Asiaweek.com After a meeting with Dili s respected Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo, he alsopromised a withdrawal of some troops. On July 28, 398 soldiers from a http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/98/0807/nat6.html
Extractions: Other News TIME Asia TIME.com CNN Asia FORTUNE.com ... AOL.com By Jose Manuel Tesoro / East Timor C ANDLE WAX, WREATHS OF withered bougainvillea and a cross mark the spot where Herman das Dores Soares, just 21, died from a gunshot wound on June 16 outside the town of Manatuto. The shot came from a soldier on top of the parched hill near where das Dores Soares was gathering wood with his cousin. "Shot dead by ABRI" (the Indonesian armed forces) reads his small memorial beside the road, as does another 50 km east in the town of Baucau. That one is for Orlando Marcelino da Costa, who died June 29 in the square beside the town cathedral. The bullet that killed him was fired by a panicky intelligence agent, whose car was surrounded by pro-Independence protesters. In the provincial capital of Dili, there is still another cross, erected for the scores who died on Nov. 12, 1991, when Indonesian troops mowed down a funeral procession at the Santa Cruz cemetery. Its base is black from candles lit in memory of the dead and the dozens still missing. This is East Timor. Deaths and disappearances have become so common in 22 years of Indonesian rule that the local people have long gone past sorrow. Far more common is resentment and anger, now expressed more easily by East Timorese loosed from Suharto-era strictures. They acknowledge the central government has poured more cash per capita into East Timor than into any other province. The problem is that the military has wielded an unchecked power of life and death over the territory's some 850,000 largely Catholic people. Thus East Timor under Indonesian rule has both suffered and prospered. How Jakarta reconciles these opposing experiences could determine whether it can solve its most intractable internal as well as international problem.
Asiaweek.com | The Church's Cross | 09/10/99 As far back as 1987, Dili s Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo had already pressedthe UN to hold a referendum for East Timor. And almost as far back, http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/99/0910/faith.html
Extractions: On a blistering field high up on the mountain slopes, deep inside rebel-held territory, a mass was said on Aug. 20. Among the congregation, which numbered in the hundreds, were killers. But the priests who had made the grueling journey to officiate at the 24th anniversary of the founding of Falintil, the East Timor resistance, did not seem to distinguish who among the long-haired, ragtag rebel army or their sympathizers had taken lives from others. All were East Timor Catholics, and as worthy as any of salvation. Throughout the territory's 23 years under Indonesian rule, the Roman Catholic Church has ministered to supporters both of Indonesia and of independence. The Church has been a constant and comforting presence: as a refuge from violence, as an advocate for the oppressed, and, increasingly, as a broker between warring factions. As far back as 1987, Dili's Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo had already pressed the U.N. to hold a referendum for East Timor. And almost as far back, the Church has been hosting meetings to establish some middle ground between pro-Indonesia and pro-independence leaders. In the days after the ballot, the Church's radio service has been broadcasting every hour an eight-minute appeal for peace by Belo. "Since the beginning," says one priest, "the Church has helped with reconciliation."
Floor Statements By Congresswoman Pelosi figure in the midst of this grim tragedy is Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo, The Church of East Timor, led by Bishop carlos ximenes belo, SDB, http://www.house.gov/pelosi/etimor.htm
Extractions: Mr. Speaker, the situation in East Timor, which was invaded and occupied by the Indonesian Government in 1975, has been of increasing concern to Americans in recent years. Five years ago, on November 12, 1991, in full view of a British television journalist, Indonesian troops opened fire on thousands of predominantly young East Timorese at a church cemetery. The Santa Cruz massacre became known throughout the world as a result of this shocking televised film. Now, nearly 5 years later, the Timor situation still cries out for a solution. One heroic figure in the midst of this grim tragedy is Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, the head of the Roman Catholic Church in East Timor. At the time of the Santa Cruz massacre, Bishop Belo helped hundreds of young East Timorese avert a violent end. To this day, Bishop Belo continues to work tirelessly to defend his people. Bishop Belo deserves our strong support for his efforts to defend human rights and to promote a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor. As we approach the fifth anniversary of the tragic Santa Cruz massacre, I hope the administration will encourage the release of all East Timorese prisoners still being held in connection with the Santa Cruz events. Such a gesture of reconciliation would be in keeping with the portion on Humanitarianism of Indonesia's state philosophy, the Panca Sila. It would also be in keeping with Bishop Belo's extraordinary work for peace and human rights.
Extractions: Roma Awarded Human Rights Prize T he world's Roma (Gypsies) were awarded the 1997 Rafto Prize For Human Rights , October 8, to heighten awareness of this marginalized people and its suffering, the Rafto Foundation for Human Rights said. Ian Hancock , accepted the prize on behalf of the Roma, along with an award for 25,000 Norwegian kroner, on November 1, in Bergen, Norway. T he award is given annually in memory of Norwegian economic history professor and human rights activist Thorolf Rafto who died in 1986. "This award goes to the Gypsies, who have not obtained ordinary human rights for many hundreds of years in any country," stated Rafto Foundation chairman Arnljot Stroemme Svendsen. There are more than 12 million Roma in Europe and the United States. Many Roma in central Europe are denied equal access to education and social services, the foundation said. In many countries, Roma are often subject to violent racist attacks. Recently, the Roma have attempted to leave the Czech Republic for Canada to escape discrimination and ethnic persecution. As many as 1.5 million Roma were murdered during the Holocaust in Europe.
Cartas Translate this page Dom carlos felipe ximenes belo, bispo católico de Timor Leste, incansávelbatalhador na o Bispo D. carlos felipe ximenes belo e José Ramos - Horta, http://www.geocities.com/timorlorosae2000/cartas.htm
Extractions: Benvidos ao nosso Web site! Você é o visitante Está página foi atualizada pela última vez em: 25-abr-2001 As seguintes Cartas, Depoimentos e textos: Carta de Campinas, Carta do presidente FHC, Carta do Vaticano, Carta do Frei Betto, O povo maubere vencerá (Oswaldo Serra Van-Dúnem), Carta do embaixador de Cabo Verde no Brasil, Carta de D.Paulo Evaristo, Mensagem do bispo de Setúbal, Liberdade ao Timor(João Paulo Stedile), Liberdade na Indonésia, independência no Timor Leste(Coki Naipospos), Por Amor a Ti Timor Amordaçado(Mov.25 de Abril), Moção humanista, Depoimento da atriz Lucélia Santos, Prefácio (Herbert de Souza), foram retirados do livro: - Este livro está a venda na Livraria Portugal, Rua Genebra 165 - Bela Vista - São Paulo - SP , Tel.: (011) - 606.0877 e 604.1748 - Fax: (011) - 232.2071. MANIFESTO DE SOLIDARIEDADE À MULHER DE TIMOR-LESTE A bancada parlamentar feminina do Congresso Nacional, abaixo relacionadas, vem declarar o seu total repúdio ao regime fascista da Indonésia, bem como apoiar a presença ativa da mulher de Timor, na luta em defesa dos direitos humanos, da cidadania e da vida, e pela autodeterminação e independência do seu povo. Assim a bancada parlamentar feminina enaltece o papel da mulher de Timor que tem sempre ocupado um lugar de destaque na resistência contra o invasor da Indonésia, sendo simultaneamente um alvo preferencial da repressão exercida pelo ditador Suharto. No que concerne diretamente à mulher de Timor, são abundantes as referências a violações humilhantes e ao recurso sistemático a métodos brutais e sádicos de tortura e violência física e psicológica, assim como à utilização coerciva de métodos contraceptivos e abortivos - ironicamente apelidados de planejamento familiar - que não passam de uma forma de sofisticada de extermínio lento do povo de Timor.
