Ini ada contoh "action" yang bisa kita lakukan sebagai mahasiswa Indonesia di luar negeri. Yang saya forwardkan ini tidak harus bentuk penyeruan peduli kita tapi lebih bersifat langkah konkrit yang bisa diambil. try call the people in the high places here in US. They screwed us up, they gotta fix the problem themselves. >From portland, Donald
East Timor Action Network/U.S. EMERGENCY ALERT SEVERE VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN EAST TIMOR AS MOST FOREIGN REPORTERS EVACUATE MAKE 3 CALLS . . . AND DEMONSTRATE! Less than 24 hours after the UN announced that more than 78% of registered voters in East Timor voted to reject Indonesia's autonomy package, Indonesian military and paramilitary forces sharply escalated their campaign of terror. Remaining International Federation for East Timor observers report widespread shooting by both paramilitary forces and TNI (Indonesian military forces), including the Kopassus Special Forces, known for its atrocious human rights abuses. The Becora neighborhood of Dili has been particularly targeted, with 77 bodies reported scattered throughout the streets. Many children are among the dead. Paramilitary forces roam the streets of Dili unimpeded, while joint militia/army roadblocks block entrance to and exit from the capitol. The paramilitaries and TNI are systematically targeting buildings which house refugees. With the evacuation of UN staff and media from outlying towns, foreign observers are unable to confirm the extent of violence outside Dili, but it is believed to be severe. But, we do know that hundreds of houses have been burned and dozens killed in Maliana alone. Thousands more East Timorese are now refugees. The presence of foreign media is critical to report this horror to the world's governments. They must be encouraged to stay. Time has run out! TNI must withdraw immediately from East Timor. The paramilitaries must be immediately disbanded. The U.S. must offer full support for increased UN personnel and an expanded UN mission mandate. The UN must be granted control of administration and security in East Timor. The U.S. should cut off all military and financial assistance immediately! + CALL your senators and representative. Urge them to call Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, President Clinton, and Secretary of Defense William Cohen directly. The Congressional switchboard number is 202-224-3121 or check www.congress.gov for contact information on individual offices. + CALL Assistant Secretary of State Stanley Roth at 202-647-9596. Don't let the staff transfer you to the Indonesia desk. You want this message to reach Roth himself. The Indonesia desk officers are already doing what they can. + CALL the press. Thank them for their coverage of East Timor so far, but explain your concern about journalists pulling out of East Timor. Without international reporting, we can expect even worse atrocities against East Timorese from the uncontrolled paramilitaries. Also refer them to ETAN and the International Federation for East Timor (IFET) for interviews with recent and current observers on the island. Reuters at 800-537-6865 Associated Press at 202-776-9400 Agence France Press (AFP) at 202-466-7890, 202-289-0700 Interpress (IPS) at 202-662-7160 CNN at 404-827-1500 BBC at 202-223-2050, 202-223-0110 New York Times at 212-556-1234 Washington Post at 202-334-7400 For more information, contact Karen at the New York ETAN office at 914-428-7299 or [EMAIL PROTECTED], or Brad Simpson at IFET at 773-255-7949. END ____________________________________________________________________________ | Eric S. Piotrowski ____________________| "The oppressed cannot remain | | IFET-OP U.S. Interim Coordinator ______| oppressed forever. The urge for | | [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________| freedom will eventually come." | | http://www.atlantic.net/~altin ________| - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. | |________________________________________|_________________________________| Support the International Federation for East Timor's Observer Project http://etan.org/ifet Phone: 831-728-4190 Fax: 831-761-1401
