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A History of East Timor

By sanayasharma

  • Portuguese Withdrawl

    Withdraws to offshore island of Atauro.
  • 5 Australian Journalists Killed

    5 Australian Journalists Killed

    Shot and bodies burnt. Australians knew but did not do anything.
  • Brief Civil War

    Brief Civil War

    FRETILIN (Revolutionary Front for an Independent East Timor) declares East Timor independent.
  • Indonesian Invasion

    Indonesian Invasion

    Indonesians tell all that East Timor is becoming communist and uses it as an excuse to invade. Around 200,000 people are thought to have died

  • Santa Cruz Cemetery Massacre in Dili

    Memorial of Sebastio Gomez, a man killed by the Indonesian military, the people at this memorial were pro-independence around 100 people died
  • 20th Anniversary of Indonesian Invasion

    20th Anniversary of Indonesian Invasion

    A protest by 112 East Timorese and sympathisers who enter Russian and Dutch embassies in Jakarta.
  • Joint Nobel Peace Prize Awards for Acting Bishop of Dili, Carlos Belo, and Resistance leader Jose Ramos

    Joint Nobel Peace Prize Awards for Acting Bishop of Dili, Carlos Belo, and Resistance leader Jose Ramos

    For raising international awareness of the East Timorese independence struggle from the Indonesian.
  • Autonomy of Independence Vote

    Autonomy of Independence Vote

    Indonesia and Portugal sign a deal with UN to hold a vote for the East Timorese to see if they want to be independant or have an autonomy plan.
  • Independence voted for makes Indonesians mad.

    Independence voted for makes Indonesians mad.

    78% voters favoured independence.
    Anti-independence militia creat a campaign of terror, leaving up to 1,000 dead.

  • East Timor gets $520 mil aid

    International donors at a Tokyo conference \provide US $520 million to help rebuild East Timor.

  • Aus Court Ruling: Balibo 5 were murdered in cold blood.

  • Indonesia Accepts Blame of Human Rights Violation

    As found by Indonesian-East Timorese Truth Commission
  • East Timor Applies to be part of ASEAN

    East Timor Applies to be part of ASEAN

    (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)

  • UN hands power back to East Timor police

    For the first time since 2006
  • Australian and New Zeland troops start pulling out

    Australian and New Zeland troops start pulling out

  • UN Ends Peacekeeping Mission

    UN Ends Peacekeeping Mission

    Significant progress made in establishing peace and security in the country.