Nonviolent Activist, November-December 1996 East Timors Catholic Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo and activist JoséRamosHorta have received this years Nobel Peace Prize for their sustained and http://www.warresisters.org/nva116-5.htm
Extractions: Separated from other prisoners and confined in a bedless, rodent-infested cell, Turkish conscientious objector Osman Murat Ulke began a hunger strike Oct. 15 to protest conditions in Mamak Military Prison, Ankara, where he is awaiting trial. Supporters around the world feared for his health as Turkish prison officials ordered him into solitary confinement for refusing to wear a military uniform and withheld the water, sugar and salt ordinarily provided hunger strikers. (The following day, however, officials told Osmans lawyers that they would probably give him those basic nutrients.) After eight days in solitary, Osman was moved back into an isolation room; the difference between solitary confinement and an isolation room is that the first is dark and two meters square, while the isolation room has a bed and a light, and there is no mouse in the room. At press time, he had been on hunger strike for nine days, demanding that, as a civilian, he either be sent to a civil prison or be allowed out of isolation while remaining out of uniform, even if he remains at Mamak. Osman can be held for two months without trial. If he is not tried, he will be sent to a military unit, where if he again refuses to serve,as he has said he will,he will be subject to further punishment. His position, stated publicly on many occasions, is that "No coercive measure can ever make me a soldier." He became a conscientious objector, he says, "to activate the self-will of individuals against a war machine which clearly has no conscience.".
Human Rights Internet - The Human Rights Databank 1996 carlos felipe ximenes belo, and José RamosHorta (see East Timor sectionthat follows);1995 Joseph Rotblat, and the Pugwash Conferences on Science http://www.hri.ca/doccentre/docs/handbook97/nobel.shtml
Extractions: (for current year Peace Prize press release and concise Alfred Nobel bio and prize history: call +47-22-44-36-80, or fax +47-22-43-01-68, or write Norwegian Nobel Committee, Drammensvn. 19, N-0255, Oslo, Norway.) Peace Prize is part of family of 5 annual Nobel awards (physics, chemistry, literature, physiology or medicine, and peace) + Nobel memorial prize in economics added in 1968 (The Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel). ONLY the Peace Prize is decided by Nobel Committee in Oslo Norway ; others chosen by the Nobel Committee in Stockholm, Sweden October = winners announced; December 10 = simultaneous award ceremonies in Stockholm and Oslo each year (date Alfred Nobel died); by February 1 , nominations must be received for that year's award. right to put forward candidates is restricted to present and past members of the Nobel Committee or "Storting" (Norwegian pariament), members of the different countries' national assemblies and governments, and members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union
August 24: Tuesday Front Page Text (index.htm) The voters chose as the 78th TOP CATHOLIC OF THE CENTURY one of the moderncrusaders for freedom Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo, the 51 year-old http://www.dailycatholic.org/issue/archives/1999Aug/159aug24,vol.10,no.159txt/
Extractions: below On this date 692 years ago French-born Pope Clement V , the 195th successor of Peter who would be influenced by King Philip IV into fixing the Holy See at Avignon, began his association with this wily French monarch by issuing a letter to Philip the Fair in which the Pope outlined the growing danger of the Knights Templar who had gone out of control through greed. The king would curtail their activities three months later and abolish them in 1312 for malpractices. The teaming of Clement and Philip consolidated France's influence on the Church and caused the Templars to go underground, only to eventually emerge as the part of the Masonic Lodge and the growth of Free Masonry. For other pertinent events throughout the centuries that are memorable in Church history today, click on MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES The 77th selection of the TOP 100 CATHOLICS OF THE CENTURY A review of this year's FOOD FOR THOUGHT APPETEASERS Biography on Cardinal Silvio Oddi , the 89th Prince of the Church we feature in COLLEGE OF CARDINALS COLLECTION Time Capsules in Church History with MILLENNIUM MILESTONES AND MEMORIES focusing on August 25th.
