LUSA: Prisoners in Dili meet with Komnas Ham
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 07:35:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Sharon R.A. Scharfe" <pet@web.net> 09 JUN 98 - 09:52 East Timor:
Prisoners in Dili meet head of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights
Dili, 09 Jun (Lusa) - A delegation of prisoners of the Becora prison in Dili met on
Sunday the head [sic] of Indonesia's National Commission for Human Rights, the Timorese
Clementino dos Reis Amaral, Indonesian state news agency Antara reported on Monday. The
director of the prison Fransiskus Subani said that the prisoners asked Amaral to arrange a
meeting with Justice Minister Muladi to discuss the possible release of the Timorese
political prisoners. The report said also that the prisoners intended also to discuss the
recent food poisoning in the prison. Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975 and annexed it
one year later but the UN still regards Portugal as the territory's administering power.
Portugal has supported the East Timorese resistance's claim for a referendum to decide
over the future of the territory.-Lusa nnnn
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