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- From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
- Subject: Amnesty; deep concern for Xanana
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.014325.18606@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 01:43:25 GMT
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- /** reg.easttimor: 365.0 **/
- ** Topic: Amnesty; deep concern for Xanana **
- ** Written 5:41 pm Nov 20, 1992 by web:etantor in cdp:reg.easttimor **
- Amnesty: deep concern for Xanana
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- Amnesty International news release, 20 November 1992
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- Xanana Gusmao, the leader of east Timor's independence movement,
- Fretilin (sic), was arrested by Indonesian military forces at 6 a..m.
- today (20 Nov. 1992) in Dili. It is not yet known where he is detained
- but, shortly after his arrest, government sources said that he was
- "undergoing intensive questioning" or military interrogation. Shortly
- after the arrest was announced Portugal, a United Nations (UN)
- member state, urged the UN Secretary-General to seek guarantees
- for the safety of Xanana Gusmao.
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- In view of a consistent pattern of torture and ill-treatment of East
- Timorese political prisoners while under interrogation, Amnesty
- International is deeply concerned for the safety of Xanana Gusmao.
- The organization is particularly concerned that, because of Xanana's
- position as commander of the armed resistance, Indonesian military
- authorities may employ torture to extract political and military
- intelligence.
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- Amnesty International is seeking immediate guarantees from the
- Indonesian authorities that Xanana Gusmao will be treated humanely
- while in detention; that representatives of the International
- Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) will be granted immediate and
- unconditional access to his place of detention; and that he will be
- accompanied by a lawyer of his own choice while being interrogated,
- as required by Indonesian law.
- ** End of text from cdp:reg.easttimor **
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