From Balibo to Martenus Bere: Justice for East Timor
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Feb 05, 2010
from 11:00 AM to 01:30 PM |
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| Where | AJ Muste Memorial Institute, 339 Lafayette St, New York, NY |
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Clinton Fernandes is Senior Lecturer in Strategic Studies at the University of New South Wales, Australia. His principal area of research is in International Relations and Strategy. He is a historian of the 24-year occupation of East Timor by Indonesia in its multiple dimensions. Clinton is author of Reluctant Indonesians Australia, Indonesia, and the future of West Papua and Reluctant Saviour: Australia, Indonesia and the Independence of East Timor He has served as Consulting Historian on the Balibo film. He coordinates the Australian Coalition for Justice for East Timor.
Martenus Bere is an indicted former militia leader who was arrested after crossing the border back into Timor-Leste. Timor's leaders released him into Indonesian custody on August 30, the anniversary of Timor's independence referendum. Subsequently, Indonesia brought him back to Indonesian territory.