Untitled So it has been this year, with the award of the Nobel Peace Prize jointly toBishop carlos felipe ximenes belo, the apostolic administrator of East Timor, http://www.catholic.net/rcc/Periodicals/Igpress/CWR/CWR1296/easttimor.html
Extractions: The Nobel Peace Prize is undoubtedly the most controversial of the bequests of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish industrialist and inventor of dynamite, who bequeathed his fortune to the annual awarding of prizes for literature, the sciences, and peace. The prizes for physics, chemistry, and medicine are generally awarded to scientists who have made advances so esoteric as to be incomprehensible to the public at large. In recent years the literature prizes has often recognized works printed in a language little known outside the country of the author himself. But everyone in the world has his own opinion as to what constitutes peacemaking, and with modern communications, everyone can expect to have some knowledge of the efforts which brought the peace prize. Yet the Nobel Peace Prize can throw up some odd paradoxes. Dr. Andrey Sakharov, the 1974 winner, was one of the chief designers of the Soviet hydrogen bomb. True, this was a special case; Sakharov had long repented of his connection with weaponry, and emerged first as an advocate of peaceful coexistence and then as a champion of human rights. Butexcept for cases when a peace prize has been shared by two former enemies who have found some means of resolving a longstanding conflict (the Israeli and Egyptian leaders, Menachim Begin and Anwar Sadat, for example), the peace prize has tended, in recent decades, to go to those who have campaigned not so much for peace
Osttimorforum E.V. - Plattform Für Freunde Osttimors In Europa Translate this page nämlich der Bischof carlos felipe ximenes belo, der ja 1996 für seine dass carlos felipe ximenes belo den Friedensnobelpreis erhalten hat? http://www.osttimor.org/radiohoreb.php
Extractions: NIGGEWÖHNER: Nun sollten wir unseren Hörern das Land vielleicht etwas näher vorstellen. Sie sagten gerade schon, es hat ungefähr 800.000 Einwohner und es ist, von der Größe her, ungefähr so groß wie Sachsen, vielleicht ein bisschen kleiner. Was lässt sich sonst über diesen kleinen Staat sagen? Was macht ihn so besonders? NIGGEWÖHNER: Also eine sehr blutige Geschichte, ein sehr langer Freiheitskampf, der insgesamt mehr als ein Vierteljahrhundert währte. Und eine der Schlüsselfiguren dieses Kampfes war ein Geistlicher, nämlich der Bischof Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo, der ja 1996 für seine Bemühungen um die Unabhängigkeit Osttimors den Friedensnobelpreis erhalten hat. Was hat gerade ihn dazu bestimmt, eine Gallionsfigur dieser Unabhängigkeitsbewegung zu sein?
Freedom In The World 2001 - 2002 The 1996 Nobel Peace Prize went to carlos felipe ximenes belo, the East TimorRoman Catholic bishop, and Jose Ramos Horta, the leading East Timorese http://www.freedomhouse.org/research/freeworld/2002/countryratings/easttimor.htm
Extractions: Polity: International protectorate Political Rights: Civil Liberties: Status: Partly Free Economy: Capitalist-statist Population: PPP: na Life Expectancy: Ethnic Groups: Twelve ethnic groups, including Tetum, Mambai, Bunak Capital: Dili Ratings Change: East Timors political rights rating improved from 6 to 5 due to the elections for a constituent assembly. Overview Following elections for a constituent assembly in August 2001, East Timor prepared for full independence in May 2002. Mari Alkatiri, the secretary-general of the Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor (Fretilin), was named to head a new council of ministers that will act as a cabinet. Fretelin won the most seats in the assembly. Late in the year, the United Nations was winding down its transitional administration that is preparing the former Indonesian territory for independence, while Jose Gusmao, the charismatic former guerrilla leader, was widely expected to win a presidential election that is likely to be held just before independence.
Constancio Pinto Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo received an honorary degree from Yale.The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the two East Timorese has heightened http://www.brown.edu/Administration/George_Street_Journal/pintoup.html
Extractions: By Richard P. Morin S ix years ago Indonesian soldiers captured Constancio Pinto and placed a gun to his head. They beat him so badly that he begged them to end his life. Even though he did not reveal information about the resistance movement in East Timor, the soldiers let him go after several days of imprisonment. Pinto left East Timor soon after, leaving behind his wife and family to tell the world of his people's struggle to escape Indonesian oppression. After a brief stay in Portugal, Pinto came the United States and then to Brown, where he is only one semester away from completing an undergraduate degree in development studies. Ramos-Horta delivered an Ogden Lecture at Brown Sunday, May 25. Bishop Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo received an honorary degree from Yale. The awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to the two East Timorese has heightened attention to the situation in East Timor, something Pinto has tried to do since he left his homeland under the cover of darkness.
