Ini ada berita dari East Timor Action Network. Semoga menambah sedikit wawasan pada teman2 yang sekarang ini cuma mengikuti cerita2 dari Kompas dan media2 tanah air yg bias dan kurang akurat. Mari kita teruskan berita ini kepada mereka2 yang belum mengetahui atau yang selama ini sudah dibutakan oleh media2 pemerintah tentang keadaan di Tim-Tim. Donald Saluling
URGENT EAST TIMOR ALERT -- PLEASE CALL IMMEDIATELY!! Yesterday (Saturday, 4/17) more than 1000 armed pro-Indonesian paramilitary members took control of the streets of Dili. Current reports confirm at least 13 dead so far and many more wounded although it is impossible to know the full extent of the damage and violence. At this moment the paramilitaries are marauding through the capital, attacking civilians, shooting into buildings, and ransacking and burning homes. Part of Becora market and at least six houses have been razed. The streets are empty save for the paramilitary groups and the accompanying special mobile police units. The military and police are refusing to halt the violence, instead providing water and cigarettes to the paramilitaries. At least 275 people (including civil servants, CNRT(National Council of Timorese Resistance) members, East Timorese NGO leaders, and reconciliation advocates) are believed to be on a death list. Militias have threatened that Bishop Belo will be assassinated on Sunday (tomorrow). The targeting of the pro-independence leadership appears to have begun at the home of Manuel Carrascalao, leader of the Movement for the Reconciliation and Unity of the People of East Timor. Militias firing automatic weapons supplied by the Indonesian army attacked his home today, killing an undetermined number of the 140 refugees, mainly women and children, living in Carrascalao's back yard. Carrascalao's son is also reported dead. Photographers were told they would be shot if they took pictures. Foreign journalists have been attacked and few are reporting from the streets. It appears that the ABRI-supported paramilitary rampage may have only just begun. There are threats that their "cleanup operation" will continue until at least Monday. PLEASE CALL OR FAX THE FOLLOWING IMMEDIATELY! (Sunday if possible): Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, 202-647-5291 fax: 202-647-6434 (alternative fax: 202-647-7120) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Secretary of Defense Cohen: (703) 695-5261 (703) 692-7100 Indonesian embassy in Washington DC: 202-775-5200 fax: 202-775-5365 additional: Kofi Annan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 212-963-5012 Indonesian President BJ Habibie -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tell them: - the military and paramilitary killings in East Timor must stop and the paramilitaries must be disarmed and disbanded immediately - a continuing UN and International monitoring presence must be allowed in East Timor immediately For more information & a copy of a press release for local use contact: John Miller 718-596-7668 [EMAIL PROTECTED] or Kristin Sundell ETAN Field Organizer 773-878-4033 (phone) 781-673-2429 (pager) [EMAIL PROTECTED] END etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan John M. Miller Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Media & Outreach Coordinator, East Timor Action Network PO Box 150753, Brooklyn, NY 11215-0753 USA Phone: (718)596-7668 Fax: (718)222-4097 Web site: http://www.etan.org Send a blank e-mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to find out how to learn more about East Timor on the Internet etanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetanetan
