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Peace or Justice? East Timor's Troubled Road

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Jeff Kingston
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East Timor's 924,000 citizens are finding that the truth does not set them free and that justice and reconciliation are elusive. A recent report published by East Timor's Commission of Reception, Truth and Reconciliation (CAVR is the commonly used Portuguese acronym), estimates that the tiny island nation suffered a minimum of 102,800 conflict-related deaths during Indonesia's brutal occupation between 1975 and 1999. Responsibility for this carnage is laid largely with the Indonesian military. But the report offers a telling critique of many others including the United States, Britain, France, Australia, the United Nations and the Vatican.

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 3 , Issue 12 , December 2005 , e7
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