Ini saya forwardkan sekali lagi urgent action note dari teman saya yang ikut bekerja di Tim-Tim. Sampai pagi ini belum ada support dari teman2 PERMIAS untuk melaksanakan pernyataan sikap bersama. Kesimpulna yang saya ambil tentu saja melakukan protes ini secara pribadi. Terima Kasih atas tanggapannya. Meanwhile, if you have time, read this note below and do something ...
Dear Friend of ETAN/Portland, There has never been a more urgent time than now for the people of East Timor. Hundreds are reported massacred, hundreds of thousands made refugees by the violence brought down on them by the Indonesian military in East Timor. On Sunday, September 5th, at 2:00pm, I boarded a plane to leave Dili, East Timor. I had been working there since July 17th as a U.N.-accredited observer for the Popular Consultation. I was lucky. The East Timorese did not have the luxury of taking a two hour flight to safety. Please help us to stop the killing in East Timor. Please take the steps outlined below to help us bring peace to East Timor. Will Seaman ETAN/Portland IFET-OP, Dili 1. Demonstration at the Federal Building, Downtown Portland Friday, September 10, 1999 12:00pm NOON 1220 S.W. 3rd (between Madison and Jefferson) Please come out on Friday at noon: Demonstration to Stop the Killing in East Timor. 2. Report from East Timor: Will Seaman will report on the Popular Consultation in East Timor. 78.5% of the eligible voters supported indepenence for East Timor. Come see slides on what it was like, and to hear what you can do to help. 3. Please call ETAN/Portland to help us stop the killing in East Timor. Call (503) 235-4986 and leave your phone number and mailing address. We need phone tree captains to get the word out. Call your friends, ask them to help! 4. The U.S. would like to once again trade East Timorese lives for friendly relations with the genocidal armed forces of Indonesia. Don't let these crimes continue! Please read the EMERGENCY ALERT below and make the recommended calls today! 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 (tel: 202-647-5291, fax: 202-647-6434), President Clinton (Fax: 202-456-2461, [EMAIL PROTECTED]), and Secretary of Defense William Cohen (703-692-7100, Fax: 703-697-9080, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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.
