ACbit – Chega! Ba Ita Learning from the Past, for A Better Future
Augusta Soriano da Silva has said enough. Augusta put aside a portion of every harvest to feed the resistance members, including her brothers, who met on their farm three times …
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Josefa Adao da Silva
Josefa Adao Da Silva has said enough. Josefa fled with her family to the forest following the Indonesian invasion in 1975, when she was only 12 years old. There, she …
Read More »Terezinha de Jesus
Terezinha de Jesus has said enough. After Terezinha’s father was arrested on 10 June 1980, the military came back to arrest her. Only 15 years old, despite both threats and …
Read More »Long Journey Home – the stolen children of Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste’s CAVR estimates that some 4000 children were taken from their families and sent to Indonesia during the occupation. The transfer of children was a practice sanctioned by the military …
Read More »Burmese women activists exchange visit to Timor-Leste
AJAR supported 10 women NGO workers from Burma/Myanmar, involved in our participatory research to learn new strategies to strengthen peace and justice. As part of a capacity-building strategy, AJAR invited …
Read More »Empat Ribu Anak Timor Leste Hilang
JAKARTA (HN) -Ribuan warga Timor Timur (kini Timor Leste) sejak 1979-1994 dikabarkan hilang. Komnas HAM beserta para aktivis lain berupaya menemukan di Indonesia dan akan mempertemukan lagi dengan keluarga mereka …
Read More »Kisah Meng-Indonesiakan Paksa Anak Timor Leste
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Sepanjang periode 1975 hingga 1999, tatkala Timor Leste menjadi bagian dari Indonesia, ribuan anak Timor Leste dibawa ke Indonesia dengan kapal. Mereka diangkat menjadi anak oleh keluarga-keluarga …
Read More »Anak yang Dibawa Paksa ke Indonesia Kembali ke Timor Leste
Jakarta, CNN Indonesia — Konflik bersenjata antara pemerintah Indonesia dan milisi Timor Timur selama periode 1974 hingga 1994 menyisakan cerita pilu. Ribuan anak dibawa paksa dan belum kembali ke kampung …
Read More »Reuniting Timor-Leste’s “Stolen Children”
In May 2015, AJAR reunited fourteen of an estimated 4,000 ‘stolen children’ with their families, after up to 35 years apart. These children were taken from East Timor to Indonesia …
Read More »Obriga Serbi Bapak (Forced to Serve “Sir”)
For a quarter century, the people of East Timor experienced massive human rights violations at the hands of Indonesia. To day, peace has come, but the victims during Indonesia occupation …
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