http://209.238.28.114/xanana1.html Free Timor Campaign - Announcement Xanana Gusmao visits Melbourne - Only Public Appearance in Australia before returning to Dili East Timorese Resistance leader Xanana Gusmao will arrive in Melbourne on Monday, 11 October 1999, for his only public appearance in Australia before he returns to East Timor. Xanana will spend the day in Melbourne, meeting with church leaders, NGOs, Parliamentary leaders and Union leaders. He will be guest of honour at a lunch with Melbourne's East Timorese community in the Melbourne Town Hall, where he will also be welcomed by the Lord Mayor, (and will make a public appearance at 1pm outside the Town Hall?) The people of Melbourne are invited to welcome Xanana at: Melbourne Park (Melbourne Tennis Center) 5 pm on Monday, October 11 Doors open at 4.30 pm, and entry is by $10 donation (all proceeds go to reconstruction in East Timor) Xanana will give a key note address on the future of East Timor. Expected to be the first President of an independent East Timor, Mr. Gusmao has been hailed as the "Mandela of South East Asia" because of his resilience and moral authority as the leader of the East Timorese liberation movement. Mr. Gusmao was captured by the Indonesian military in 1992, and sentenced to twenty years in prison for his role in combatting the illegal Indonesian occupation . Mr.Gusmao was released in mid-September, and has since met with world leaders to discuss the reconstruction of East Timor in the wake of the destruction wrought by Indonesian military forces. For more information, contact: Free Timor Coalition : 03 9639 7688 http://www.freetimor.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
