Selected Photos
Some images have been cropped to compensate for the limits to bandwidth and resolution imposed by publishing on the web. Additional photos can be found throughout this website. Links to additional sources of photos of East Timor can be found here.
| Santa Cruz Massacre | ||
| On November 12, 1991 journalists witness
hundreds of peaceful East Timorese demonstrators shot down by Indonesian troops. A dangerous time for children Boys shouted "Viva e liberdade!" Demonstrators will be shot Bloodbath in East Timor |
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The blood of friends and family It is not over Frame from Max Stahl’s video of the massacre Amy Goodman witnessed the massacre Allan Nairn witnessed the massacre |
| General Background | ||
| Xanana Gusmão
East Timor resistance leader Xanana Gusmão in Cipinang prison Bishop Belo and Jose Ramos-Horta Nobel Peace Prize winners Constancio Pinto Speaker for East Timorese resistance Timorese defector/activist Isabel Galhos and Kristin Sundell, ETAN National Field Organizer Father Sandyawan Sumardi Advocate for the Jakarta's urban poor Photographs of East Timor, 1998 by Mark Rhomberg |
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Timorese students demonstrate
before Indonesian prison (1998) Children performing traditional Timorese dance Photographs of East Timor Late '98, by Mark Rhomberg
ETAN-DC "die-in"
Indonesian Embassy (1997) |
| Torture & Death | ||
| Viewers are warned that the photos are
explicit and may shock some people. However, they provide some of the most telling
type of information about the violence to which East Timorese people are subjected. "Disappearing" the East Timorese |
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The following photos and accompanying descriptive material were taken from a larger collection. Torture of East Timorese by Indonesian soldier |