indonesian meal. Call 9690 1977 for
reservations, tickets also on sale at door. All profits go to ASIET's
solidarity campaign activities.
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ASIET Film night, Brisbane, Australia
Interview with Dita Sari, secretly filmed at Tangerang prison near Jakarta.
Followed by Bitter Paradise by Elaine Briere.
Sat Feb 20, 7pm.
Meal available from 6.30pm. $6/$4.
Resistance Centre, 29 Terrace St, New Farm.
Ph Action in Solidarity with Indonesia and East Timor 3254 0565.
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ASIET Public Forum:
The Road to Independence: Challenges for a New East Timorese Republic
Three East Timorese community leaders in Melbourne get together and
discuss the road ahead to freedom and their vision for a new East Timor.
Speakers: Emilia Pires, National Council for Timorese Resistance (CNRT)
Abel Guterres, East Timor Relief Association
Joaquim Santos, Fretilin (Vic)
Friday 26 February, 7pm
Overseas Service Bureau, 88 Kerr St, Fitzroy
Entry by small donation
Ph 9329 1277 for details
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East Timor 1999: strategy, perspectives, plans in Australia
An afternoon of updates and discussion
Sunday, February 28
Glebe Neighbourhood Centre, Main Meeting Room
160 St Johns Rd Glebe
Sydney, Australia
Welcome - Janet Parker, ASIET National Secretariat
East Timor: Issues in Australian politics
The struggle for asylum - Liz Biok, East Timor Asylum Lawyer, Legal Aid
Commission
Australia and East Timor: approaches to the Senate Inquiry - Jon Lamb, East
Timor researcher, ASIET
Uncovering the truth on Balibo and Dili - Rodney Lewis, International
Commission of Jurists (an East Timorese present in Balibo will also attend)
Strategic perspectives for 1999
Struggle and diplomacy: a Resistance perspective - representative of
FRETILIN
The Indonesia-East Timor Connection - Max Lane, researcher on Indonesian
politics, National Coordinator, ASIET
The Downer-ALP "shift": what does it mean - Dr. Andrew McNaughton, Convenor,
Australia East Timor association (AETA) and member East Timor International
Support Centre (ETISC)
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International day of Solidarity for Indonesian and East Timor students
ASIET is sponsoring, supporting and helping organise an International day of
solidarity for Indonesian and East Timorese students scheduled for Saturday,
May 22, one day after the Indonesian student movement forced the resignation
of Suharto.
Given the vanguard role being played by the student movement in Indonesia
and East Timor at the moment, ASIET feels that it is extremely urgent to
provide the maximum support for these two movements in their separate
countries.
In Australia, there will be marches, rallies, public meeting and other
events in most major cities. On the campuses and high schools, the campaign
is being spearheaded by the youth organisation Resistance, alongside other
activists, as well as Indonesian and East Timorese students and activists
living in Australia.
The themes of the day are:
Solidarity with Indonesian and East Timorese students!
Free East Timor! Freedom in Indonesia!
Release all imprisoned and disappeared students!
Free Xanana, Budiman and Dita Sari!
End all military ties with the Habibie-Wiranto regime!
ASIET is appealing for all organisations internationally to get involved as
part of the international network of activist organisations organising
events on this day. Just click here to let ASIET know as soon as possible if
you can organise an event so we can publicise and support it in Australia.
Organisations or persons sponsoring or organising an event in the
International Day of Solidarity: Asia Pacific Coalition for East Timor
(APCET); Anteiro da Silva, Student Solidarity Council, Dili, East Timor;
Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (FRETILIN), Australia;
Students in Solidarity for Democracy in Indonesia (SMID), Indonesia;
Students and Peoples Committee for Democracy (KOMRAD), Jakarta, Indonesia;
Student Solidarity for Indonesia (SSI), the Netherlands; Malang Student
Committee (KMM), Indonesia, and; People's Struggle Committee for Change
(KPRP), Indonesia.
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