Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Santa Cruz massacre in East Timor, when Indonesian troops armed with U.S. M16s fired on a peaceful memorial procession in the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili ...

This November 12 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the 1991 massacre at the Santa Cruz cemetery in Dili, East Timor (also called Timor-Leste). On that day, Indonesian soldiers killed at least 271 ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The last Indonesian governor of East Timor was convicted Wednesday of crimes against humanity for allowing government-backed militias to slaughter more than 100 people in ...

An Indonesian court acquitted a military official accused of involvement in a massacre during East Timor’s bloody break from Indonesia in 1999. The court cleared Lt. Col. Endar Priyanto of all ...

(New York) - The acquittal of five Indonesian officials implicated in the 1999 massacre of civilians in an East Timor church underscores the need for a United Nations mechanism to bring to justice ...

This is the tenth anniversary of one of East Timor's worst massacres. Up to 100 people were killed by pro-Indonesian militia at a church. The victims' families are dismayed that so few of those ...

However, East Timor's president doesn't want the report made public, ... E. Timor Leader Looks to Quash Massacre Report. December 14, 2005 12:00 AM ET. Heard on Day to Day. By .

DILI, East Timor — Thousands of mourners lit candles, sang hymns and prayed in East Timor on Thursday, honoring the victims of a massacre of pro-independence demonstrators by Indonesian troops ...

A court has acquitted a military commander of crimes committed during East Timor’s break from Indonesia, the ninth official to be cleared over the bloodshed.

To see the full documentary, Massacre: The Story of East Timor, that journalist Allan Nairn and I produced on the first anniversary of the massacre—the massacre took place November 12th, 1991 ...