Tetum: ANTI nia observasaun ba komemorasaun
masakre Liquisa tinan 2014, Julga Vitima sira ne’ebe buka lia los no
justisa
A-N-T-I
Aliansi Nasionál
Timor-Leste ba Tribunál
Internasionál
(THE
TIMOR-LESTE NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL)
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ANTI's Observations of the 2014 Commemoration of the Liquisa Massacre
Judging the victims who are searching for truth and justice
Experience from the commemorations of past years
Every year, the commemoration of this massacre involves a reflection and
the lighting of candles at the Liquisa Massacre Monument, near the
church. After lighting candles, Christians and victims' families alike
are usually invited to go to scatter flowers at Maubara Lake; the
location where, in 1999, many bodies were discarded. On occasion,
families have also just gathered together to scatter flowers from the
beach at Liquisa. This is done as a means of paying homage to those who
died or disappeared, and who don't have a grave or final resting place.
The movement for this commemoration has become popular in Liquisa, as
evidenced by the high levels of participation each year, particularly
among students whose schools actively engage with the commemoration.
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ANTI received a number of complaints
from the families of victims because the organisers, in failing to pay homage to
the victims, they failed to dignify the victims' sacrifice. This is a direct
result the government deliberately not wanting to recognize the victims' status
as victims of crimes against humanity.
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This year, the commemorations were dominated by a celebration of
heroism
At this year's commemoration, the Organising Commission, which organised
the exhumation of human remains, carried out a commemoration but failed
to give any consideration to the need to pay homage or even give
recognition to the place where more than 200 people were massacred.
After the church service, people were not invited to light candles, or
lay or scatter flowers in memory of the victims. Instead the Organising
Commission blended together the heroes and the victims' situation. As a
result, the recent commemoration, which focused on heroism, was a far
cry from recognising the reality of the victims.
ANTI received a number of complaints from the families of victims
because the organisers, in failing to pay homage to the victims, they
failed to dignify the victims' sacrifice. What ANTI observed is that
these complaints from the victims and their families are especially
pertinent and as a direct result the government deliberately not wanting
to recognise the victims' status as victims of crimes against humanity.
As such, ANTI considers this to be one means by which the Government is
judging the victims who are continuing to seek the truth and justice. If
the Government continues to abandon the victims in vulnerable
conditions, this is, in reality, a further re-victimisation of the
victims post-independence.
Recognition of heroes can be a fundamental part of strengthening the
State, building national identity and empowering the People. On the
other hand, reality demonstrates that victims also forcibly sacrificed
themselves for the freedom of Timor-Leste and in this way it is
similarly important that the State recognises the victims. Some people
may call this heroism and that the victims are also heroes. However,
total failure to recognise the victims' situation and their unique and
differing need for truth and justice does not empower them and it does
not strengthen the State. Rather, it only serves to minimise their
sacrifice and ongoing suffering which, in turn, re-victimises victims
and their families and ostracising them as people who only complain.
They continue to cry out for truth and justice because there hasn't been
any. Moreover, many are yet to receive recognition or be dignified by
the State since independence. Dignifying the victims of crimes against
humanity is fundamental to valuing a humanity that is genuinely equal,
and thereby allowing us to build a nation that is credible and just.
ANTI nia observasaun ba komemorasaun masakre
Liquisa tinan 2014
Julga Vitima sira ne’ebe buka lia los no justisa
Esperensia
komemorasaun tinan kotuk liu ba
kada tinan komemora loron masakre ne’e sempre iha reflesaun no kontinua
ho sunu lilin iha monumentu nian. Depois de sunu lilin sarani ho familia
vitima sira mos ba kari aifunan iha Lagoa Maubara (fatin ne’ebe mate
isin sira soe iha laran) iha tinan 99. Iha tinal balu liu ba kotuk mos
familia sira husi masakre nian halibur malu hodi kari aifunan deit iha
tasi ibun Liquisa nian hodi fo homenjen ba sira ne’ebe mate no lakon
ne’ebe rate laiha. Moviementu ba komemorasaun ne’e sai popular iha
distritu Liquisa nian laran tamba iha kada tinan bainhira atu komemora
loron masakre refere iha partisipasaun masimu husi alunus estudante sira
ne’ebe hetan orientasaun husi ida-idak nia eskola.
Iha tinan ida ne’e komemorasuan refere dominan ho selebrasaun
heroismu
Iha komemorasaun tinan ida ne’e Komisaun Organizasaun ne’ebe mak
rekoilha restus mortais sira halo komemorasaun maibe la kunsidera hodi
la fo omenajen ba fatin masakre ne’ebe ema atus rua resin mate.
Organizadora la konvida partisipante sira atu sunu lilin no kari
ai-funan iha iha fatin monumentu ka iha Lagoa Maubara nian hodi lembra
vitima sira. Komisaun Organizadora sira hahu kahur entre heroi no vitima
nia situasaun. Tamba ne’e mak komemorasaun ne’ebe foin lalais ne’e iha
sintidu eroismu nune’e dook husi kontekstu vitima nian natureza.
ANTI hetan lamentasaun husi familia vitima sira tamba ho asaun husi
komisuan oragnizadora sira ne’ebe la fo omenajen ne’e la diginifika
vitima sira nia sakrafisiu. Saida mak ANTI observa ba lamentasaun ne’ebe
husi vitima no familia vitima sira ne’e pertinente duni ho natureza
ne’ebe governo kria hodi lakohi atu rekuinhese vitima sira nia statutu
nudar vitima ba krime kontra umanidade nian. No ANTI konsidera ida ne’e
meius ida husi Governo atu julga vitima sira ne’ebe buka hela lia los no
justisa. Tamba sei Governo TL rasik husik kondisaun vitima sira nafatin
iha vulneravel nia laran ne’e mos parte ida ba violasaun direitus umanus
foun iha tempo ukun an nia laran.
Atu rekoiñese eroi sira bele sai parte fundametal hodi hametin estadu,
harii identidade nasional no hakbiit povu. Iha sorin seluk, realidade
hatudu katak vitima sira mos obrigadu (terpaksa) sakrifika sira nia an
ba liberdade Timor-Leste nian no nune’e sira mos nudar parte importante
atu estadu rekuiñese vitima sira. Dala barak iha ema balu kahur hodi
konsidera ne’e hanesan “eroismu” no vitima sira hanesan “eroi sira”.
Maibe failansu totál atu rekoiñese vitima nia situasaun no sira nia
nesesidade ne'ebé uniku no diferente atu hetan lia los no justisa se
bainhira la bele hakbi'it ba vitima sira nune’e sei la bele hametin
estadu. Ne'e so bele minimiza ba sira nia sakrifikisu no sofrementu
ne'ebé mak nafatin lao. Nunee halo vitima sira sai tan vitima ba dala
rua no ida ne’e hetok izola liutan sira, husik hela iha situasaun
halerik nia laran. Maske vitima sira sei halerik no buka ba lia los no
justisa tanba sira seidauk hetan justisa. Defaktu hatudu mos, vitima
sira seidauk hetan rekuiñesementu no dignifika iha tempo ukun nia laran.
Dignifia vitima krime kontra umanidade ne’e nudar aliserse atu ita hahu
fo valor ba umanidade ne’ebe igual no jenuinu hodi hari’i nasaun ho
kredivel no justu.
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