Indonesian occupation of East Timor
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 86 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5106-1497-8
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Indonesia occupied East Timor from December 1975 to October 1999. After centuries of Portuguese colonial rule in East Timor, a 1974 coup in Portugal led to decolonization among its former colonies, creating instability in East Timor and leaving its future uncertain. After a small-scale civil war, the pro-independence FRETILIN declared victory in the capital city of Dili and declared an independent East Timor on 28 November 1975. Claiming its assistance had been requested by East Timorese leaders, Indonesian military forces invaded on 7 December and by 1979 had all but destroyed armed resistance to the occupation. Following a controversial "Popular Assembly" which many said was not a genuine act of self-determination, Indonesia declared the territory a province of Indonesia. For twenty-five years the people of East Timor were subjected to extrajudicial executions, torture, and starvation. The 1991 Santa Cruz Massacre caused outrage around the...
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