Common Sense: December 1996 Common Sense would like to suggest Bishop carlos felipe ximenes belo, the headof the Catholic Church in East Timor, a corecipient of the 1996 Noble Peace http://www.nd.edu/~com_sens/issues/old/v11/v11_n3.html
Extractions: Esmee Cromie de Bellalta and Jessica McManus In one class, a Saint Mary's student expressed her dilemma of wanting to "do something" in order to help with problems in her community, yet not having time because she was too busy preparing for her career. One could ask: Why this dichotomy between theory and practice? We believe that working for justice, whether within the SMC-ND community or the local communities, can be the most important and instructive part of a student s education. This kind of work can easily be integrated with students' lives and into their careers beyond Saint Mary's and Notre Dame if only there was the will to do so. Yet the will, does not exist. The commitment to community service is present in a few specific elective courses at the University of Notre Dame and Saint Mary's College. Nonetheless, a more encompassing and participatory pedagogy one that is not merely elective has yet to be developed. The present opposition to incorporate into our academic curriculum the pedagogical praxis cycle which connects study and reflection with a commitment to act, stems from two different approaches.
Nobel Peace Prizes 1996 carlos felipe ximenes belo (bishop of East Timor) José RamosHortafor their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East http://userpage.chemie.fu-berlin.de/diverse/bib/nobel_frieden_e.html
Extractions: (List, not checked) H. Dunant (Switzerland) F. Passy (France) E. Ducommun (Switzerland) A. Gobat (Switzerland) Sir W. R. Cremer (United Kingdom) Institute of International Law, Geneva Bertha v. Suttner (Austria) Th. Roosevelt (USA) E. T. Moneta (Italy) L. Renault (France) K. P. Arnoldson (Sweden) F. Bajer (Denmark) A.M.E. Beernaert (Belgium) Baron P. H. B. d'Estournelles de Constant (France) International Bureau of Peace, Bern T. M. C. Asser (Netherlands) A. H. Fried (Austria) E. Root (USA) H. La Fontaine (Belgium) International Committee of the Red Cross W. Wilson (USA) L. Bourgeois (France) K. H. Branting (Sweden) Chr. L. Lange (Norway) F. Nansen (Norway) Sir A. Chamberlain (United Kingdom) Ch. G. Dawes (USA) A. Briand (France) G. Stresemann (Germany) F. Buisson (France) L. Quidde (Germany) F. B. Kellog (USA) (Sweden) Jane Addams (USA) N.M. Butler (USA) Sir N. Angell (United Kingdom) A. Henderson (United Kingdom) C. v. Ossietzky (Germany) C. de Saavedra Lamas (Argentina) Lord Cecil of Chelwood (United Kingdom) International Nansen Office for Refugees, Geneva
Odinarkiv - Ministry Of Foreign Affairs The Norwegian Nobel Committee s decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 1996to carlos felipe ximenes belo and José Ramos Horta, both from East Timor, http://odin.dep.no/odinarkiv/norsk/dep/ud/1999/publ/032005-990507/dok-bn.html
Extractions: Norges offentlige utredninger Nobel Peace Prize for 1996: An outstretched hand to the people of East Timor By Helge Loland, Nytt fra Norge Belo and Ramos Horta are the 100th and 101st laureates of the Peace Prize, which will be awarded in Norway 's capital, Oslo, om December 10th. The ceremony is taking place 21 years after Indonesia took control of the former Portuguese colony East Timor and began systematically oppressing the people. In the years that followed it has been estimated that about one-third of the population of East Timor lost their lives due to starvation, epidemics, war and terror. As bishop of East Timor, Belo has been the foremost representative of the people of the region. At the risk of his own life, he has tried to protect his people from infringement by those in power. In his efforts to create a just settlement based on his people 's right to self-determination, he has been a constant spokesman for non-violence and dialogue with the Indonesian authorities. Ramos Horta has been the leading international spokesman for East Timor 's cause since 1975. Recently he has made a significant contribution through the "reconciliation talks " and by working out a peace plan for the region.
