Subject: UA/1099 Disappearances/Death Threats
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 18:04:19 -1000
From: ethrc <ethrc@minihub.org>EAST TIMOR HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRE 124 Napier St
Fitzroy 3065 Australia PO BOX 1413 Collingwood 3066 Australia Tel: +61 3 9415 8225 Fax:
+61 3 9415 8218 E-mail: ethrc@minihub.org Chair: Bishop Hilton Deakin Director: Ana
Noronha
NAMES: Lucas Da Costa )Death threats Julio Alfaro )
10 unindentified East Timorese )disappeared
VIOLATIONS: Extra-judicial execution/disappearances
LOCATION: Surabaya, Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Ref: UA 10/99
The East Timor Human Rights Centre (ETHRC) has reliable information that Lucas Da
Costa, in Surabaya, and Julio Alfaro, in Jakarta, have received death threats.
Ten unidentified East Timorese students at the Asarama college in Yogyakarta left the
college for Jakarta in fear for their lives. Their current whereabouts and condition is
unknown.
The ETHRC is concerned by the growing number of reports of reprisals against East
Timorese in Indonesia.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send faxes/telegrams/express/airmail letters in English,
Bahasa Indonesia or your own language:
· Expressing concern about reprisals against East Timorese in Indonesia, in particular
Lucas Da Costa and Julio Alfaro;
· expressing particular concern at the disappearance of the ten unidentified students;
· seeking from authorities clarification of their whereabouts;
· calling for the United Nations to immediately take up its responsibility for East Timor
and send forces to protect the East Timorese people, as Indonesia has forfeited the right
to further involvement in East Timor;
· calling on the Australian, New Zealand, United States and other governments to
immediately send an armed force to East Timor to protect the East Timorese people, with or
without UN participation;
· calling for immediate and unrestricted access to be allowed to all areas of East Timor
for UN human rights monitors, international and local human rights organisations, in order
to provide ongoing human rights monitoring, and in particular to conduct a full and
impartial investigation of the recent violations committed by military backed militia.
SEND APPEALS TO:
1. PRESIDENT YUSUF HABIBIE President of the Republic of Indonesia Istana Negara Gedung
Binagraha Jl. Veteran Jakarta Pusat INDONESIA Faxes: +62 21 345 7782 Telegrams: President
Habibie, Jakarta, Indonesia E-mail: habibie@ristek.go.id
2. MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS Ali Alatas S.H Menteri Luar Negeri Jl. Medan Taman
Pejambon No. 6 Jakarta INDONESIA Faxes: +62 21 360 541 / 360 517 / 380 5511 / 345 7782 /
724 5354
3. MINISTER FOR DEFENCE FORCES General Wiranto Menteri Pertahanan Keamanan RI Jl. Medan
Merdeka Barat No 13-14 Jakarta 10110 INDONESIA Telephone: +62 21 366 184 Fax: +62 21 3845
178
4. RESORT MILITARY COMMAND (KOREM) Colonel Mohamed Noer Muis Markas KOREM
164/Wiradharma Dili East Timor Faxes: +62 390 21 624 Telegrams: Colonel Muis, East Timor
(Indonesia)
5. MILITARY COMMANDER REGION IX/UDAYANA (includes East Timor) Major General Adam Damiri
Pangdam IX/Udayana Markas Besar KODAM IX/Udayana Denpasar, Bali INDONESIA Telephone: +62
361 228 095 Telegrams: Pangdam IX/Udayana, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia
6. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Anan New York, NY 10017 USA Fax: 1 212 963
2155 E-mail: ecu@un.org Or: webadmin.hchr@unog.ch
Please also send appeals to:
· Diplomatic representatives of Indonesia in your country · Parliamentarians and the
Foreign Ministry in your country
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY Check with the East Timor Human Rights Centre if
sending appeals after October 19, 1999.
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