Global Connections:
East Timor

News & Features

• Transition to Independence: East Timor, New World Outlook Magazine
• United Methodist Women in California Keep East Timor Issue Alive, by Rebecca C. Asedillo, GBGM
• Archived News: 1998-2000

GBGM Links & Resources

• East Timor: A Resolution of The United Methodist Church
• Global Connections: Indonesia
• Global Search: Asia-Pacific - Links to search engines that focus on the issues and languages of Asia and the Pacific Islands
• UMCOR East/West Timor

Other Links & Resources

• Amnesty International's East Timor Page
• MASSACRE: The Story of East Timor, Pacifica Radio's documentary produced by American journalists Amy Goodman and Allan Nairn who witnessed the November 12, 1991 massacre. Includes actuality of the massacre and traces the US's role in the 1975 invasion of East Timor, as well as the subsequent mass killings which have claimed 30% of the population.
• East Timor Action Alerts, Asia Pacific Center for Justice and Peace
• Indonesia and East Timor: The Ecumenical Response, Background Information from the World Council of Churches
• Letter of the Holy Father to the Bishops of East Timor
• Relief Web: East Timor
• YAHOO! Full Coverage: East Timor
• YAHOO! Full Coverage: Indonesia
• The Trials of East Timor: Special Report, BBC

Photo by Miriam Young. Copyright © The General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church and courtesy, New World Outlook magazine.

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