Odinarkiv - Der Friedensnobelpreis 1996: Ein Handschlag Für Das Volk Auf Ostt Translate this page Die Entscheidung des Norwegischen Nobelkomitees, den Friedensnobelpreis für 1996zu gleichen Teilen an carlos felipe ximenes belo und José Ramos Horta von http://odin.dep.no/odinarkiv/norsk/dep/ud/1999/publ/032005-990135/dok-bn.html
Extractions: Norges offentlige utredninger Von Helge Loland, Nytt fra Norge Ramos Horta ist seit 1975 international führender Sprecher für die Sache der Osttimoresen. In letzter Zeit bestand sein beachtlicher Einsatz unter anderem aus "Versöhnungsgesprächen" und der Ausarbeitung eines Friedensplans für dieses Gebiet. David und Goliath Die Besetzung Osttimors durch Indonesien hat ihr Schicksal lange Zeit mit zahlreichen "vergessenen" Kriegen geteilt. In den letzten Jahren aber hat der Konflikt erneut einen Platz in den Medien gefunden. Ursache ist unter anderem ein indonesisches Massaker auf einem Friedhof in der osttimoresischen Hauptstadt Dili im Jahre 1991, bei dem 200 unbewaffnete Menschen getötet wurden. Das Massaker wurde von zwei westlichen Journalisten gefilmt und später der ganzen Welt vor Augen geführt. "Apostolischer Administrator"
:: Indonesia House :: Lorium dan Administrator Apostolik Dili Monsignor carlos felipe ximenes belo, Mgr carlos felipe ximenes belo secara halus juga memperingatkan adalah http://www.indonesia-house.org/PoliticHR/impunity/092002-tni-adhoc.htm
Courage To Refuse - News carlos felipe ximenes belo. A bishop from East Timor that lead his people againstthe rule of Indonesia after they concurred East Timor in 1975. http://www.seruv.org.il/english/article.asp?msgid=206&type=news
Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt - Hvor Hender Det? og biskop belo er blitt den viktigste nasjonale samlingsfiguren ved siden biskop carlos felipe ximenes belo (1948 ) avslutta utdanninga si i Dili http://www.nupi.no/IPS/filestore/hhd9715-16.htm
Extractions: HHD nr. 15-16, årgang: 1996-1997 2. desember 1996 Red.: Ivar Windheim Den glemte krigen på Øst-Timor mellom den lokale befolkningen og den indonesiske okkupasjonsmakten har blitt trukket fram fra glemselen de siste årene. Tildelingen av Nobels fredspris for 1996 til to forkjempere for Øst-Timors sak kan innebære et ytterligere skyv framover på den internasjonale dagsorden. HISTORISK BAKGRUNN Før kolonitiden hadde Timor flere små kongedømmer. Portugiserne kom dit på begynnelsen av 1500-tallet og drev eksport av verdifulle tresorter. Da europeerne delte Sørøst-Asia mellom seg, ble det portugisiske Øst-Timor stående i en særstilling i et område som ellers kom under Nederland. Portugiserne overlot etter hvert den vestlige halvdelen av øya til Nederland og dette ble traktatfestet i 1859. I årene 1942 til 1945 led befolkningen på Øst-Timor sterkt under japansk okkupasjon. I 1945 kom portugiserne tilbake. Dermed fikk ikke østtimoreserne del i den indonesiske frigjøringskampen mot Nederland som førte til Indonesias uavhengighet i 1949. En gruppe østtimoresere forsøkte et opprør mot portugiserne i 1959, men først i 1974 oppsto det en nasjonal frigjøringsbevegelse.
Premios Nóbel De La Paz Translate this page 1996 ximenes belo, carlos felipe (Indonesia) Ramos-Horta, José (Indonesia).1997 Campaña Internacional contra las Minas Antipersonas http://www.educar.org/articulos/NobelPaz.asp
